1. Bell Ringer 9/21
How would you describe Chicago to a friend who has never been here before? Be as detailed as you can. 3-5 sentences.
TAKE OUT PAPER FOR NOTES!!!!

2. Objective/Agenda To identify the 5 themes of geography 1. BR 2. Notes
3. CNN student news
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3. THE 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
9/21

4. THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
Location
Place
Human-Environment Interaction (HEI)
Movement
Regions

5. 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

6. LOCATION (Where are we?)
Absolute Location
A latitude and longitude (global location) or a street address (local location). .
Relative Location
Described by landmarks, time, direction or distance. From one place to another.
You are Here

7. What is it like there, what kind of place is it?
Human Characteristics
Languages, Customs
How many people live, work, and visit a place.
Physical Characteristics
Landforms (mountains, rivers, etc.), climate, wildlife,etc.

8. Chicago: Location and Place
What is the absolute location of Simeon Career Academy?
What are some of the human characteristics of Chicago? Simeon?
What about the physical characteristics of Chicago? Simeon?

9. MOVEMENT How are people, goods, ideas moved from place to place?
Human Movement
Trucks, Trains, Planes, cars
Information Movement
Phones, computer ( ), mail
Idea Movement
How do fads (popular ideas) move from place to place?
TV, Radio, Magazines

10. REGIONS How are Regions similar to and different from other places?
Formal Regions
States, Cities, Governments
Similar Characteristics
Functional Regions
Regions defined by a function (newspaper service area, cell phone coverage area).

11. Vernacular Regions
Regions defined by peoples “perception” or what people think about a region (middle east, the south, etc.)

12. Regions, cont. Let’s talk about the Illinois and the midwest:
How can we describe where we live in terms of regions?
Vernacular: Midwest
Functional: Newspaper? Cell phone?
Formal: government? Cities? Characteristics?

13. HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION (HEI)
How do humans and the environment affect each other?
We depend on it.
Drinking water
We modify it.
AC/Heat
We adapt to it.
CLOTHING!: shorts, winter coats, hats, etc.

14. HUMAN- ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
So if we ‘adapt and depend’ on our environment, how are we ‘modifying’ it?
Global issues
Pollution
Global warming
Deforestation
“Throw away” mentality

15. CNN student news Watch the news.
Jot down at least 2 examples of how the 5 themes were used in the news. Explain which ones they were and give me an example.
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