2. The Five Themes in Geography

3. The Five Themes were developed by the National Council for Geographic Education to provide an organizing framework for the presentation of geographic materials The Five Themes were developed by the National Council for Geographic Education to provide an organizing framework for the presentation of geographic materials 1. Location 2. Place. 3. Human/Environment Interactions 4. Movement 5. Regions

4. 1. Location-Where is it? Location: Position on the Earth's Surface (Absolute/Relative). Geographic study begins with the location of places on the earth..

5. -Location Cont.- Globe, Country, State, County, Community Absolute Location – latitude and longitude or an address Relative Location – where a place is with respect to other places

6. 2. Place-What is it like? Place: Physical and Human Characteristics. Place have physical and human characteristics that make them what they are.

7. -Place Cont.- Population, Climate, Landforms, Heritage, Plants & Animals Population, Climate, Landforms, Heritage, Plants & Animals Physical Characteristics Physical Characteristics Human Characteristics Human Characteristics

8. - Place Cont.- California From the desert beaches-->

9. - Place Cont.- -->To the Snow Capped Mountains

10. 3. Human/Environmental Interaction Human/Environment Interactions: Shaping the Landscape.. The geography of places is influenced by the degree to which humans have impacted their local environment.

11. Human/Environmental Interaction cont. Adaptation to Climate & geology, Land Use, Land Change, People & Events, Energy Use Adaptation to Climate & geology, Land Use, Land Change, People & Events, Energy Use Human Use (Resources), Human Adaptation, Human Impact Human Use (Resources), Human Adaptation, Human Impact

12. Human/Environmental Interaction cont. California People From the desert beaches--> Human/Environmental Interaction cont. California People From the desert beaches-->

13. Human/Environmental Interaction cont. -->To the Snow Capped Mountains

14. 4. Movement-How are people and places linked? Movement: Humans Interacting on the Earth. The postmodern world is one of great interaction between places. This movement is inherently geographic.

15. Movement cont. Vehicles, Trucks, Planes, Railroad… Vehicles, Trucks, Planes, Railroad… Movements – Materials and Products Movements – Materials and Products Movements – People and Living Things (Migration) Movements – People and Living Things (Migration) Movements – Ideas and Information (Diffusion) Movements – Ideas and Information (Diffusion)

16. Movement cont.

17. 5. Regions-How can we generalize about the world? Regions: How They Form and Change. A region is any unit of space that is unified by the presence of some characteristic.

18. Regions cont. California ’ s Regional Diversity Geographic area/unity, Landforms, Government, Language, Religion, Industry, Vegetation, Climate

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