Introduction to geography (5 themes)

Social Studies 7North Pole Middle School

Five Themes of Geography

I. Location

II. Place

III.Human-Environment Interaction

IV.Movement

V. Region

Absolute (Latitude/Longitude)

“North Pole Middle School is at 64°

44’ 47” N latitude, 147° 20’ 31” W

longitude.”

Relative (to other places)

“North Pole Middle School is eight-

tenths of a mile east-northeast of

North Pole High School.”

I. Location

Physical Characteristics

“North Pole experiences

temperatures ranging from -40°F to

+100°F and gets 12 inches of rain.

Its elevation is 489 ft above sea level”

Human Characteristics

“North Pole has a population of 1422.

The zip code is 99705 and the area

code is 907. There are 5 schools.”

II. Place

Environment changes people

● Building materials

● Recreation

● Subsistence

People change the environment

● Permafrost

● Flooding

● Forest Fires

III. Human-Environment Interaction

Moving People

Moving “Stuff”

Moving Ideas??

● E-Mail

● Snail Mail

● Cell Phones...

IV. Movement

Formal

● State of Alaska

● Game Management Area

Functional

● Flint Hills Distribution Area

● “Bedroom Community”

Vernacular

● The Interior

● Tanana Valley

V. Region

Regional Slang Words