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GeographyGeography

Who Cares?

Warm UpWith those at your table, discuss the following:

What is geography? What did you draw as your childhood map? What features did you describe?

Objectives1. Complete the Geography is everywhere activity2. Identify the 5 themes of geography3. Answer the question: how does geography affect me as a 7th grader?

Main IdeaGeography is broken down into 5 major themes

I. GeographyA. Study of the earth and its features.B. 5 major themes of geography

1. Location2. Place3. Region4. Movement5. Human-Environment Interaction (HEI)

II. The 5 Themes 1. Location: Where something is.

Ex. Tamanend is east of PittsburghEx. Tamanend is 43 N, 31E

2. Place: What its like there.

A. Ex. There are deserts in MexicoB. Ex. In Mexico they speak

II. The 5 Themes 3. Movement: How people/places are connected

Ex. The fruit you had this morning came from FloridaEx. You took a bus to Tamanend this morning

4. Region: Places with similar features

Ex. Sahara Desert is a desert region• Regions that share common language

II. The 5 Themes 5. Human-Environment Interaction: how we use, adapt to, and change the world

Ex. Wear light clothes in a hot placeEx. Build a dam to keep rivers from flooding

II. The 5 Themes • Which theme explains how Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Florida are part of "The South?"

• A) place

• B) human/environment interaction

• C) location• D) region

II. The 5 Themes • Which theme relates to a farmer in Iowa shipping a truck full of grain to a cereal factory, which then sells boxes of Cheerios to grocery stores throughout the country?

• A) location

• B) human/environment interaction

• C) place• D) movement

II. The 5 Themes • Which theme relates to a person packing a beach towel, a hat, and sunscreen for a vacation to the seashore?

• A) human/environment interaction

• B) location

• C) place• D) region.

II. The 5 Themes • Which theme identifies areas that share common physical and/or cultural characteristics?

• A) location

• B) human/environment interaction

• C) region • D) place

II. The 5 Themes • Where is it? This theme tells where things are.

• A) location

• B) human/environment interaction

• C) movement• D) place

Wrap Up Question:

On a piece of paper, write down 1 OF THE 5 themes of geography, and how it affects your life as a 7th grader.

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