5 Themes of Geography and Minnesota Mapping (Mon-Tues)

Assignment: Bring technology permission letter back and complete the Web-Scavenger Hunt by Friday.

Monday and Tuesday of this week we are going to starting to look at the study of Geography. First, we are studying the 5 Themes of Geography and how it is used to learn about other places and people. The Five Themes again are...

1. Location
2. Place
3. Human-Environment Interaction
4. Movement
5. Region

As part of this, we did a review sheet for studying the location of a certain place including longitude and latitude.

Finally, we began to look at a map of the state of Minnesota and what there is to see here. There are a bunch of places to label including what is known as TRACKS. This stands for...
Title
Rose (compass)
Author
Color
Key
Scale

We will finish the Minnesota Maps on Wednesday during class if you are not yet done.