1. Agenda Pre-Assessment 5 themes After you have finished your pre-assessment, take out your agenda and write the following:  Homework: 5 themes worksheet (DUE MONDAY 9/10)  Assessment: Tuesday, 9/11

2. Get Ready Silently take out a blank sheet of paper Fold the paper in half the long way Fold into 3 parts Unfold, you should have 6 separate boxes In the first box, write “5 Themes of Geography:  This is your note-taking guide today

3. 5 Themes of Geography MR. HELP

4. Relative Location location as described by where it is compared to something else Charlotte is East of Asheville, North of Rock Hill, and West of Wilmington Beach

5. Absolute Location : Raleigh, North Carolina, the capital of the state is: 35° 49′ 8″ N, 78° 38′ 41″ W Absolute Location: exact (geographical coordinate) Relative Location of North Carolina: North of South Carolina, East of Tennessee, & South of Virginia

6. Movement Movement of people, goods, & ideas from one location to another Examples of movement include America’s westward expansion, Information Revolution, and immigration. New devices such as the airplanes and the Internet allow physical and ideological goods to be transferred long distances in short time intervals.

7. Movement Movement of ideas through social media Move ideas quickly Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life.

8. Movement People, ideas, and goods are able to move from one place to another

9. Region unifying characteristics that may be physical, human, or cultural Similar or different characteristics from other regions Ex: Nile River Valley

10. Region Physical or human characteristics that unite them & make them differ

11. Human Environment Interaction How people interact with the environment, and how the environment responds

12. Place Place describes physical characteristics such as mountains or rivers, as well as human characteristics such as the people who live there. Ex: Niagara Falls

13. The 5 Themes helps geographer s organize Earth Where are things located?-Location What is a particular location like?-Place How are places similar or different?-Region How do people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another?- Movement How do people relate to the physical world?- Human-Environment Interaction

14. Exit Ticket 1. What are the 5 themes of Geography? 2. Explain the difference between location and place 3. Examine the ways in which one of the themes is operating in this picture: -What theme is represented in this picture? -How do you know this?