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THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
To specifically serve the teacher population, a publication entitled Guidelines for Geographic Education was published in 1984 and its contents became known popularlyas the "Five Themes of Geography." These themes are:
I. Location
a. Relative Location
b. Absolute Location
II. Place
a. Human Characteristics
b. Physical CharacteristicsIII. Human-Environmental Interactions
a. Humans adapt to the environment
b. Humans modify the environment
c. Humans depend on the environment
IV. Movement
a. Peopleb. Goods
c. Ideas
V. Regions
a. Formal
b. Functional
c. Vernacular (perceptual)
The five themes served as a framework upon which the content of geography can betaught and served the K-12 population until the national geography standards were published in 1994. Since the six elements of the national standards embrace the five themes, they remain a valuable toolfor students to use in developing a "geographic perspective," while the standards strengthen instructional planning.
LOCATION
"Where are we?" is the question that the theme Location answers.Location may be absolute or it may be relative. These locations, whether relative or absolute, may be of people or places. An absolute location is a latitude and longitude (a global location) or astreet address (local location).
Florence, AL is 34o46' North latitude and 87.40' West longitude
Paris, France is 48o51' North latitude and 2.20' East longitude
Marshall Islands are 10o00' Northlatitude and 165o00' East longitude
Relative locations are described by landmarks, time, direction or distance from one place to another and may associate a particular place with another.
PLACE
Whatkind of place is it? What do you think of when you imagine China? Japan? Russia? Saudi Arabia? Places have both human and physical characteristics, as well as images. Physical characteristics...
To specifically serve the teacher population, a publication entitled Guidelines for Geographic Education was published in 1984 and its contents became known popularlyas the "Five Themes of Geography." These themes are:
I. Location
a. Relative Location
b. Absolute Location
II. Place
a. Human Characteristics
b. Physical CharacteristicsIII. Human-Environmental Interactions
a. Humans adapt to the environment
b. Humans modify the environment
c. Humans depend on the environment
IV. Movement
a. Peopleb. Goods
c. Ideas
V. Regions
a. Formal
b. Functional
c. Vernacular (perceptual)
The five themes served as a framework upon which the content of geography can betaught and served the K-12 population until the national geography standards were published in 1994. Since the six elements of the national standards embrace the five themes, they remain a valuable toolfor students to use in developing a "geographic perspective," while the standards strengthen instructional planning.
LOCATION
"Where are we?" is the question that the theme Location answers.Location may be absolute or it may be relative. These locations, whether relative or absolute, may be of people or places. An absolute location is a latitude and longitude (a global location) or astreet address (local location).
Florence, AL is 34o46' North latitude and 87.40' West longitude
Paris, France is 48o51' North latitude and 2.20' East longitude
Marshall Islands are 10o00' Northlatitude and 165o00' East longitude
Relative locations are described by landmarks, time, direction or distance from one place to another and may associate a particular place with another.
PLACE
Whatkind of place is it? What do you think of when you imagine China? Japan? Russia? Saudi Arabia? Places have both human and physical characteristics, as well as images. Physical characteristics...
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