Please pick up your notebook and number
your half sheet 1-7
GQ: How does where you live influence how you live?
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and their impact on lives of people.
• List the 7 Contents• 1• 2• 3• 4• 5• 6• 7
List the 5 Oceans12345
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and their impact on lives of people.
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The Five Themes of Geography
A Framework for Studying the World
GQ: How does where you live influence how you live?
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and their impact on lives of people.
The Five Themes of Geography
A Framework for Studying the World
GQ: How does where you live influence how you live?
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and their impact on lives of people.
Theme 1: Location
• Where is It?• Why is It There?
Two Types of Location•Absolute•Relative
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and their impact on lives of people.
Absolute Location• A specific place on the Earth’s surface• Uses a grid system• Latitude and longitude• A global address
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and their impact on lives of people.
TexasAbsolute Location
• Texas25 ° N Latitude 10 ° W longitude
• Austin 30º 16' N Latitude 97º 44' W Longitude
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and their impact on lives of people.
Relative Location• Where a place
is in relation to another place
• Uses directional words to describe– Cardinal and
intermediate directions
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and their impact on lives of people.
Texas Texas is positioned in both the northern and western
hemispheres. Located in the southern Gulf-Coast region of the United States of America - a part of North America - it's bordered by the U.S. States of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, as well as the Gulf of Mexico. In addition, it's bordered by the Rio Grande River that forms the state's entire border with the country of Mexico, a border 1,951 miles - 3,141 km in length.
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and their impact on lives of people.
Theme 2: PlacePhysical Characteristics• Land Features• Mountains, plains,
and plateaus• Climate• Bodies of Water
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and their impact on lives of people.
Texas: Physical Characteristics
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and their impact on lives of people.
• People• Culture• Language• Religion• Buildings and
Landmarks• Cities
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and their impact on lives of people.
Theme 2: PlaceHuman Characteristics
Texas : Human/Place Characteristics
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and their impact on lives of people.
Theme 3: Human Environment InteractionHow People Interact With Their
Environment
People . . .• Adapt to Their Environment• Modify Their Environment• Depend on Their Environment
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Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and their impact on lives of people.
Texas: Human Environment Interaction
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and their impact on lives of people.
Theme 4: MovementThe Mobility of• People• Goods• Ideas
How Places are linked to one another and the world
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and their impact on lives of people.
Texas: MovementObj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and
their impact on lives of people.
Theme 5: RegionsWhat Places Have in
Common• Political Regions• Landform Regions• Agricultural Regions• Cultural Regions
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and their impact on lives of people.
Texas : Regions
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and their impact on lives of people.
Ticket Out
• Brainstorm and create a circle map about Texas (5min)
Circle - Place.
Star- Region
Underline – human - environment interaction
Box – physical characteristics
Lines Behind – movement
Underline your 5 Themes of Geog Place: Purple
Human Environment: Blue
Regions: Yellow
Movement: Green
Location: Red
*These colors do not match the example to the left.
*Use your notes or RSG to help you identify the themes.
*Illustrate the back of your postcard representing the place you chose.
GQ: How does where you live influence how you live?