Do Now

In your composition books, make a

web like the one on the board below.
In your smaller circles write five (5)
things you think are important to
Geography.

Turn and Talk

Turn and talk with your neighbor for
one minute to see if you can match
up your five important things about
geography with one of the five
themes of geography.

How do I take notes in Geography?

Red text = instructions to follow, do NOT
copy
Purple text = questions to respond to with
TAG complete sentence responses
T urn question into a statement.
A nswer the question.
G ive a detail.
Black text = notes to copy down

T urn question into a

statement.
A nswer the question.
G ive a detail.
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Essential
Question

How does geography

impact people and
do people impact
geography?

Geography the study of Earth and

its people
I. Five Themes of Geography
A.Location- Where are you?
i. Absolute location: a latitude
and longitude or street address
ii. Relative location: described by
landmarks, time direction or
distance from one place to
another

What is an example of
Location?
5301 Media Street, Philadelphia, PA
19131
(40 N, 75 W)
The store is 2 minutes away.
Eakins Oval is in front of the Art
Museum.

B. Regions- What other places is it

connected to?
i. Formal Regions: defined by
governmental or administrative
boundaries or areas that share
similar characteristics
ii. Functional Regions: defined by a
function
iii. Vernacular Regions: defined by
people s perceptions

What is an example of a
Region?
State, Country, City
Corn Belt, Rocky Mountain Region,
Chinatown
Newspaper service area, cell phone
coverage area
The Middle East, The South

C. Place- What is it like

there?
i. Human Characteristics
ii. Physical Characteristics

What is an example of
Place?
Languages, customs, beliefs
How many people live, work, and
visit a place

D. Movement- Why and how

do people and information
move?
i. Human movement
ii. Information movement
iii.Idea movement

What is an example of
Movement?
Trucks, trains, planes
Phones, computer (email), mail
TV, Radio, Magazines

E. Human-Environment
Interaction
i. How humans and the
environment impact
one another?

What is an example of HumanEnvironment Interaction?

Natural disaster
Pollution

Hand Signals
You will be shown a series of pictures.
Identify what theme of geography they
represent using the hand signals
below.
1 finger = Location
2 fingers = Region
3 fingers = Place
4 fingers = Movement
5 fingers = Human-Environment
Interaction