The Five Themes Of Geography
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During the 1980's the United States showed unacceptably low test scores
on simple Geographic tests. The point Committee on Geographic Education could
only attribute these results to Geographic Illiteracy, not only on the part of
the students, but more importantly on the educators themselves. By ....
Middle of paper
.... social studies education,
because they take the world of geographic study beyond the realm of basic
memorization, and into a new plane of analysis and implementation. These five
themes include location, place, human-environment interactions, movement, and
regions.
Location answers the question of "where?". If you plan to meet someone
at a specific time, and a specific place, the question of "Where will you meet?"
must first be answered. To resolve this situation, Geography employs Absolu ....
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