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5 Themes
Location Place Region Movement Human-Environment Interaction
Location
Where is it? Absolute location vs. relative location Longitude and Latitude Prime Meridian, Equator, Tropics Google Earth, of course
Mercator Projection
Robinson
Peters Projection
Place
What is it like there? Landforms, rivers, climate, etc. Have students draw and label physical features on a blank map
Landform sample
Climates
Steppes, Savannah, permafrost, rainforest, boreal forest, desert and desertification, etc. What are these places like and why does it matter? How does the climate affect the culture? What would you pack if you went there?
Steppe
Desertification
Possibilities
Lots of great activities for exploring these things
Learn about and practice customs Read and interpret charts and graphs Best source: www.nationalgeographic.com
Movement
How do goods, people, and ideas move from one region to another? Transportation Cultural exchanges Immigration Disease
Human-Environment Interaction
A two-way street How do people adapt to the environment?
Irrigation, dams, mining, farming, desalination,etc.
When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope.
Project ideas
What could your students do about these issues? Water in developing nations? Pollution? Deforestation?