Download Grade 2 Critical Content: The Five Themes of Geography When

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
Embed Critical Concept/Content
1. How does geography affect the way people live or lived?
2. How does geography help me understand more about the world?
3. How does literature help me understand geography?
ASSESSMENTS:
LEARNER
Demonstrations of Knowledge and Understanding of Essential
Questions
•Compare and contrast your culture with one culture studied
through the five themes of geography
•In a piece of literature relay how the author helps you
understand one of the five themes of geography
Grade 2
Critical Content:
The Five Themes of
Geography
(year-long unit)
When introducing students to
Asia, include the study of China
and Japan.
ENABLING SKILLS
Thinking Skills, Habits of Mind, Communication Skills
Revised
7/1/99
EXPECTATIONS:
Knowledge and understanding
•compare and contrast
•investigate/research using multiple media
•hypothesize, gather data, process data, predict,
describe, define, analyze, cause and result, mapping
skills, reading
The student will know/understand:
•content vocabulary
•5 Themes of Geography
-location: position on earth
-place: physical and human characteristics
-human-environment interactions:
relationships within places
-movement: people interacting on earth
-regions: how they form and change
•the connections between themselves and the
culture being studied through literature
•how to be a responsible member of a group
•a culture from every continent except Antarctica
Five Themes of Geography
Grade 2
geography
literature
Location
position
area
direction
north
south
east
west
equator
world
map
legend
key
North America
South America
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
Antarctica
Place
neighborhood
city
town
state
country
temperature
continent
weather
Relationships
humans
environments
surroundings
change
adapt
responsibility
Movement
travel
transportation
communication
connection
people
products
culture
information
family
relatives
ancestors
Regions
physical
continents
oceans
rivers
lakes
mountain ranges
mountains
hills
islands
climate
soil
natural plants
population
cultural
holidays
customs
traditions
language
group member