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5 Themes of Geography | North and South America BUNDLE
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This full-year notebooking project will have students ‘thinking like a geographer! They’ll research 18 different countries and record important information that will have them investigate and record using a 5 Themes of Geography lens: location, place, human environment interaction, movement and regions.
PREREQUISITE: Good working knowledge of the 5 Themes of Geography (or) complete 5 Themes of Geography BUNDLE
As the students proceed and create a beautiful project, they’ll…
- – Learn about each country
- – Demonstrate knowledge of and ability to synthesize information and write about each country through a 5 themes of geography lens.
- – Create a wonderful project displaying their learning.
Included Countries:
South America
- – Argentina
- – Bolivia
- – Brazil
- – Chile
- – Columbia
- – Peru
- – Uruguay
- – Venezuela
North America
- – Canada
- – United States
- – Mexico
- – Costa Rica
- – Belize
- – El Salvador
- – Guatemala
- – Honduras
- – Nicaragua
- – Panama
Sample questions include:
- – (Location) Describe the relative location of the country.
- – (Location) What is the latitude and longitude of the capital city?
- – (Place) What major landforms are found in the country?
- – (Place) What is/are the climate type(s) of the country?
- – (Regions) When considering this country, describe and give examples of at least one type of functional region within it.
- – (Movement) Describe any historically important migration patterns of information you have found about past or current migration for this country. You may include internal, external migration, emigration, immigration, return and/or seasonal migration.
- – (Human/Environmental Integration) Give examples of how people who have lived in this country changed or modified the environment.
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