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Monday, November 19, 2007

Five themes of geography

The mnemonic MR. HELP really will help you remember the five themes of geography which are:

  • Movement-how people, goods and ideas move from one place to another.
  • Region-groups of things that have something to do with one another.
  • HE (Human Environment Interaction)- how we relate to and work well with the physical things around us.
  • Location-absolute meaning exact (longitude, latitude) or relative meaning close (next to..., near..., under..., etc.)
  • Place-description of the place you are in.
These themes are cannot only be used in geography but also in literature. For example in the novel A girl named disaster here are a few examples:
  • Movement-The trading post mentioned on pages 46-75
  • Region-all the villages (no specific page/pages)
  • Human Environment Interaction: the waves (no specific page/pages)
  • Location: Relative: somewhere in Mozambique (no page/pages)
  • Place: Near and on Lake Cabora Bassa on page 113

2 comments:

Harriet said...

I agree with you're blog posting completely, except, you could have been a bit more specific, although the waves are HE you could have said something like the way she acted towards the baboon or the way she built her tree house in the trees, other than that i agree! Good job!

zain said...

I feel you could have a little more definitions to the five themes of geography's reference to the book. People might wonder are these the only ones? I just mean more Ideas.