Geography…More Than Meets the Eye!

1. Geography…More Than Meets the Eye! The Five Themes of Geography

2. Take a few minutes… • Draft a paragraph describing the place you live. • Identify the following: • Climate, landforms, region, location, culture, etc. • What makes the place we live unique? What makes it similar to other places?

3. Objectives… • After today, you should know: • What are the 5 Themes of Geography! • The difference between Absolute and Relative Location • What characteristics define place vs. region • Human-Environment Interaction • Movement

4. The five themes of geography are a framework for studying Geography in an organized fashion! • Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, & Region

5. The Five Themes of Geography • Location: • Asks the big question… • Where is it? • Why is it located there? • This deals with maps • Tell me how to get your house..

6. The Five Themes of Geography • Location: 2 types • Absolute Location—to locate a place using a coordinate system (given in degrees of longitude and latitude) • Ex: 300 N and 700 W, or 313 1st Street • Relative Location—to locate a place in relationship to other landmarks or places • Ex: “Down the street from my grandma’s house on the corner with the big elm tree”

7. The Five Themes of Geography 2. Place: • Asks the big question… • What is it like? • How is it different from other places?

8. The Five Themes of Geography 2. Place: • Physical Characteristics—landforms (mountains, plains), bodies of water (oceans, lakes, rivers) ecosystems (soil, plants, animals, & climate) features that make places different from one another • Human Characteristics—bridges, roads, buildings, culture, language

9. The Five Themes of Geography • Examples: • Canada, U.S., and Mexico are all in North America, but politics makes them different places and countries • Economics also make places different—North vs. South Korea • Religion makes a place different—Jerusalem in the Middle East • Can you think of one of your own?

10. The Five Themes of Geography • Human-Environment Interaction: • Asks the big question… • How do people interact with and change their environment?

11. The Five Themes of Geography • Human-Environment Interaction: • People depend on the environment • People adapt to the environment • People modify the environment

12. What is the purpose of the 5 Themes of Geography?  • Name the first theme of Geography? What question does it answer?  • What is the difference between absolute and relative location?  • What two types of characteristics define the theme or “Place”?  • The theme of “Human-Environment Interaction” deals with the ways in which people _______________ on, _______________ to, and ____________________ the environment.

13. The Five Themes of Geography 4. Movement: • Asks the big question… • How are people and places linked by communication and the flow of people, ideas and goods?

14. The Five Themes of Geography 4. Movement: • Transportation, communication, trade • Patterns of movement such as migration • Ways that ideas are transferred from one location to another • Trade and Migration change our world

15. The Five Themes of Geography • Region: • Asks the big question… • What are their unifying features and how do they form and change over time?

16. The Five Themes of Geography • Region: • Areas that share common features • Region is a basic unit for geographic study • Geographers divide the world into regions to help them interpret and understand the world • Regions can be defined on the basis of: physical and human characteristics

17. The Five Themes of Geography • Formal • Designated by official boundaries, such as cities, states, counties, and countries. • Functional • Defined by their connections (housing plans, shopping or cultural districts, etc.) • Vernacular • Perceived regions, such as "The South," "The Midwest," or the "Middle East;“ no formal boundaries but are understood in our mental maps of the world.

18. Applying the 5 Themes of Geography • Objective: to apply the 5 Themes of Geography to an actual study…Ecuador!

19. Ecuador Wow!!! • Location: Record all responses on worksheet #1 • Look at the map of Ecuador and determine the absolute location of Quito, Ecuador • You can also use the textbook, page 204 • Which lines of latitude and longitude does Ecuador fall between? • Next, determine the relative location of Ecuador and then record it on the information worksheet • Give at least 3 reference points!

20. 600 West 900 West 00 Equator 200 South

21. The Five Themes of Geography 2. Place:Record all responses on worksheet #2 • Look at the story and pictures in “Ecuador WOW!” • List all of the physical features (gifts of nature, including climate) you can identify in the photographs • Next, look for the human features (what makes a place unique—culture) that you can find in the photographs and text, then record them on worksheet 2. • Look at the clothing, buildings, foods, celebrations, and landscape of the region.

22. The Five Themes of Geography • Human-Environment Interaction: Record all responses on worksheet #3 • Look at the story of “Ecuador WOW”? • How people have adapted to, depended on, and modified the environment in Ecuador? • Respond on worksheet 3

23. The Five Themes of Geography • Movement: Record all responses on worksheet #4 • Look at the story of “Ecuador WOW”? • Examine the photographs and read the text in “Ecuador Wow!” to find how goods, ideas, and people move in and out of Ecuador, and record them on worksheet #4

24. The Five Themes of Geography • Region: Record all responses on worksheet #5 • Look back at the information you recorded on Worksheets 1, 2, 3, & 4… • Decide what type(s) of region(s) Ecuador fits into with other countries of South America • The region may be defined as an economic region, geographic region, or one defined by human or physical characteristics.