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This song (as well as having an amazing beat) helps students learn about the five themes of geography and be stimulated.

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1. Location: Where are things located? A location can be absolute (for example, latitude and longitude or a street address) or relative

2. Place: Characteristics that define a place and explains what makes it different from other places.

3. Human Environment Interaction: This theme explains how humans and the environment interact with each other.

4. Region: Geographers divide the earth into regions making it easier to study. Regions are defined in many ways including area, vegetation and more.

5. Movement: People, items, and ideas

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The five themes of geography are as follows:

1. Location: Where are things located? A location can be absolute (for example, latitude and longitude or a street address) or relative (for example, explained by identifying landmarks, direction, or distance between places).

2. Place: Characteristics that define a place and explains what makes it different from other places. These differences can take many forms including physical or cultural differences.

3. Human Environment Interaction: This theme explains how humans and the environment interact with each other. Humans adapt and change the environment while depending upon it.

4. Region: Geographers divide the earth into regions making it easier to study. Regions are defined in many ways including area, vegetation, political divisions, etc.

5. Movement: People, items, and ideas (mass communication) move and help shape the world.
After teaching these concepts to students, continue with the Five Themes of Geography assignment.

The following assignment is meant to be given after the teacher has presented the definitions and examples of the five themes of geography. The following directions are given to the students:

1. Use the newspaper, magazines, pamphlet, flyers, etc. (whatever is the most readily available) to cut out an example of each of the five themes of geography (Use your notes to help you find examples.):

2. Location

3. Place

4. Human Environment Interaction

5. Region

6. Movement

7. Paste or tape the examples to a piece of paper, leave room for some writing.

8. Next to each example you cut out, write what theme it represents and a sentence stating why it represents that theme.
Ex. Location: (Picture of a car accident from a paper) This picture shows relative location because it portrays an accident by the Drive-In Theatre on Highway 52 two miles west of Everywhere, USA.
HINT: If you have a question, ASK - don't wait until the homework is due!

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Explanation of the Five Themes of Geography

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The five themes of geography are as follows: Location: Where are things located? A location can be absolute (for example, latitude and longitude or a street address) or relative (for example, explained by identifying landmarks, direction, or distance between places). Place: Characteristics that define a place and explains what makes it different from other places.

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This video is a catchy song that will teach you the 5 themes of Geography. The 5 themes of Geography  are Location, place, human Environment interaction, movement, and region.

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Which Tim and moby talk about the five themes of geography
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By Ben  this tells people that location,place,movement,region,infraction are the five themes of geography. All these are movement and place so like a human.

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The 5 themes of geography are a tool to help people learn about our earth. These themes include place, region, movement, environment, and location. Learn more about these 5 themes in the attached video.

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This article teaches you about the five Themes of Georgraphy those five themes are Location,place,human-Environment interaction, Movement and region. This article gives detailed bullet points with description of each theme. It also gives you link’s to look farther into the themes.

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The five themes of geography are an educational tool for teaching geography. The five themes were published in 1984 and widely adopted by teachers, textbook publishers, and curriculum designers in the United States. Most American geography and social studies classrooms have adopted the five themes in teaching practices, as they provide "an alternative to the detrimental, but unfortunately persistent, habit of teaching geography through rote memorization". They are pedagogical themes that guide how geographic content should be taught in schools.

Every point on Earth has a location. Location can be described in two different ways:

Absolute location, a location as described by its latitude and longitude on the Earth. For example, the coordinates of Albany, New York are 42.6525° N, 73.7572° W.

Relative location, a location as described by where it is compared to something else. For example, Albany, New York is roughly 140 miles north of New York City.

Every site on Earth has a unique absolute location, which can be identified with a reference grid (such as latitude and longitude). Maps and globes can be used to find location and can also be used to convey other types of geographical information. Map projections are used to represent the three-dimensional Earth on a two-dimensional map. The earth's position relative to the sun affects climate, seasons, and time zones. Location as a theme helps teachers to demonstrate to students that we have to know and be able to explain where something is before it can be examined geographically. It allows the examination of spatial relationships using spatial ideas such as distance, direction, adjacency, proximity, and enclosure.

A place is an area that is defined by everything in it. It differs from location in that a place is conditions and features, and location is a position in space. Places have physical characteristics, such as landforms and plant and animal life, as well as human characteristics, such as economic activities and languages. All places have features that give them personality and distinguish them from other places. It is a combination of the "features, perceptions, and activities that occur in a given location".

Toponym: a place name, especially one derived from a topographical feature.

Site: an area of ground on which a town, building, or monument is constructed.

Situation: the location and surroundings of a place.

Population: the number of people that live in the area.

This theme describes how people interact with the environment, and how the environment responds, with three key concepts:

Dependency: Humans depend on the environment.

Adaptation: Humans adapt to the environment.

Modification: Humans modify the environment.

Sub-themes include "the earth as an environmental system" (including the role and problems of technology, environmental hazards and limits, and adaptation) and "ethics and values" (differing cultural values and the trade-off between economic development and environmental protection). In the original 1984 Guidelines for Geographic Education: Elementary and Secondary Schools, this was called "relationships within places". It focused on the advantages and disadvantages for human settlement in places. It was later renamed to human-environment interaction. This theme is not exclusive to geography, as it is a goal for many disciplines of study.

Movement is the travel of people, goods, and ideas from one location to another. Examples of movement include the United States' westward expansion, the Information Revolution, and immigration. New devices such as the airplane and the Internet allow physical and ideological goods to be transferred long distances in short time intervals. A person's travel from place to place, and the actions they perform there are also considered movement.

Places are connected by movement:

In the original 1984 Guidelines for Geographic Education: Elementary and Secondary Schools document, movement was called "relationships between places". Transportation routes and telephone lines that link people all over the world are visible examples of relationships between places.

Regions are areas with distinctive characteristics: human characteristics, such as demographics or politics, and physical characteristics, such as climate and vegetation. For example, the US is a political region because it shares one governmental system.

Regions may have clear, well-defined borders or vague boundaries.

Uniform regions and formal regions share a similar definition, with formal regions being "a group of places that have similar conditions". Even in formal regions, it is true that no region is completely homogeneous, as characteristics vary from place to place. While regions all share at least one common trait, it is true that they can have multiple traits that unite them, an example being a region that shares a language and a government.

The five themes of geography were published in the 1984 Guidelines for Geographic Education: Elementary and Secondary Schools by the National Council for Geographic Education/ Association of American Geographers Joint Committee on Geographic Education. The document was 28 pages, and suggested the themes as a way for teachers to organize content for geography classes. The committee included Salvatore J. Natoli, Richard G. Boehm, James B. Kracht, David A. Lanegran, Janice J. Monk, and Robert W. Morrill. They settled on five themes: location, place, relationships within places (later changed to human-environment interaction), relationships between places (later shortened to movement), and region. The themes were not a "new geography" but rather a conceptual structure for organizing information about geography.

The themes became widespread in American social science education and were used for teacher training by the National Geographic Society's statewide alliances. They also played a role in reestablishing geography in school curricula. When the National Geography Standards were released in 1994, people compared them to the five themes, saying that the themes had a simplicity that the new standards were lacking.

In 1992, a National Assessment of Educational Progress consensus group said that the five themes are useful for teaching, but that for assessment, geography should be divided into the three topics of "space and place", "environment and society", and "spatial dynamic and connections".

The five themes continue to be used as an educational approach in many educational outlets. As of 2012, they are included in the National Council for the Social Studies elementary school standards and in state social studies standards.

The five themes continue to be used as an educational approach in many educational outlets. As of 2012, they are included in the National Council for the Social Studies elementary school standards and in state social studies standards. The influence of the five themes can still be found in many standards, such as the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Standards for elementary grades. With the increase of emphasis placed on standardized testing in the United States, social studies, and thus geography, is receiving less time in elementary classrooms.

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The five themes of geography are an educational tool for teaching geography. The five themes were published in 1984 and widely adopted by teachers, textbook publishers, and curriculum designers in the United States. Most American geography and social studies classrooms have adopted the five themes in teaching practices, as they provide "an alternative to the detrimental, but unfortunately persistent, habit of teaching geography through rote memorization".

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What Are The Five Themes of Geography? - Video & LesTranscript | Study.com

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The five themes of geography is location providing a reference place to describe a particular place on earth, human-environment interaction, movement, region,place

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This explains the 5 geography themes. Place,region,movement,environment and location this is meant to teach about those 5 themes.

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The five themes of geography are location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region. These were defined in 1984 by the National Council for Geographic Education and the Association of American Geographers to facilitate and organize the teaching of geography in the K-12 classroom. While the five themes have since been supplanted by the National Geography Standards, they still provide an effective means or organizing geography instruction.

Most geographic studies begin by learning the location of places. Location can be absolute or relative.

Absolute location: Provides a definite reference for locating a place. The reference can be latitude and longitude, a street address, or even the Township and Range system. For example, you might be located at 183 Main Street in Anytown, USA or you might be positioned at 42.2542° N, 77.7906° W.

Relative location: Describes a place with respect to its environment and its connection to other places. As an example, a home might be located 1.3 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, .4 miles from the town's elementary school, and 32 miles from the nearest international airport.

Place describes the human and physical characteristics of a location.

Physical characteristics: Includes a description of such things as mountains, rivers, beaches, topography, climate, and animal and plant life of a place. If a place is described as hot, sandy, fertile, or forested, these terms all paint a picture of the location's physical characteristics. A topographical map is one tool used to illustrate the physical characteristics of a location.

Human characteristics: Includes the human-designed cultural features of a place. These features include land use, architectural styles, forms of livelihood, religious practices, political systems, common foods, local folklore, means of transportation, and methods of communication. For example, a location could be described as a technologically advanced French-speaking democracy with a Catholic majority.

Human-Environment Interaction

This theme considers how humans adapt to and modify the environment. Humans shape the landscape through their interaction with the land, which has both positive and negative effects on the environment. As an example of the human-environment interaction, think about how people living in cold climates have often mined coal or drilled for natural gas in order to heat their homes. Another example would be the massive landfill projects in Boston conducted in the 18th and 19th centuries to expand habitable areas and improve transportation.

Humans move-a lot! In addition, ideas, fads, goods, resources, and communication all travel distances. This theme studies movement and migration across the planet. The emigration of Syrians during war, the flow of water in the Gulf Stream, and the expansion of cell phone reception around the planet are all examples of movement.

Regions divide the world into manageable units for geographic study. Regions have some sort of characteristic that unifies the area and can be formal, functional, or vernacular.

Formal regions: These are designated by official boundaries, such as cities, states, counties, and countries. For the most part, they are clearly indicated and publicly known.

Functional regions: These are defined by their connections. For example, the circulation area for a major city area is the functional region of that paper.

Vernacular regions: These include perceived regions, such as "The South," "The Midwest," or the "Middle East"; they have no formal boundaries but are understood in mental maps of the world.

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Five Themes Of Geography (AP Human Geography)

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Ashley Dotson

This article helped me understand not only the 5 themes of geography but why they are the themes of geography. The five themes of geography are location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region.the article said, “These were defined in 1984 by the National Council for Geographic Education and the Association of American Geographers to facilitate and organize the teaching of geography in the K-12 classroom.” This article had very good evidence.

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The five themes of geography are location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region. These were defined in 1984 by the National Council for Geographic Education and the Association of American Geographers to facilitate and organize the teaching of geography in the K-12 classroom. While the five themes have since been supplanted by the National Geography Standards, they still provide an effective means or organizing geography instruction.

Most geographic studies begin by learning the location of places. Location can be absolute or relative.

Absolute location: Provides a definite reference for locating a place. The reference can be latitude and longitude, a street address, or even the Township and Range system. For example, you might be located at 183 Main Street in Anytown, USA or you might be positioned at 42.2542° N, 77.7906° W.

Relative location: Describes a place with respect to its environment and its connection to other places. As an example, a home might be located 1.3 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, .4 miles from the town's elementary school, and 32 miles from the nearest international airport.

Place describes the human and physical characteristics of a location.

Physical characteristics: Includes a description of such things as mountains, rivers, beaches, topography, climate, and animal and plant life of a place. If a place is described as hot, sandy, fertile, or forested, these terms all paint a picture of the location's physical characteristics. A topographical map is one tool used to illustrate the physical characteristics of a location.

Human characteristics: Includes the human-designed cultural features of a place. These features include land use, architectural styles, forms of livelihood, religious practices, political systems, common foods, local folklore, means of transportation, and methods of communication. For example, a location could be described as a technologically advanced French-speaking democracy with a Catholic majority.

Human-Environment Interaction

This theme considers how humans adapt to and modify the environment. Humans shape the landscape through their interaction with the land, which has both positive and negative effects on the environment. As an example of the human-environment interaction, think about how people living in cold climates have often mined coal or drilled for natural gas in order to heat their homes. Another example would be the massive landfill projects in Boston conducted in the 18th and 19th centuries to expand habitable areas and improve transportation.

Humans move-a lot! In addition, ideas, fads, goods, resources, and communication all travel distances. This theme studies movement and migration across the planet. The emigration of Syrians during war, the flow of water in the Gulf Stream, and the expansion of cell phone reception around the planet are all examples of movement.

Regions divide the world into manageable units for geographic study. Regions have some sort of characteristic that unifies the area and can be formal, functional, or vernacular.

Formal regions: These are designated by official boundaries, such as cities, states, counties, and countries. For the most part, they are clearly indicated and publicly known.

Functional regions: These are defined by their connections. For example, the circulation area for a major city area is the functional region of that paper.

Vernacular regions: These include perceived regions, such as "The South," "The Midwest," or the "Middle East"; they have no formal boundaries but are understood in mental maps of the world.

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A Quick Overview of the 5 Themes of Geography

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The five themes of geography is location, place,human environment, movement and region. Location is where something is and it is very specific, but place is a bit less specific. Human environment interaction is the human race. Movement is something like running or anything moving any of your body parts, region is characteristics of a group of people.

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The Five Themes Of Geography Are; Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement And Region

The subject of geography is actually the convergence of multiple educational disciplines. Due to the complexity of the subject, there is a need to organize it into themes in order to facilitate the teaching of geography in the world's schools, colleges, and universities. In 1984, a comprehensive educational tool was devised that divided the subject of geography into five themes. This division was done with the aim of aiding the educational organizations to teach Geography in a more structured manner. The National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) and the Association of American Geographers (AAG) formally adopted the five themes and formalized them in the "Guidelines for Geographic Education, Elementary, and Secondary Schools" by NCGE/AAG.

The five themes of Geography are Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Region.

Location

Location is defined as a particular place or position. Most studies of geography begin with the mention of this theme of geography. Location can be of two types: absolute location and relative location. In the former case, the location of a place is defined by its latitude and longitude or its exact address. Let us consider the case of Montreal, a city in Quebec, Canada. The coordinates 45°30′N 73°34′W define the absolute location of Montreal. However, when we say that Montreal is at a distance of approximately 540 km from Toronto, we are mentioning the relative location of Montreal. In another example, when we say that the address of the Natural History Museum of London is Cromwell Road London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, we are referring to its absolute location. However, we are mentioning its relative location when saying that the Natural History Museum is at a distance of about 5 km from another major tourist attraction of London, the London Eye.

Place

Place refers to the physical and human aspects of a location. This theme of geography is associated with toponymy (the name of a place), site (the description of the features of the place), and situation (the environmental conditions of the place). Each place in the world has its unique characteristics. The landforms, hydrology, biogeography, pedology, etc., of each place is different, and so are its patterns of human habitation. The human characteristics of place are defined by the nature and size of its human population, the distinct human cultures, their ways of life, etc. The concept of "place" aids geographers to compare and contrast two places on Earth. For example, it helps to distinguish Antarctica from the Sahara Desert. One is a cold desert while the other is a hot one. While Antarctica has research stations and penguins, the Sahara has nomadic tribes and camels. Thus, in this way, the "place" theme of geography elaborates a clear picture of a place in the minds of the learners.

Human-Environment Interaction

No other species that have lived on our planet, as per our knowledge to this date, have had such a profound effect on the environment as humans. Humans have adapted to the environment in ways that have allowed them to dominate all other species on Earth. Humans have also achieved what no other species have been capable of doing (at least to such a radical extent): modifying the planet to attain their goals of living. Thus, human-environment interaction needs special emphasis and has been classified as one of the five themes of geography. It involves three distinct aspects: dependency, adaptation, and modification.

Dependency explores the ways in which humans are dependent on nature for a living. For example, in India, farmers across the country wait for the monsoons to arrive for the successful growth of their rain-fed crops. If monsoons are late, or the rains are insufficient, droughts and food crises might create havoc in the highly populated country. Adaptation relates to how humans modify themselves, their lifestyles and their behavior to live in a new environment with new challenges. The different types of clothing invented by humans is one of the finest examples of how humans adapted to varying environmental conditions since the early days. While people in the cold countries adorned wool and fur clothing, those in the warmer countries adhered to cotton.

The third aspect of the human-environment interaction and the most important one that allowed humans to "conquer" the world is the modification of the environment for his comfortable living. Humans built dams to water their fields in the dry season. They invented air coolers and air heaters to modify the air temperatures of the environment they inhabited. Humans also tamed wild animals for their exploitation, converted large tracts of dense forests to human-dominated settlements, and developed automobiles and airplanes that shortened distances between places. It is this final aspect of the human-environment interaction, the modification of the environment, that has also created huge problems on the Earth today. Global warming and climate change, mass extinctions of wild species, high levels of environmental pollution, etc., have all resulted from the drastic environmental modifications triggered by the human race.

Movement

The Earth is full of movement and on a human-dominated planet, movement primarily refers to the translocation of human beings, their goods, and their ideas from one end of the planet to another. Thus, the theme of movement becomes an important part of geographical studies. Movement deals with studies of population immigration, emigration, and distribution in the countries of the world. It is this physical movement of people that has allowed the human race to inhabit all the continents of the world, explore the depths of the oceans and land on the moon. Another aspect of movement is the transport of goods from one place on the Earth to another. In other words, it is the study of human trade, a practice that has shaped human civilizations and cultures since the time the first Homo sapiens emerged. The third and extremely vital aspect of the movement theme is the movement of ideas. It is this interchange of ideas between the nations of the world that allows the unification of human civilization and promotes its growth and prosperity. Thus, the theme of movement forms an integral part of geographical studies.

Region

An area on the planet that is composed of places with a unifying characteristic is a region, one of the five themes of geography. A region is defined by its uniform physical or human characteristics. A region whose boundaries are formally defined is known as a formal region. For example, metropolitan cities, districts, provinces, countries, and continents can each be regarded as a formal region that is unified by a common political entity. A functional region usually encompasses a central point with defined boundaries and the area around it that is connected via a well-developed network of transportation and communication systems that facilitates the movement of people, goods, and ideas within that system. A large metropolitan city including its suburbs like New York City in the United States, Mumbai in India, Tokyo in Japan, or Beijing in China, can be regarded as functional regions.

The third type of region is a vernacular region. When places in the world share unifying characteristics, we tend to imagine these places being bound by an "imaginary border." Thus, though physical maps do not formally define the boundaries of such regions, we tend to create "mental maps" of such regions. For example, we often group the countries in the Arabian Peninsula as the " Middle-East region," though such a region is never mentioned in the physical maps of the world.

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The 5 themes of geography are a tool to help people learn more about our earth. Read this article to learn more.

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The five themes of geography are location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region. These were defined in 1984 by the National Council for Geographic Education and the Association of American Geographers to facilitate and organize the teaching of geography in the K-12 classroom. While the five themes have since been supplanted by the National Geography Standards, they still provide an effective means or organizing geography instruction.

Most geographic studies begin by learning the location of places. Location can be absolute or relative.

Absolute location: Provides a definite reference for locating a place. The reference can be latitude and longitude, a street address, or even the Township and Range system. For example, you might be located at 183 Main Street in Anytown, USA or you might be positioned at 42.2542° N, 77.7906° W.

Relative location: Describes a place with respect to its environment and its connection to other places. As an example, a home might be located 1.3 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, .4 miles from the town's elementary school, and 32 miles from the nearest international airport.

Place describes the human and physical characteristics of a location.

Physical characteristics: Includes a description of such things as mountains, rivers, beaches, topography, climate, and animal and plant life of a place. If a place is described as hot, sandy, fertile, or forested, these terms all paint a picture of the location's physical characteristics. A topographical map is one tool used to illustrate the physical characteristics of a location.

Human characteristics: Includes the human-designed cultural features of a place. These features include land use, architectural styles, forms of livelihood, religious practices, political systems, common foods, local folklore, means of transportation, and methods of communication. For example, a location could be described as a technologically advanced French-speaking democracy with a Catholic majority.

Human-Environment Interaction

This theme considers how humans adapt to and modify the environment. Humans shape the landscape through their interaction with the land, which has both positive and negative effects on the environment. As an example of the human-environment interaction, think about how people living in cold climates have often mined coal or drilled for natural gas in order to heat their homes. Another example would be the massive landfill projects in Boston conducted in the 18th and 19th centuries to expand habitable areas and improve transportation.

Humans move-a lot! In addition, ideas, fads, goods, resources, and communication all travel distances. This theme studies movement and migration across the planet. The emigration of Syrians during war, the flow of water in the Gulf Stream, and the expansion of cell phone reception around the planet are all examples of movement.

Regions divide the world into manageable units for geographic study. Regions have some sort of characteristic that unifies the area and can be formal, functional, or vernacular.

Formal regions: These are designated by official boundaries, such as cities, states, counties, and countries. For the most part, they are clearly indicated and publicly known.

Functional regions: These are defined by their connections. For example, the circulation area for a major city area is the functional region of that paper.

Vernacular regions: These include perceived regions, such as "The South," "The Midwest," or the "Middle East"; they have no formal boundaries but are understood in mental maps of the world.

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This article gives a very detailed description of what the five themes of Geography are.
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The Five Themes Of Geography Are; Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement And Region

The subject of geography is actually the convergence of multiple educational disciplines. Due to the complexity of the subject, there is a need to organize it into themes in order to facilitate the teaching of geography in the world's schools, colleges, and universities. In 1984, a comprehensive educational tool was devised that divided the subject of geography into five themes. This division was done with the aim of aiding the educational organizations to teach Geography in a more structured manner. The National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) and the Association of American Geographers (AAG) formally adopted the five themes and formalized them in the "Guidelines for Geographic Education, Elementary, and Secondary Schools" by NCGE/AAG.

The five themes of Geography are Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Region.

Location

Location is defined as a particular place or position. Most studies of geography begin with the mention of this theme of geography. Location can be of two types: absolute location and relative location. In the former case, the location of a place is defined by its latitude and longitude or its exact address. Let us consider the case of Montreal, a city in Quebec, Canada. The coordinates 45°30′N 73°34′W define the absolute location of Montreal. However, when we say that Montreal is at a distance of approximately 540 km from Toronto, we are mentioning the relative location of Montreal. In another example, when we say that the address of the Natural History Museum of London is Cromwell Road London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, we are referring to its absolute location. However, we are mentioning its relative location when saying that the Natural History Museum is at a distance of about 5 km from another major tourist attraction of London, the London Eye.

Place

Place refers to the physical and human aspects of a location. This theme of geography is associated with toponymy (the name of a place), site (the description of the features of the place), and situation (the environmental conditions of the place). Each place in the world has its unique characteristics. The landforms, hydrology, biogeography, pedology, etc., of each place is different, and so are its patterns of human habitation. The human characteristics of place are defined by the nature and size of its human population, the distinct human cultures, their ways of life, etc. The concept of "place" aids geographers to compare and contrast two places on Earth. For example, it helps to distinguish Antarctica from the Sahara Desert. One is a cold desert while the other is a hot one. While Antarctica has research stations and penguins, the Sahara has nomadic tribes and camels. Thus, in this way, the "place" theme of geography elaborates a clear picture of a place in the minds of the learners.

Human-Environment Interaction

No other species that have lived on our planet, as per our knowledge to this date, have had such a profound effect on the environment as humans. Humans have adapted to the environment in ways that have allowed them to dominate all other species on Earth. Humans have also achieved what no other species have been capable of doing (at least to such a radical extent): modifying the planet to attain their goals of living. Thus, human-environment interaction needs special emphasis and has been classified as one of the five themes of geography. It involves three distinct aspects: dependency, adaptation, and modification.

Dependency explores the ways in which humans are dependent on nature for a living. For example, in India, farmers across the country wait for the monsoons to arrive for the successful growth of their rain-fed crops. If monsoons are late, or the rains are insufficient, droughts and food crises might create havoc in the highly populated country. Adaptation relates to how humans modify themselves, their lifestyles and their behavior to live in a new environment with new challenges. The different types of clothing invented by humans is one of the finest examples of how humans adapted to varying environmental conditions since the early days. While people in the cold countries adorned wool and fur clothing, those in the warmer countries adhered to cotton.

The third aspect of the human-environment interaction and the most important one that allowed humans to "conquer" the world is the modification of the environment for his comfortable living. Humans built dams to water their fields in the dry season. They invented air coolers and air heaters to modify the air temperatures of the environment they inhabited. Humans also tamed wild animals for their exploitation, converted large tracts of dense forests to human-dominated settlements, and developed automobiles and airplanes that shortened distances between places. It is this final aspect of the human-environment interaction, the modification of the environment, that has also created huge problems on the Earth today. Global warming and climate change, mass extinctions of wild species, high levels of environmental pollution, etc., have all resulted from the drastic environmental modifications triggered by the human race.

Movement

The Earth is full of movement and on a human-dominated planet, movement primarily refers to the translocation of human beings, their goods, and their ideas from one end of the planet to another. Thus, the theme of movement becomes an important part of geographical studies. Movement deals with studies of population immigration, emigration, and distribution in the countries of the world. It is this physical movement of people that has allowed the human race to inhabit all the continents of the world, explore the depths of the oceans and land on the moon. Another aspect of movement is the transport of goods from one place on the Earth to another. In other words, it is the study of human trade, a practice that has shaped human civilizations and cultures since the time the first Homo sapiens emerged. The third and extremely vital aspect of the movement theme is the movement of ideas. It is this interchange of ideas between the nations of the world that allows the unification of human civilization and promotes its growth and prosperity. Thus, the theme of movement forms an integral part of geographical studies.

Region

An area on the planet that is composed of places with a unifying characteristic is a region, one of the five themes of geography. A region is defined by its uniform physical or human characteristics. A region whose boundaries are formally defined is known as a formal region. For example, metropolitan cities, districts, provinces, countries, and continents can each be regarded as a formal region that is unified by a common political entity. A functional region usually encompasses a central point with defined boundaries and the area around it that is connected via a well-developed network of transportation and communication systems that facilitates the movement of people, goods, and ideas within that system. A large metropolitan city including its suburbs like New York City in the United States, Mumbai in India, Tokyo in Japan, or Beijing in China, can be regarded as functional regions.

The third type of region is a vernacular region. When places in the world share unifying characteristics, we tend to imagine these places being bound by an "imaginary border." Thus, though physical maps do not formally define the boundaries of such regions, we tend to create "mental maps" of such regions. For example, we often group the countries in the Arabian Peninsula as the " Middle-East region," though such a region is never mentioned in the physical maps of the world.

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Geography is a huge subject. Since teaching such an expansive topic can be overwhelming, the topic is organized under five separate themes. Discover what are the 5 themes of geography, and use them as a tool to help effectively structure and organize your approach to teaching geography.

Geography Theme: Location

In terms of geography theme, location refers to where a particular place is physically positioned on the surface of the Earth. This can refer to a place's absolute location or its relative location. Every place has one absolute location that can be described in a few different ways. Every place has multiple relative locations, which change based on how their location is being described.

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Examples of Absolute Location

The absolute location of a place does not change. The broadest example of a place's absolute location is its combined latitude and longitude. The place's position on a map and its address are also examples of absolute location.

The White House's latitude is 38.8977° N and its longitude is 77.0365° W.

The White House's address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.

These examples hold true for any place, from your home to your school to your favorite places to visit and beyond.
Examples of Relative Location

The relative location of a place changes based on how its location is being described in terms of its relative position to another location.

The White House is approximately nine miles from Ronald Reagan National Airport in the District of Columbia.

The White House is approximately 30 miles from Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia.

Washington, D.C. is around 40 miles from Baltimore, Maryland.

The Port of Baltimore in Maryland is 197 nautical miles away from the Port of Norfolk in Virginia.

AIM Mail Center is in the shopping center located at the intersections of Grelot and Hillcrest roads in Mobile, Alabama.

The fourth grade classroom is in the second building past the gymnasium.

Interests along the eastern coast of the Gulf of Mexico should closely monitor the storm's progress.

Geography Theme: Place

In terms of geography theme, place refers to the physical and/or human characteristics that make up a location.

Examples of Physical Place Characteristics

Physical place is represented by the physical features of a location.

Islands are above water and surrounded by it.

Mountainous terrains can be steep, jagged or gently sloping.

Terrain can be flat, rocky, even, or uneven.

An area can be heavily forested or free of vegetation.

Arctic climates are extremely cold.

Tropical climates are extremely hot.

Soil can have varying levels of acidity.

Examples of Human Place Characteristics

The human characteristics of place refer to cultural features introduced and maintained by humans.

Land in rural areas may predominantly be used for agricultural purposes, with locals primarily earning a living from the land.

The architecture in New Orleans reflects the city's unique blend of French and Creole culture.

New Orleans is also known for its distinct cuisine, including crawfish, muffulettas, etouffee, and jambalaya.

The United Kindom's system of government is a constitutional monarchy with a royal family and elected officials (including a prime minister and members of parliament).

In large cities with extensive public transportation, such as New York City, it's not as common for people to own cars as in other types of locations.

In Amish communities, transportation via horse and buggy is the most common means of transportation.

In India, more than 80 percent of the population practices the Hindu faith.

Geography Theme: Human-Environment Interaction

Human-environment interaction as a geography theme refers to the connections and interactions between human beings and the overall environment.

Examples of human-environment interaction include:

drilling for oil in the oceans and gulfs

mining ore from below the surface of the Earth

harvesting and eating food that grows naturally in a location

changing soil conditions to be able to grow other foods in a location

building dams to control the flow of water and/or harness its energy

capturing energy from the wind or sun to use as power

deforestation of land and its impact on plant and animal life

extracting ingredients for medicine and natural remedies from plants

creation of pollution via industrialization and its impact on the environment

development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Geography Theme: Movement

In terms of geography theme, movement refers to interactions between places due to people's movements from one place to another.

Some examples of movement are:

From 2019 to 2020 alone, more than 900,000 Syrian people were displaced from their homeland due to civil war, resulting in continuing mass migration.

In the United States, the industrial revolution (1760-1840) caused many people to leave rural areas and agricultural lifestyles to find factory work in cities.

People tend to move to areas where jobs are plentiful and the cost of living tends to be low, such as areas in the U.S. where fracking is being done.

If the trend toward remote, home-based jobs continues, some economists believe that a large portion of the population will leave cities for rural life.

When people in undeveloped parts of the world leave en mass to developed areas where they can find work, communities of immigrants develop in those areas.

If those who leave their families behind in undeveloped areas send money home to help their families, the economic climate of their homeland starts to change.

When companies offshore jobs to less developed countries, that creates a new middle class in the areas where they set up out-of-country operations.

In developing nations with such opportunities, fewer young people leave their homeland to find gainful employment, so families tend to stay together.

When businesses choose new locations, they look for ones that are well supported by road and airline transportation, as well as access to water and rail.

Geography Theme: Region

In terms of geography theme, a region is an area that shares certain common geographic characteristics.

Examples of regions include:

The Gulf Coast region of the United States refers to those areas that touch the Gulf of Mexico (southern Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama as well as northwest and the western coast of Florida).

The term Tri-State Area refers to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. These three small states are close together, share a climate and are also within commuting distance of one another for work.

The term "rust belt" is used to describe the swath between the northeastern corner of Wisconsin through the central part of New York that has historically been a stronghold of manufacturing in the U.S.

The term "corn belt" is used to describe those states where the majority of agriculture production is linked to corn. This region stretches from the eastern edge of Nebraska through Indiana."

The Pacific Northwest is used to refer to Washington State, Oregon and the northern portion of California. The scenery and climate in this area is very different from what would be referred to as the Pacific Coast of southern California.

"Wine country" often refers to regions where wine production is big business. There are wine country regions in multiple countries. There are many wine regions in France. In the U.S., California is known for its wine production. Other states, such as Missouri, also have wine regions.

Learn More About Geography

Geography is a fascinating subject that can be explored from many angles, though it's most often organized in the context of the five themes discussed here. If learning about the five themes of geography has piqued your interest, continue learning even more. Start by building a strong vocabulary of geography terms.

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The five themes of geography are location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region. These were defined in 1984 by the National Council for Geographic Education and the Association of American Geographers to facilitate and organize the teaching of geography in the K-12 classroom. While the five themes have since been supplanted by the National Geography Standards, they still provide an effective means or organizing geography instruction.

Most geographic studies begin by learning the location of places. Location can be absolute or relative.

Absolute location: Provides a definite reference for locating a place. The reference can be latitude and longitude, a street address, or even the Township and Range system. For example, you might be located at 183 Main Street in Anytown, USA or you might be positioned at 42.2542° N, 77.7906° W.

Relative location: Describes a place with respect to its environment and its connection to other places. As an example, a home might be located 1.3 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, .4 miles from the town's elementary school, and 32 miles from the nearest international airport.

Place describes the human and physical characteristics of a location.

Physical characteristics: Includes a description of such things as mountains, rivers, beaches, topography, climate, and animal and plant life of a place. If a place is described as hot, sandy, fertile, or forested, these terms all paint a picture of the location's physical characteristics. A topographical map is one tool used to illustrate the physical characteristics of a location.

Human characteristics: Includes the human-designed cultural features of a place. These features include land use, architectural styles, forms of livelihood, religious practices, political systems, common foods, local folklore, means of transportation, and methods of communication. For example, a location could be described as a technologically advanced French-speaking democracy with a Catholic majority.

Human-Environment Interaction

This theme considers how humans adapt to and modify the environment. Humans shape the landscape through their interaction with the land, which has both positive and negative effects on the environment. As an example of the human-environment interaction, think about how people living in cold climates have often mined coal or drilled for natural gas in order to heat their homes. Another example would be the massive landfill projects in Boston conducted in the 18th and 19th centuries to expand habitable areas and improve transportation.

Humans move-a lot! In addition, ideas, fads, goods, resources, and communication all travel distances. This theme studies movement and migration across the planet. The emigration of Syrians during war, the flow of water in the Gulf Stream, and the expansion of cell phone reception around the planet are all examples of movement.

Regions divide the world into manageable units for geographic study. Regions have some sort of characteristic that unifies the area and can be formal, functional, or vernacular.

Formal regions: These are designated by official boundaries, such as cities, states, counties, and countries. For the most part, they are clearly indicated and publicly known.

Functional regions: These are defined by their connections. For example, the circulation area for a major city area is the functional region of that paper.

Vernacular regions: These include perceived regions, such as "The South," "The Midwest," or the "Middle East"; they have no formal boundaries but are understood in mental maps of the world.

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The five themes of geography are location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region. These were defined in 1984 by the National Council for Geographic Education and the Association of American Geographers to facilitate and organize the teaching of geography in the K-12 classroom. While the five themes have since been supplanted by the National Geography Standards, they still provide an effective means or organizing geography instruction.

Most geographic studies begin by learning the location of places. Location can be absolute or relative.

Absolute location: Provides a definite reference for locating a place. The reference can be latitude and longitude, a street address, or even the Township and Range system. For example, you might be located at 183 Main Street in Anytown, USA or you might be positioned at 42.2542° N, 77.7906° W.

Relative location: Describes a place with respect to its environment and its connection to other places. As an example, a home might be located 1.3 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, .4 miles from the town's elementary school, and 32 miles from the nearest international airport.

Place describes the human and physical characteristics of a location.

Physical characteristics: Includes a description of such things as mountains, rivers, beaches, topography, climate, and animal and plant life of a place. If a place is described as hot, sandy, fertile, or forested, these terms all paint a picture of the location's physical characteristics. A topographical map is one tool used to illustrate the physical characteristics of a location.

Human characteristics: Includes the human-designed cultural features of a place. These features include land use, architectural styles, forms of livelihood, religious practices, political systems, common foods, local folklore, means of transportation, and methods of communication. For example, a location could be described as a technologically advanced French-speaking democracy with a Catholic majority.

Human-Environment Interaction

This theme considers how humans adapt to and modify the environment. Humans shape the landscape through their interaction with the land, which has both positive and negative effects on the environment. As an example of the human-environment interaction, think about how people living in cold climates have often mined coal or drilled for natural gas in order to heat their homes. Another example would be the massive landfill projects in Boston conducted in the 18th and 19th centuries to expand habitable areas and improve transportation.

Humans move-a lot! In addition, ideas, fads, goods, resources, and communication all travel distances. This theme studies movement and migration across the planet. The emigration of Syrians during war, the flow of water in the Gulf Stream, and the expansion of cell phone reception around the planet are all examples of movement.

Regions divide the world into manageable units for geographic study. Regions have some sort of characteristic that unifies the area and can be formal, functional, or vernacular.

Formal regions: These are designated by official boundaries, such as cities, states, counties, and countries. For the most part, they are clearly indicated and publicly known.

Functional regions: These are defined by their connections. For example, the circulation area for a major city area is the functional region of that paper.

Vernacular regions: These include perceived regions, such as "The South," "The Midwest," or the "Middle East"; they have no formal boundaries but are understood in mental maps of the world.

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Every point on Earth has a location. Location can be described in two different ways:

Absolute location, a location as described by its latitude and longitude on the Earth. For example, the coordinates of Albany, New York are 42.6525° N, 73.7572° W.

Relative location, a location as described by where it is compared to something else. For example, Albany, New York is roughly 140 miles north of New York City.

Every site on Earth has a unique absolute location, which can be identified with a reference grid (such as latitude and longitude). Maps and globes can be used to find location and can also be used to convey other types of geographical information. Map projections are used to represent the three-dimensional Earth on a two-dimensional map. The earth's position relative to the sun affects climate, seasons, and time zones. Location as a theme helps teachers to demonstrate to students that we have to know and be able to explain where something is before it can be examined geographically. It allows the examination of spatial relationships using spatial ideas such as distance, direction, adjacency, proximity, and enclosure.

A place is an area that is defined by everything in it. It differs from location in that a place is conditions and features, and location is a position in space. Places have physical characteristics, such as landforms and plant and animal life, as well as human characteristics, such as economic activities and languages. All places have features that give them personality and distinguish them from other places. It is a combination of the "features, perceptions, and activities that occur in a given location".

Toponym: a place name, especially one derived from a topographical feature.

Site: an area of ground on which a town, building, or monument is constructed.

Situation: the location and surroundings of a place.

Population: the number of people that live in the area.

This theme describes how people interact with the environment, and how the environment responds, with three key concepts:

Dependency: Humans depend on the environment.

Adaptation: Humans adapt to the environment.

Modification: Humans modify the environment.

Sub-themes include "the earth as an environmental system" (including the role and problems of technology, environmental hazards and limits, and adaptation) and "ethics and values" (differing cultural values and the trade-off between economic development and environmental protection). In the original 1984 Guidelines for Geographic Education: Elementary and Secondary Schools, this was called "relationships within places". It focused on the advantages and disadvantages for human settlement in places. It was later renamed to human-environment interaction. This theme is not exclusive to geography, as it is a goal for many disciplines of study.

Movement is the travel of people, goods, and ideas from one location to another. Examples of movement include the United States' westward expansion, the Information Revolution, and immigration. New devices such as the airplane and the Internet allow physical and ideological goods to be transferred long distances in short time intervals. A person's travel from place to place, and the actions they perform there are also considered movement.

Places are connected by movement:

In the original 1984 Guidelines for Geographic Education: Elementary and Secondary Schools document, movement was called "relationships between places". Transportation routes and telephone lines that link people all over the world are visible examples of relationships between places.

Regions are areas with distinctive characteristics: human characteristics, such as demographics or politics, and physical characteristics, such as climate and vegetation. For example, the US is a political region because it shares one governmental system.

Regions may have clear, well-defined borders or vague boundaries.

Uniform regions and formal regions share a similar definition, with formal regions being "a group of places that have similar conditions". Even in formal regions, it is true that no region is completely homogeneous, as characteristics vary from place to place. While regions all share at least one common trait, it is true that they can have multiple traits that unite them, an example being a region that shares a language and a government.

The five themes of geography were published in the 1984 Guidelines for Geographic Education: Elementary and Secondary Schools by the National Council for Geographic Education/ Association of American Geographers Joint Committee on Geographic Education. The document was 28 pages, and suggested the themes as a way for teachers to organize content for geography classes. The committee included Salvatore J. Natoli, Richard G. Boehm, James B. Kracht, David A. Lanegran, Janice J. Monk, and Robert W. Morrill. They settled on five themes: location, place, relationships within places (later changed to human-environment interaction), relationships between places (later shortened to movement), and region. The themes were not a "new geography" but rather a conceptual structure for organizing information about geography.

The themes became widespread in American social science education and were used for teacher training by the National Geographic Society's statewide alliances. They also played a role in reestablishing geography in school curricula. When the National Geography Standards were released in 1994, people compared them to the five themes, saying that the themes had a simplicity that the new standards were lacking.

In 1992, a National Assessment of Educational Progress consensus group said that the five themes are useful for teaching, but that for assessment, geography should be divided into the three topics of "space and place", "environment and society", and "spatial dynamic and connections".

The five themes continue to be used as an educational approach in many educational outlets. As of 2012, they are included in the National Council for the Social Studies elementary school standards and in state social studies standards.

The five themes continue to be used as an educational approach in many educational outlets. As of 2012, they are included in the National Council for the Social Studies elementary school standards and in state social studies standards. The influence of the five themes can still be found in many standards, such as the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Standards for elementary grades. With the increase of emphasis placed on standardized testing in the United States, social studies, and thus geography, is receiving less time in elementary classrooms.

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The Five Themes Of Geography Are; Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement And Region

The subject of geography is actually the convergence of multiple educational disciplines. Due to the complexity of the subject, there is a need to organize it into themes in order to facilitate the teaching of geography in the world's schools, colleges, and universities. In 1984, a comprehensive educational tool was devised that divided the subject of geography into five themes. This division was done with the aim of aiding the educational organizations to teach Geography in a more structured manner. The National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) and the Association of American Geographers (AAG) formally adopted the five themes and formalized them in the "Guidelines for Geographic Education, Elementary, and Secondary Schools" by NCGE/AAG.

The five themes of Geography are Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Region.

Location

Location is defined as a particular place or position. Most studies of geography begin with the mention of this theme of geography. Location can be of two types: absolute location and relative location. In the former case, the location of a place is defined by its latitude and longitude or its exact address. Let us consider the case of Montreal, a city in Quebec, Canada. The coordinates 45°30′N 73°34′W define the absolute location of Montreal. However, when we say that Montreal is at a distance of approximately 540 km from Toronto, we are mentioning the relative location of Montreal. In another example, when we say that the address of the Natural History Museum of London is Cromwell Road London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, we are referring to its absolute location. However, we are mentioning its relative location when saying that the Natural History Museum is at a distance of about 5 km from another major tourist attraction of London, the London Eye.

Place

Place refers to the physical and human aspects of a location. This theme of geography is associated with toponymy (the name of a place), site (the description of the features of the place), and situation (the environmental conditions of the place). Each place in the world has its unique characteristics. The landforms, hydrology, biogeography, pedology, etc., of each place is different, and so are its patterns of human habitation. The human characteristics of place are defined by the nature and size of its human population, the distinct human cultures, their ways of life, etc. The concept of "place" aids geographers to compare and contrast two places on Earth. For example, it helps to distinguish Antarctica from the Sahara Desert. One is a cold desert while the other is a hot one. While Antarctica has research stations and penguins, the Sahara has nomadic tribes and camels. Thus, in this way, the "place" theme of geography elaborates a clear picture of a place in the minds of the learners.

Human-Environment Interaction

No other species that have lived on our planet, as per our knowledge to this date, have had such a profound effect on the environment as humans. Humans have adapted to the environment in ways that have allowed them to dominate all other species on Earth. Humans have also achieved what no other species have been capable of doing (at least to such a radical extent): modifying the planet to attain their goals of living. Thus, human-environment interaction needs special emphasis and has been classified as one of the five themes of geography. It involves three distinct aspects: dependency, adaptation, and modification.

Dependency explores the ways in which humans are dependent on nature for a living. For example, in India, farmers across the country wait for the monsoons to arrive for the successful growth of their rain-fed crops. If monsoons are late, or the rains are insufficient, droughts and food crises might create havoc in the highly populated country. Adaptation relates to how humans modify themselves, their lifestyles and their behavior to live in a new environment with new challenges. The different types of clothing invented by humans is one of the finest examples of how humans adapted to varying environmental conditions since the early days. While people in the cold countries adorned wool and fur clothing, those in the warmer countries adhered to cotton.

The third aspect of the human-environment interaction and the most important one that allowed humans to "conquer" the world is the modification of the environment for his comfortable living. Humans built dams to water their fields in the dry season. They invented air coolers and air heaters to modify the air temperatures of the environment they inhabited. Humans also tamed wild animals for their exploitation, converted large tracts of dense forests to human-dominated settlements, and developed automobiles and airplanes that shortened distances between places. It is this final aspect of the human-environment interaction, the modification of the environment, that has also created huge problems on the Earth today. Global warming and climate change, mass extinctions of wild species, high levels of environmental pollution, etc., have all resulted from the drastic environmental modifications triggered by the human race.

Movement

The Earth is full of movement and on a human-dominated planet, movement primarily refers to the translocation of human beings, their goods, and their ideas from one end of the planet to another. Thus, the theme of movement becomes an important part of geographical studies. Movement deals with studies of population immigration, emigration, and distribution in the countries of the world. It is this physical movement of people that has allowed the human race to inhabit all the continents of the world, explore the depths of the oceans and land on the moon. Another aspect of movement is the transport of goods from one place on the Earth to another. In other words, it is the study of human trade, a practice that has shaped human civilizations and cultures since the time the first Homo sapiens emerged. The third and extremely vital aspect of the movement theme is the movement of ideas. It is this interchange of ideas between the nations of the world that allows the unification of human civilization and promotes its growth and prosperity. Thus, the theme of movement forms an integral part of geographical studies.

Region

An area on the planet that is composed of places with a unifying characteristic is a region, one of the five themes of geography. A region is defined by its uniform physical or human characteristics. A region whose boundaries are formally defined is known as a formal region. For example, metropolitan cities, districts, provinces, countries, and continents can each be regarded as a formal region that is unified by a common political entity. A functional region usually encompasses a central point with defined boundaries and the area around it that is connected via a well-developed network of transportation and communication systems that facilitates the movement of people, goods, and ideas within that system. A large metropolitan city including its suburbs like New York City in the United States, Mumbai in India, Tokyo in Japan, or Beijing in China, can be regarded as functional regions.

The third type of region is a vernacular region. When places in the world share unifying characteristics, we tend to imagine these places being bound by an "imaginary border." Thus, though physical maps do not formally define the boundaries of such regions, we tend to create "mental maps" of such regions. For example, we often group the countries in the Arabian Peninsula as the " Middle-East region," though such a region is never mentioned in the physical maps of the world.

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The subject of geography is actually the convergence of multiple educational disciplines. Due to the complexity of the subject, there is a need to organize it into themes in order to facilitate the teaching of geography in the world's schools, colleges, and universities.

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The Five Themes Of Geography Are; Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement And Region

The subject of geography is actually the convergence of multiple educational disciplines. Due to the complexity of the subject, there is a need to organize it into themes in order to facilitate the teaching of geography in the world's schools, colleges, and universities. In 1984, a comprehensive educational tool was devised that divided the subject of geography into five themes. This division was done with the aim of aiding the educational organizations to teach Geography in a more structured manner. The National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) and the Association of American Geographers (AAG) formally adopted the five themes and formalized them in the "Guidelines for Geographic Education, Elementary, and Secondary Schools" by NCGE/AAG.

The five themes of Geography are Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Region.

Location

Location is defined as a particular place or position. Most studies of geography begin with the mention of this theme of geography. Location can be of two types: absolute location and relative location. In the former case, the location of a place is defined by its latitude and longitude or its exact address. Let us consider the case of Montreal, a city in Quebec, Canada. The coordinates 45°30′N 73°34′W define the absolute location of Montreal. However, when we say that Montreal is at a distance of approximately 540 km from Toronto, we are mentioning the relative location of Montreal. In another example, when we say that the address of the Natural History Museum of London is Cromwell Road London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, we are referring to its absolute location. However, we are mentioning its relative location when saying that the Natural History Museum is at a distance of about 5 km from another major tourist attraction of London, the London Eye.

Place

Place refers to the physical and human aspects of a location. This theme of geography is associated with toponymy (the name of a place), site (the description of the features of the place), and situation (the environmental conditions of the place). Each place in the world has its unique characteristics. The landforms, hydrology, biogeography, pedology, etc., of each place is different, and so are its patterns of human habitation. The human characteristics of place are defined by the nature and size of its human population, the distinct human cultures, their ways of life, etc. The concept of "place" aids geographers to compare and contrast two places on Earth. For example, it helps to distinguish Antarctica from the Sahara Desert. One is a cold desert while the other is a hot one. While Antarctica has research stations and penguins, the Sahara has nomadic tribes and camels. Thus, in this way, the "place" theme of geography elaborates a clear picture of a place in the minds of the learners.

Human-Environment Interaction

No other species that have lived on our planet, as per our knowledge to this date, have had such a profound effect on the environment as humans. Humans have adapted to the environment in ways that have allowed them to dominate all other species on Earth. Humans have also achieved what no other species have been capable of doing (at least to such a radical extent): modifying the planet to attain their goals of living. Thus, human-environment interaction needs special emphasis and has been classified as one of the five themes of geography. It involves three distinct aspects: dependency, adaptation, and modification.

Dependency explores the ways in which humans are dependent on nature for a living. For example, in India, farmers across the country wait for the monsoons to arrive for the successful growth of their rain-fed crops. If monsoons are late, or the rains are insufficient, droughts and food crises might create havoc in the highly populated country. Adaptation relates to how humans modify themselves, their lifestyles and their behavior to live in a new environment with new challenges. The different types of clothing invented by humans is one of the finest examples of how humans adapted to varying environmental conditions since the early days. While people in the cold countries adorned wool and fur clothing, those in the warmer countries adhered to cotton.

The third aspect of the human-environment interaction and the most important one that allowed humans to "conquer" the world is the modification of the environment for his comfortable living. Humans built dams to water their fields in the dry season. They invented air coolers and air heaters to modify the air temperatures of the environment they inhabited. Humans also tamed wild animals for their exploitation, converted large tracts of dense forests to human-dominated settlements, and developed automobiles and airplanes that shortened distances between places. It is this final aspect of the human-environment interaction, the modification of the environment, that has also created huge problems on the Earth today. Global warming and climate change, mass extinctions of wild species, high levels of environmental pollution, etc., have all resulted from the drastic environmental modifications triggered by the human race.

Movement

The Earth is full of movement and on a human-dominated planet, movement primarily refers to the translocation of human beings, their goods, and their ideas from one end of the planet to another. Thus, the theme of movement becomes an important part of geographical studies. Movement deals with studies of population immigration, emigration, and distribution in the countries of the world. It is this physical movement of people that has allowed the human race to inhabit all the continents of the world, explore the depths of the oceans and land on the moon. Another aspect of movement is the transport of goods from one place on the Earth to another. In other words, it is the study of human trade, a practice that has shaped human civilizations and cultures since the time the first Homo sapiens emerged. The third and extremely vital aspect of the movement theme is the movement of ideas. It is this interchange of ideas between the nations of the world that allows the unification of human civilization and promotes its growth and prosperity. Thus, the theme of movement forms an integral part of geographical studies.

Region

An area on the planet that is composed of places with a unifying characteristic is a region, one of the five themes of geography. A region is defined by its uniform physical or human characteristics. A region whose boundaries are formally defined is known as a formal region. For example, metropolitan cities, districts, provinces, countries, and continents can each be regarded as a formal region that is unified by a common political entity. A functional region usually encompasses a central point with defined boundaries and the area around it that is connected via a well-developed network of transportation and communication systems that facilitates the movement of people, goods, and ideas within that system. A large metropolitan city including its suburbs like New York City in the United States, Mumbai in India, Tokyo in Japan, or Beijing in China, can be regarded as functional regions.

The third type of region is a vernacular region. When places in the world share unifying characteristics, we tend to imagine these places being bound by an "imaginary border." Thus, though physical maps do not formally define the boundaries of such regions, we tend to create "mental maps" of such regions. For example, we often group the countries in the Arabian Peninsula as the " Middle-East region," though such a region is never mentioned in the physical maps of the world.

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The five themes of geography are an educational tool for teaching geography. The five themes were published in 1984 and widely adopted by teachers, textbook publishers, and curriculum designers in the United States. Most American geography and social studies classrooms have adopted the five themes in teaching practices, as they provide "an alternative to the detrimental, but unfortunately persistent, habit of teaching geography through rote memorization". They are pedagogical themes that guide how geographic content should be taught in schools.

Every point on Earth has a location. Location can be described in two different ways:

Absolute location, a location as described by its latitude and longitude on the Earth. For example, the coordinates of Albany, New York are 42.6525° N, 73.7572° W.

Relative location, a location as described by where it is compared to something else. For example, Albany, New York is roughly 140 miles north of New York City.

Every site on Earth has a unique absolute location, which can be identified with a reference grid (such as latitude and longitude). Maps and globes can be used to find location and can also be used to convey other types of geographical information. Map projections are used to represent the three-dimensional Earth on a two-dimensional map. The earth's position relative to the sun affects climate, seasons, and time zones. Location as a theme helps teachers to demonstrate to students that we have to know and be able to explain where something is before it can be examined geographically. It allows the examination of spatial relationships using spatial ideas such as distance, direction, adjacency, proximity, and enclosure.

A place is an area that is defined by everything in it. It differs from location in that a place is conditions and features, and location is a position in space. Places have physical characteristics, such as landforms and plant and animal life, as well as human characteristics, such as economic activities and languages. All places have features that give them personality and distinguish them from other places. It is a combination of the "features, perceptions, and activities that occur in a given location".

Toponym: a place name, especially one derived from a topographical feature.

Site: an area of ground on which a town, building, or monument is constructed.

Situation: the location and surroundings of a place.

Population: the number of people that live in the area.

This theme describes how people interact with the environment, and how the environment responds, with three key concepts:

Dependency: Humans depend on the environment.

Adaptation: Humans adapt to the environment.

Modification: Humans modify the environment.

Sub-themes include "the earth as an environmental system" (including the role and problems of technology, environmental hazards and limits, and adaptation) and "ethics and values" (differing cultural values and the trade-off between economic development and environmental protection). In the original 1984 Guidelines for Geographic Education: Elementary and Secondary Schools, this was called "relationships within places". It focused on the advantages and disadvantages for human settlement in places. It was later renamed to human-environment interaction. This theme is not exclusive to geography, as it is a goal for many disciplines of study.

Movement is the travel of people, goods, and ideas from one location to another. Examples of movement include the United States' westward expansion, the Information Revolution, and immigration. New devices such as the airplane and the Internet allow physical and ideological goods to be transferred long distances in short time intervals. A person's travel from place to place, and the actions they perform there are also considered movement.

Places are connected by movement:

In the original 1984 Guidelines for Geographic Education: Elementary and Secondary Schools document, movement was called "relationships between places". Transportation routes and telephone lines that link people all over the world are visible examples of relationships between places.

Regions are areas with distinctive characteristics: human characteristics, such as demographics or politics, and physical characteristics, such as climate and vegetation. For example, the US is a political region because it shares one governmental system.

Regions may have clear, well-defined borders or vague boundaries.

Uniform regions and formal regions share a similar definition, with formal regions being "a group of places that have similar conditions". Even in formal regions, it is true that no region is completely homogeneous, as characteristics vary from place to place. While regions all share at least one common trait, it is true that they can have multiple traits that unite them, an example being a region that shares a language and a government.

The five themes of geography were published in the 1984 Guidelines for Geographic Education: Elementary and Secondary Schools by the National Council for Geographic Education/ Association of American Geographers Joint Committee on Geographic Education. The document was 28 pages, and suggested the themes as a way for teachers to organize content for geography classes. The committee included Salvatore J. Natoli, Richard G. Boehm, James B. Kracht, David A. Lanegran, Janice J. Monk, and Robert W. Morrill. They settled on five themes: location, place, relationships within places (later changed to human-environment interaction), relationships between places (later shortened to movement), and region. The themes were not a "new geography" but rather a conceptual structure for organizing information about geography.

The themes became widespread in American social science education and were used for teacher training by the National Geographic Society's statewide alliances. They also played a role in reestablishing geography in school curricula. When the National Geography Standards were released in 1994, people compared them to the five themes, saying that the themes had a simplicity that the new standards were lacking.

In 1992, a National Assessment of Educational Progress consensus group said that the five themes are useful for teaching, but that for assessment, geography should be divided into the three topics of "space and place", "environment and society", and "spatial dynamic and connections".

The five themes continue to be used as an educational approach in many educational outlets. As of 2012, they are included in the National Council for the Social Studies elementary school standards and in state social studies standards.

The five themes continue to be used as an educational approach in many educational outlets. As of 2012, they are included in the National Council for the Social Studies elementary school standards and in state social studies standards. The influence of the five themes can still be found in many standards, such as the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Standards for elementary grades. With the increase of emphasis placed on standardized testing in the United States, social studies, and thus geography, is receiving less time in elementary classrooms.

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The five themes of geography are location, place, movement, region, human-environmental interactions. Here’s a sentence from the paragraph about location, “Absolute location is a location describes by a coordinate system such as longitude and latitude. Through these coordinates, you can find the exact location of any object in the world.” This means that without humans inventing longitude and latitude, we couldn’t find an exact location. No GPS.

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The 5 themes of geography are location, place, human, movement, and regions. These themes provide an educational resource for teachers to categorize and summarize geography. The five themes were initially approved and included in curriculums in 1984 by the Association of American Geographers. The association saw these main tenants of geography as a way to provide best practices to teachers in their classrooms.

"If geography is prose, maps are iconography." - Lennart Meri

Today, most geography classrooms have in fact adopted the 5 themes of geography as published in the NCGE/AAG publication titled Guidelines for Geographic Education, Elementary, and Schools. The guidelines are no longer in print; however, they have been republished several times with updated content and can be accessed from most major libraries.

Before jumping into the history of the "5 themes of geography" and the details therein, let's cover what exactly the 5 themes are:

These five categories were based on experts in the geography field as a way to distill information taught at a number of school grades. They are the basis of standardized teaching in geography.

The Origins Of Standardized Geography Teaching

As noted above, the guidelines published by the NCGE/AAG provide a methodological way to approach teaching geography in schools.

So, what are the guidelines and what specifically do they instruct teachers to teach their students? We'll dive into that now.

Guidelines for Geographic Education, Elementary, and Schools

The guidelines were a way for geography experts to share an improved method for teaching geographic education. The goal was to combat under the teaching of geography to U.S. children and a result of America's poor understanding of geography.

"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

As a preface, the guidelines present the methodological way geographers conduct scientific inquiry, the tools of the trade, and the rationale behind their conclusions. The guidelines then lay out the foundation of the 5 themes of geography: location, place, human relationships and interactions, movement, and regions.

Today, geography has the advantage of satellite imagery to better understand how our world interacts with humans and vice versa. Sequential satellite images over time present a picture as to how humans have destroyed environments through deforestation or dams. Software programs such as Arc GIS provides geographers to track droughts as they spread across continents and flooding from record rainfall.

Overall geography has seen a step-change in recent decades with the introduction of satellites and their ability to image the Earth through time. Satellite imagery can also be used to determine vegetation speciation, biodiversity, wars, urbanization, etc. It is today, commonly used by every government on Earth to inform on the themes of geography. This provides a way for governments to protect their interests and understand how to respond to external forces.

Antiquated map showing how our understanding of geography has changed through time (Credit: NASA)

These five themes regularly appear in the guidelines at different levels of complexity and instruct teachers on how to use them in their curriculum. This includes the expected understanding and outcomes for students at different grade levels from elementary school to middle school to high school. Together, this comprehensive guide provides an update to the previous approach and a systematic way for educators to teach and study geography.

Despite the Geography for Life standards superseding the guidelines noted above in 1994, the five themes continue to be used largely in educational settings.

How Geography Shapes Our Lives

Geography is defined as the study of landscapes, people, places, and environment on Earth. It informs us about our world and bridges natural sciences and human or social sciences. Humans can influence geography as Earth's natural processes can influence geography. They both act to shape civilizations and history.

The word geography is derived from the Greek word geographia, meaning "Earth description." Geography is partitioned into two categories: human geography and physical geography. Both interact to influence the spatial aspects of human populations, relationships of humans with plate tectonics, climate impacts on political borders, etc.

5 Themes Of Geography

Now that we have a good basis for understanding what geography is and why it helps people understand the world around them, let's dive into geography's five themes.

Location

Humans provide every object on Earth with a unique location that helps us order and understand our world. There are two ways to provide the location of an object, both absolute location and relative location. You have used both methods numerous times in your daily life.

Absolute location is a location describes by a coordinate system such as longitude and latitude. Through these coordinates, you can find the exact location of any object in the world.

Relative location is used colloquially by many of us when giving directions or location to a friend. You may say, I'll meet you outside of the local coffee shop, or I hid the key under the mat. These are relative locations and require an understanding of the background environment to know the absolute location of the item. For instance, you may know that the key is under the mat but you must also know the location of the house or else the relative location is useless. Therefore, geographers use relative location with a set understanding of the background environment.

Place

Place is the second theme of geography and is defined by the characteristics within the location. Each place has a set of physical and human characteristics that describe what it is and make up our understanding of the place.

For example, a place is distinguished by a name that humans give it. Sometimes names are descriptive of physical characteristics of the place (Half Dome) or human significance (New York City, named by the Dutch as Nieuw Nederland or New Netherland).

A place is also defined by the historical significance of a place, such as a long-standing monument, church, building, etc. It can also be defined by how it's situated in the world, for example at the confluence of several rives. Lastly, it can be defined as the population or culture that inhabits the place.

All of these emphasize the interaction of human and physical characteristics to define what a place is.

Human-Environment Interaction

The next theme is human and environment interaction. As mentioned above, humans interact with their environment daily and this part of geography outlines how the two influence and alter one another.

There are three key concepts of this theme. One is that humans depend on the environment, a dependency that shapes our communities. The second is one of adaption whereby humans will adapt to environmental changes. For instance, how humans organize and alter their actions when there is an incoming hurricane or ongoing drought.

The last is modification, whereby humans modify their environment to suit their needs. Much of the major gulf coast cities, Houston, New Orleans, Miami, etc. are all built on swamplands. Humans have drained the swap and erected concrete barriers to prevent encroaching water.

"The study of geography is about more than just memorizing places on a map. It's about understanding the complexity of our world, appreciating the diversity of cultures that exists across continents. And in the end, it's about using all that knowledge to help bridge divides and bring people together." - Barack Obama

Movement

Movement is defined by how both humans and the products we create travel around the globe. Movement could be the migration of humans across the world as our species became dominant globally. Movement could also be the transferring of information through the internet from one location to another or transportation of people through rail or plane.

Movement provides an understanding of the constant change in our world and tracts the evolution of products, people, and information. Take, for example, iron mined in Sweden then transported by freight and boat to Japan. The iron is then used to build a car, which is transported to the United States for sale. This movement is an integral part of a connected world.

Region

The last of the primary geography themes is region. This is bound by political borders, physical characteristics, climate, etc. Region could define politics or religious beliefs as it does in the border of Israel and Palestine. Rivers can play a role in regional boundaries as the Niger river provides the boundary of countries of Benin and Niger.

Region can also be defined by political systems. For instance, the United States is defined by its political system and Canada to the north is defined by its own political region.

Together these 5 themes of geography provide all of us a framework for viewing the world. With these themes, one can define a place by a number of different aspects from how it interacts with humans to how it's defined by physical or human characteristics.

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The video tells you what the five themes of geography are and explains them to you. The five things of geography are location, movement, place, region and human-environment interaction. The themes were made in 1984 by the National Council. These are the five themes of geography.

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