Geography skills lead us off in the exciting exploration of the world! As we study geography, we will focus on the enduring '5 Themes of Geography:' 

Movement:  How do people, ideas, information and goods get around the world?

Region: What do locations have in common? Examples include the Pacific Northwest to cell-phone coverage

Human-Environmental Interaction: What do the people do to the environment? What does the environment do to the environment?  

We DEPEND on the environment for survival (food, shelter and water)

We ADAPT in to the environment to fit into it (clothing, housing)

We MODIFY (move outward) the environment by building things like dams, irrigation, roadway

Location tells us where it is!

Absolute is where it absolutely is (GPS, address)

Relative is where it is in relation to somewhere else (over there, down the street, south of...)

Place  is 'what is it like when you get there? How does it feel? What does it really look like?

  Human characteristics: what part Humans have done. Examples: Space Needle, the language people speak...think about the feel of the humans and culture of the are.

Physical characteristics: the natural world

Geography Activities 

• 5 Themes of Geography Cornell Notes

• Washington and Me 5 Themes

• Design an Island Project

Try these links out for extended learning opportunities for Geography!