5 Themes Review
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To help you on your Webquest Scavenger Hunt, let's quickly review the Five Themes...
1.) LOCATION ("Where something is")
But wait! There are two kinds of location:
Absolute location is a place or thing's exact position on Earth.
Example: "My house is located at 1235 Sherman Ave, in Baltimore, Maryland."
Relative location describes a place or thing's location based on other things near it.
Example: "If you're arriving from town, my house is just past the Smith Family farm, on the right."
2.) PLACE ("What something's location is like")
Place includes the physical and human features of an area.
Example: "Patterson Park has a wooded area with trails, as well as sports facilities and Bay access."
3.) REGION ("What makes a place, or a set of connected places, unique")
Regions are physical areas, or groups of people, that have features that make them different from other areas or groups.
Examples: "Vermont is part of a region that produces maple syrup that also includes New Hampshire, Maine, New York, and Canada."
"Baltimore is often described as having different regions: Downtown, the Northeast Side, the West Side and South."
4.) HUMAN / ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION ("How people affect the land, and how the land affects people")
All people are affected by their land and landscape. People also impact the land they live on.
What does this look like?
Examples: "North Avenue has been paved to make cars and buses move faster."
"Adults in Baltimore often see less of one another in the winter, because of how cold it is."
5.) MOVEMENT ("How people, animals, things, or ideas move around"
Movement connects people and places as things move from place to place. What moves? Why?
What is the effect of this movement?
Examples: "We in Baltimore can eat oranges in the winter because they are shipped from Florida and Spain!"
"Music styles that originate in America become popular in Europe and Asia, with the help of the internet."
1.) LOCATION ("Where something is")
But wait! There are two kinds of location:
Absolute location is a place or thing's exact position on Earth.
Example: "My house is located at 1235 Sherman Ave, in Baltimore, Maryland."
Relative location describes a place or thing's location based on other things near it.
Example: "If you're arriving from town, my house is just past the Smith Family farm, on the right."
2.) PLACE ("What something's location is like")
Place includes the physical and human features of an area.
Example: "Patterson Park has a wooded area with trails, as well as sports facilities and Bay access."
3.) REGION ("What makes a place, or a set of connected places, unique")
Regions are physical areas, or groups of people, that have features that make them different from other areas or groups.
Examples: "Vermont is part of a region that produces maple syrup that also includes New Hampshire, Maine, New York, and Canada."
"Baltimore is often described as having different regions: Downtown, the Northeast Side, the West Side and South."
4.) HUMAN / ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION ("How people affect the land, and how the land affects people")
All people are affected by their land and landscape. People also impact the land they live on.
What does this look like?
Examples: "North Avenue has been paved to make cars and buses move faster."
"Adults in Baltimore often see less of one another in the winter, because of how cold it is."
5.) MOVEMENT ("How people, animals, things, or ideas move around"
Movement connects people and places as things move from place to place. What moves? Why?
What is the effect of this movement?
Examples: "We in Baltimore can eat oranges in the winter because they are shipped from Florida and Spain!"
"Music styles that originate in America become popular in Europe and Asia, with the help of the internet."
