5 Themes of Teaching Geography

1) Location
2) Place
3) Region
4) Movement 
5) Human-Environment

1) Location
- Can be absolute as in an exact location
- Can be relative as in saying next door or nearby
- Can be general as in next to the Post Office

2) Place
- Area defined by what's in it
- All places have features that give them personality and distinguish them
-Example: School- windows, classrooms, doors, teachers, students

3) Region
- Area defined by certain similar characteristics
- These similar characteristics can be physical, natural, human, or cultural

4) Movement
- The way people, products, information, and ideas move from one place to another
-Example: How did you get to school today- Local Example
                  How did humans get to North America- Global Example













5) Human-Environment Interaction
- Relationship between people and their environment- How they adapt and change it.

3 questions to consider when teaching Human-Environment Interaction
1) How do people depend on their environment
Example: Annual flooding of the Nile River produced good soil for growing.

2) How do people adapt to their environment?
Example: Egyptians rebuilt their homes each year after flooding. They went on to build homes above the flood plain.

3) How do people modify the environment?
Example: Egyptians built irrigation ditches to help water the crops.