Name:
World History & Geography
Period:
Geographic Me Poster
Directions: Create a poster about the five themes of geography based on you. Using the five
themes of geography design a poster based on information about your life. Complete a rough
draft with your ideas on the back of this sheet.
The Poster Must Include:
1. Title of the poster and title of each theme (location, place, human/environment
interaction, movement and region).
2. A definition of each theme.
3. Each theme must include an illustration, label and explanation.
The Five Themes of Geography
Location
1. Absolute location of your hometown.
2. Relative location of where you live.
Place
1. Illustrate or provide pictures of your home. Include two human features and two
physical features. Make sure to label each feature.
Human/Environment Interaction
1. Example of human affecting environment.
2. Example of environment affecting human.
Movement
1. Transportation – how do you get from one place to another?
2. Goods – what is one product you own that comes from another country? Name the
country.
3. Communication – how do you communicate with the world?
Regions
1. Illustrate and identify one unifying physical feature and one unifying human feature of
the region in which you live.
Name:
World History & Geography
Period:
Beginning
1
Qualified
2
Exemplary
3
Location
Incorrect
absolute and
relative location,
no labels or
illustration.
Missing or
incorrect one of
the four
requirements;
absolute &
relative location,
labels &
illustrations.
Includes correct
absolute and
relative location
with illustration
and labels.
Place
Less than 3
physical & 3
human features;
missing
illustration &/or
labels.
Includes at least
3 physical & 3
human features
with illustration &
labels.
Includes 2
physical & 2
human features
with illustration
& labels.
Human/ Environment
Interaction
Only 1 example
of H/E
interaction
without
illustration or
labels.
Only 1 example of
human/
environment
interaction with
illustration &
labels.
Movement
Includes less
than 2 examples
of movement
without
illustration or
labels.
Includes 2 of 3
types of
movement with
illustration and
labels.
Regions
Unable to
identify physical
& human
features that
create a region.
Accurately
identifies physical
or human
features that
create a region
with illustration &
labels.
Organization &
Creativity
Difficult to
understand due
to lack of
organization;
lacking creativity
in pictures and
illustrations.
Somewhat
organized; some
creative pictures
& illustrations.
Includes example
of human
affecting
environment &
environment
affecting human
w/ illustration &
labels.
Includes
examples of
transportation,
trade and
communication
with illustration
& labels.
Accurately
identifies
physical &
human features
that create a
region with
illustration &
labels.
Well organized
and easy to
understand; very
creative with
pictures &
illustrations.