Give your learners a thorough overview of what they will learn when studying geography, from the five themes of geography (location, place, environment, movement, and regions) to the tools of a geographer and parts of a map.

Concepts

map skills

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Additional Tags

the five themes of geography, map skills, social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• To save paper, print guided notes for PowerPoint presentation with two to four slides per page
• Give learners a graphic organizer or structure for completing key terms worksheet, including a sentence that explains the term or drawing/mnemonic that will help them to remember it 

Classroom Considerations

• You may wish to change the background of the presentation slides to make the text easier to read

Pros

• Can download and edit PowerPoint presentation
• Additional materials include guided notes for presentation and key terms

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.4