5 Themes: Place

What is PLACE?

• Place uses physical and/or human characteristics to describe a location.

• Place is where something is located.

• Place is the movement of people and goods from one place to another.

• Place is when a group of places share common physical and human characteristics.

What is a question the theme of place asks?

• “What is it like?”

• Where is it?

• How do people and the environment interact?

• What do places have in common?

Examples of human characteristics:

• trees, mountains

• rivers, lakes, oceans

• buildings, bridges, roads, culture

• deserts, snow, tornadoes

Examples of physical characteristics

• mountains, lakes, rivers

• white house, mount rushmore

• schools, restaurants

• factory, bridges

Which of the following is an example of a human characteristic?

• Bayou Bartholomew (like a swamp)

• Rocky Mountains

• Atlantic Ocean

• Louisiana shrimp gumbo

When we describe a place by saying it has a beautiful lake and mountains, we are describing its

• Physical Characteristics
• Human Characteristics

Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, Russia is an example of _____________.

• Place: Human

• Place: Physical

The Golden Gate Bridge over the San Fransisco Bay is an example of ___________________

• Place: Human and Physical

• Place: Physical

• Place: Human

The White House is an example of _____________________

• Place: Human

• Place: Physical

The Lincoln Memorial is an example of _______________.

• Place: Human

• Place: Physical