6th Social Studies Geography Unit Introduction What is Geography Geography is the study of the Earth and everything on it Geography shows the relationship between people and the environment ID: 542146
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The World of Geography
6th Social Studies
Geography Unit IntroductionSlide2
What is Geography?
Geography is the study of the Earth and everything on it.
Geography shows the relationship between people and the environment.Slide3
What is a Geographer?
A geographer is a person who studies geography.
Geographers have many questions about the Earth like “where things are located?” and “why they are there?” and “how do humans change the Earth?”
Geographers answer these questions by studying the Earth from five different points of view called the
5 Themes of Geography.Slide4
5
Themes of Geography
1. Location
2. Place
3. Human Environment Interaction
4. Movement
5. RegionsSlide5
#1 Location
Geographers focus on location first.
Location describes where something is.
Location can be
absolute
or
relative
.Slide6
#1 Location
Absolute
Describes an exact position on Earth.
Absolute location can be identified through longitude and latitude, street signs or addresses, and names.
Relative
Explains where something is by describing places near it.
Relative location can be identified through descriptions like near, far, a short drive, by this landmark, time, or distance.Slide7
AbsoluteSlide8
AbsoluteSlide9
AbsoluteSlide10
RelativeSlide11
RelativeSlide12
RelativeSlide13
#2 Place
Place describes the human and physical characteristics of a location.
Physical characteristics include landforms, bodies of water, plant and animal life, and climate.
Human characteristics include population, jobs, culture, buildings, roads, bridges,Slide14
Physical CharacteristicsSlide15
Human CharacteristicsSlide16
#3 Human Environment Interaction
Describes how humans adapt to and change their environment.
Explains the positive and negative effects humans have on the environment.Slide17
How Humans AdaptSlide18
Negative EffectsSlide19
#4 Movement
Humans move a lot!!!
Explains how people, goods, and ideas move from one place to another.
Helps geographers understand cultural changes.Slide20
Movement of People and ProductsSlide21
Movement of Communication and IdeasSlide22
#5 Regions
The world is HUGE!!!
Geographers divide the world into regions to make it easier to study.
On maps, geographers use colors, shapes, or special symbols to show regions.
A region has a similar characteristic, like climate, land, population, or history.Slide23Slide24Slide25
MR. HELP
If you have trouble remembering the five themes of geography just ask
Mr. Help.
M
—Movement
R
—Region
HE
—Human Environment Interaction
L
—Location
P
—Place
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2AriAioDMcSlide26
Tools of a Geographer
Globes
—3d representation of the earth
Maps
—2d graphic representations of selected parts of the earth’s surface
Satellites
—devices in space that orbit the earth and scan it to collect data
GPS
—hand held device that uses satellites to display an exact position
and time—is displayed on a hand–held receiver
Geographic Information Systems
—stores information about the world in a digital database.Slide27
Can you find the 5 themes?Slide28
Can you find the 5 themes?Slide29
Can you find the 5 themes?Slide30
Can you find the 5 themes?Slide31
Homework
You will select one picture that represents each of the Five Themes of Geography. The picture may come from a magazine, internet or be a personal photograph.
I will provide a graphic organizer to help you identity the 5 themes in your photograph.
Picture and completed graphic organizer are due Wednesday, August 21
st
.