5 Themes of Geography

1. 5 Themes of Geography

2. What is geography? Geography is the study of the earth and the way people live on it and use it

3. 5 themes of Geography

4. LOCATIONWhere are we? • Absolute Location • A latitude and longitude (global location) or a street address (local location). • Paris France is 48o North Latitude and 2o East Longitude. You are Here

5. Location – Con’t 2. Relative Location • Described by landmarks, time, direction or distance From one place to another. • Go 1 mile west on main street and turn left for 1 block. video

6. Your turn Using Relative Location - List five ways that Courtenay is connected to a nearby town- you can use your atlas. Share with a partner Small Project – Part 1 Choose a City in Canada (Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, BC or Atlantic Provinces. Gather the absolute location and a short paragraph on Relative location. Use your Atlas. DO NOT LOOSE THIS!

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8. PLACE What is it like there, what kind of place is it? 1. Human Characteristics • What are the main languages, customs, and beliefs. • How many people live, work, and visit a place.

9. PLACE – Con’t 2. Physical Characteristics • Landforms (mountains, rivers, etc.), climate, vegetation, wildlife, soil, etc.

10. Your turn Small Project – Part 2 Use your atlas to find information on your city for:-population - any customs - landforms, vegetation, bodies of water, natural resources **create a climate graph

11. Your turn Using your chart, write a 10 sentence description of your place. Example: This city has over 1 million people and is located on the Canadian prairies. It was once called “The Gateway to the North”. It is in the province between BC and Saskatchewan. The North Saskatchewan river flows through it. It has distinct four seasons – winter, spring, summer and fall and can be quite cold in the winter and hot in the summer. You can see the mountains from the west side of the city. It is south of the oil patch. It is north of Calgary.

12. More – your turn • Exchange with another student: • Read theirs • Write your guess of ‘their’ spot on the bottom of their paper • Add – what made it hard / easy to guess ‘the spot”

13. Human/Environment Interaction How do people interact with and change their environment? Depend on the environment – people depend on the Comox Lake for water Adapt to the environment – people wear warmer clothing in the winter Modify the environment – we build dams Nearly every human activity leaves its mark on the environment

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18. Environment small project #3How do people interact with the environment with the city you have chosen

19. MOVEMENT • How are people, goods, ideas moved from place to place? • Human Movement • Trucks, Trains, Planes • Information Movement • Phones, computer (email), mail • Idea Movement • How do fads move from place to place? TV, Radio, Magazines Superbowl ads

20. Your turn Find 5 things that you have on you at the moment. What is the most likely form of transportation from the place of manufacture to you.

21. Mini project - 4 • Write a paragraph on ways that ideas, people and goods travel from one place to another.

22. Regions What are their unifying features and how do they form and change over time? Regions can be defined on the basis of physical and human characteristics

23. Remembering the 5 themes • If you can’t remembering what they are just ask MR. HELP!!! • M – Movement • R – Regions • HE – Human Environment interaction • L – Location • P - Place

24. Your assignment • Describe you and your family using the 5 Themes of Geography. • Make sure you use every theme. • Type your biography, double space OR chart it like the example