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Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography
and their impact on lives of people.
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your half sheet 1-7
GQ: How does where you live influence how you
live?
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography
and their impact on lives of people.
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Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography
and their impact on lives of people.
The Five Themes of
Geography
A Framework for Studying the
World
GQ: How does where you live influence how you
live?
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography
and their impact on lives of people.
The Five Themes of
Geography
A Framework for Studying the
World
GQ: How does where you live influence how you
live?
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography
and their impact on lives of people.
Theme 1: Location
• Where is It?
• Why is It There?
Two Types of
Location
•Absolute
•Relative
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography
and their impact on lives of people.
Absolute Location
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A specific place on the Earth’s surface
Uses a grid system
Latitude and longitude
A global address
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography
and their impact on lives of people.
Texas
Absolute Location
• Texas
25 ° N Latitude
10 ° W longitude
• Austin
30º 16' N Latitude
97º 44' W Longitude
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography
and their impact on lives of people.
Relative Location
• Where a place is
in relation to
another place
• Uses directional
words to describe
– Cardinal and
intermediate
directions
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography
and their impact on lives of people.
Texas
Texas is positioned in both the northern and western
hemispheres.
Located in the southern Gulf-Coast region of the
United States of America - a part of North America it's bordered by the U.S. States of New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, as well as the Gulf of
Mexico.
In addition, it's bordered by the Rio Grande River that
forms the state's entire border with the country of
Mexico, a border 1,951 miles - 3,141 km in length.
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and
their impact on lives of people.
Theme 2: Place
Physical Characteristics
• Land Features
• Mountains, plains,
and plateaus
• Climate
• Bodies of Water
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and
their impact on lives of people.
Texas: Physical
Characteristics
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and
their impact on lives of people.
Theme 2: Place
Human Characteristics
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People
Culture
Language
Religion
Buildings and
Landmarks
• Cities
Texas : Human/Place
Characteristics
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and
their impact on lives of people.
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and
their impact on lives of people.
Theme 3: Human
Environment Interaction
How People Interact With Their
Environment
People . . .
• Adapt to Their Environment
• Modify Their Environment
• Depend on Their Environment
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Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and
their impact on lives of people.
Texas: Human Environment
Interaction
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and
their impact on lives of people.
Theme 4: Movement
The Mobility of
• People
• Goods
• Ideas
How Places are
linked to one
another and the
world
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and
their impact on lives of people.
Texas: Movement
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and
their impact on lives of people.
Theme 5: Regions
What Places Have in Common
• Political Regions
• Landform Regions
• Agricultural Regions
• Cultural Regions
Texas : Regions
Obj: Students will be able to identify the 5 Themes of Geography and
their impact on lives of people.
Ticket Out
• Brainstorm and create a circle map about
Texas (5min)
Circle - Place.
Star- Region
Underline – human - environment interaction
Box – physical characteristics
Lines Behind – movement
Underline your 5 Themes of Geog
Place: Purple
Human Environment:
Blue
Regions: Yellow
Movement: Green
Location: Red
*These colors do not
match the example to the
left.
GQ: How does where you live
influence how you live?
*Use your notes or RSG
to help you identify the
themes.
*Illustrate the back of
your postcard
representing the place
you chose.