Cultures and Religions of the Himalayan Region

These five themes include: LOCATION, PLACE, REGION,
MOVEMENT, and HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

Lesson:

1. Hand out a sheet on the Five Themes of Geography and explain each theme in detail.

2. Have students bring in pictures that they believe represent the Himalayas through the 5 themes. If you feel more comfortable you may bring in your own pictures for the students ahead of time. Good resources for pictures are from National Geographic and this particular website that you can link to.

3. Gather all the pictures in the beginning of class and give a group (2 students) an envelope. Ask them to gather 2 pictures for each theme and put them into the envelope. Have each group identify and explain which theme each picture represents.

Lesson taken from Mimi Stephens: Teachers Center for Global Studies - Clark University

The following links provide explanations, ideas and lesson plans on the five themes:

Five Times Five: Five Activities for Teaching Geography's Five Themes
25 wonderful Activites for students

Explaining the five themes

Explaning the five themes II
*adapted from World Explorer

The Five Themes of the Himalayas: Examples
Examples on how to answer the five themes
Taken from Mimi Stevens: Teachers Center for Global Studies - Clark University