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 Geography in the Traditional Classroom Neal Ziring, © 1995-97 |
The
Five Themes of Geography Learning Activity for Project Arrow A New Technology-Based Method of Teaching a Subject not always enjoyed, and often its' content forgotten in later years. HAVE FUN YOURSELF! |
 NASA view of North America |
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Why five themes to study geography in the
elementary/secondary schools?
Where the concept comes from:
The five themes were written in
1984 by the Joint Committee on Geographic
Education of the National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) and
the
Association of American Geographers (AAG). They are outlined in greater
detail
in the NCGE/AAG publication Guidelines for Geographic
Education, Elementary and Secondary Schools.A
FEW REASONS FOR ORGANIZING OUR GEOGRAPHY INSTRUCTION AROUND THESE FIVE
THEMES
LEARNING STANDARDS CONNECTION
IN COORDINATION WITH THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
Illinois State Learning Standards (general goals) STATE GOAL 17:
Understand world geography and the effects of geography on
society, with
an emphasis on the United States. A. Locate, describe and explain places,
regions and
features on the Earth. B. Analyze and explain characteristics and
interactions
of the Earth’s physical systems. C. Understand
relationships between geographic
factors and society. |
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THEME
DEFINITIONS: Go HERE for detailed explanation and learning activities for each of the 5 Themes |
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#1--
Location Teaching of absolute or exact location; relative locations (includes grids--latitudes and longitudes). A. U.S. map with longitude/latitude markings is available at the Merriam-Webster |
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#2--
Place Teaching the physical and human characteristics of a place-- meaning and character; animals, human developments (architecture,transportation,livlihoods, languages and all the things that make an area special. |
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#3--
Human/Environment Interaction Teaching the concept of human (people) developments and influences on environments such as large dams, major developments, and other type things. |
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#4--
Movement Teaching how the interrelations of areas and the people such as transportation, natural resources, people-needs being gotten from areas where they don't live. |
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#5--
Regions Teaching the "unifying characteristics" whether physical, human or cultural-- the way geographers divide the world into manageable units for easy study. |
| ACTIVITY STUDENT DIRECTIONS Here are Your Jobs: You are to use the geographical selection die that
is
number-coded to a specific area of the world. This is your area
to
do an IN-DEPTH
study. You will be a specialist on your geographical area in your classroom. Fill in the Geographical Fact Box Form concerning your area. #1-- Get to know Geographical Vocabulary. Work the Geography Puzzle (as found by clicking here) Print a copy. #2-- Go to Enchanted Learning for a great geographical dictionary. Look over the words and use this dictionary when doing your work. #3-- After selecting your geographical region, fill in the fact box. (you can print a form here). #4-- Use the template map to shade your country, and label its capitol or any other places you think are very important. #5-- After finishing the fact box items, select ones that are very interesting to you and then plan a trip from Charleston, Il to that country. Go to Yahoo maps to find out distance. Write a two-page story telling about your excursion. Make it exciting by including interesting new people you could meet, places you went, and even scary moments in the trip. Make the story sound like you "really" went to the country. #6-- Define what a confluence is. Using the "DEGREE CONFLUENCE PROJECT WEBSITE" find a confluence that is in your country. Write a summary of the report of the person(s) that located and visited the site. Also provide the longitude/latitude of the confluence. #6-- You can include a page of tourist pictures, that perhaps you can get from the Internet or old magazines. Put all your final products together and make a cover, then bind by stapling.
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HOT LIST OF GEOGRAPHICAL RESOURCES (updated 11/21/09)
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