The Five Themes in The Five Themes in GeographyGeography

The Five Themes were developed by the The Five Themes were developed by the National Council for Geographic National Council for Geographic Education to provide an organizing Education to provide an organizing framework for the presentation of framework for the presentation of geographic materialsgeographic materials

11. Location. Location 2. 2. PlacePlace . . 3. 3. Human/Environment Human/Environment

InteractionsInteractions 4. 4. MovementMovement 5. 5. RegionsRegions

1. Location-Where is it? 1. Location-Where is it?

Location: Position on the Earth's Location: Position on the Earth's Surface (Absolute/Relative)Surface (Absolute/Relative). .

Geographic study begins with the Geographic study begins with the location of places on the earth.. location of places on the earth..

  

-Location Cont.--Location Cont.-

Globe, Country, State, County, CommunityGlobe, Country, State, County, Community• Absolute Location – latitude and longitude or an address• Absolute Location – latitude and longitude or an address

• Relative Location – where a place is with respect to • Relative Location – where a place is with respect to other placesother places

2. Place-What is it like?2. Place-What is it like?

Place: Physical and Human Place: Physical and Human CharacteristicsCharacteristics. Place have physical and . Place have physical and human characteristics that make them what human characteristics that make them what they are.they are.

-Place Cont.--Place Cont.-

•Population, Climate, Landforms, Population, Climate, Landforms, Heritage, Plants & AnimalsHeritage, Plants & Animals

• Physical Characteristics Physical Characteristics

• Human CharacteristicsHuman Characteristics

--Place Cont.-Place Cont.- CaliforniaCalifornia From the desert beaches--> From the desert beaches-->

--Place Cont.-Place Cont.-

-->To the Snow Capped -->To the Snow Capped MountainsMountains

3. Human/Environmental 3. Human/Environmental InteractionInteraction

Human/Environment Interactions: Shaping the Human/Environment Interactions: Shaping the LandscapeLandscape.. The geography of places is influenced by the .. The geography of places is influenced by the

degree to which humans have impacted their local degree to which humans have impacted their local environment.environment.

  

Human/Environmental Interaction cont.Human/Environmental Interaction cont.

•Adaptation to Climate & geology, Adaptation to Climate & geology, Land Use, Land Change, People Land Use, Land Change, People & Events, Energy Use& Events, Energy Use

• Human Use (Resources), Human Human Use (Resources), Human AdaptationAdaptation, , Human ImpactHuman Impact

Human/Environmental Interaction cont.Human/Environmental Interaction cont. California PeopleCalifornia People

From the desert beaches--> From the desert beaches-->

Human/Environmental Interaction cont.Human/Environmental Interaction cont.

-->To the Snow Capped -->To the Snow Capped MountainsMountains

4. Movement-How are 4. Movement-How are people and places people and places

linked?linked?

Movement: Humans Interacting on the Movement: Humans Interacting on the EarthEarth. The postmodern world is one of great . The postmodern world is one of great interaction between places. This movement is interaction between places. This movement is

inherently geographic.inherently geographic.

  

Movement cont.Movement cont.

•Vehicles, Trucks, Planes, Vehicles, Trucks, Planes, Railroad…Railroad…

• Movements – Materials and ProductsMovements – Materials and Products

• Movements – People and Living Movements – People and Living Things (Migration)Things (Migration)

• Movements – Ideas and Information Movements – Ideas and Information (Diffusion)(Diffusion)

Movement cont.Movement cont.

5. Regions-How can we 5. Regions-How can we generalize about the generalize about the

world?world?

Regions: How They Form and Regions: How They Form and ChangeChange. A region is any unit of space . A region is any unit of space that is unified by the presence of some that is unified by the presence of some

characteristic.characteristic.

Regions cont.Regions cont.

California California’’s Regional Diversitys Regional DiversityGeographic area/unity, Landforms, Government, Geographic area/unity, Landforms, Government, Language, Religion, Industry, Vegetation, ClimateLanguage, Religion, Industry, Vegetation, Climate

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