Monday morning? No lesson plan? Try C-Span Classroom . What a mini gold mine this resource is! I had no idea C-Span Classroom existed until Julie W. posted it onto […]
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Lessons & Worksheets: Agricultural Geography
LESSONS & WORKSHEETS: Von Thunen & Land Survey Patterns *Coloring Book Pages
If you are in the midst of the agricultural unit and covering Von Thunen & Land Survey Patterns, you can have students make better connections with these coloring pages. These […]
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LESSONS & WORKSHEETS: 198 Country Digital One-Pager Templates
Expose your students to 198 countries through independent research using digital case studies. Each digital one-pager is itching for your students to complete. Included on each page are the seven […]
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Lessons & Worksheets: Seeds of Suicide & The Failures of the Green Revolution
If you’re looking for a good activity that discusses the drawbacks of the Green Revolution, there is a documentary that I’ve used since 2009, though the story is still the same. […]
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LESSONS & WORKSHEETS: Rural Settlements & Dwellings-Illustrated Text and Wksts
If you’re looking for a fun way for students to explore rural land patterns and traditional housing styles, here is a set of 5 Illustrated Textbook pages on the topic, […]
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LESSONS & WORKSHEETS: Agricultural Land Use & Köppen using Quizlet Live
I first played Quizlet Live in a Spanish 4 class, last year. It takes your traditional Quizlet cards and creates a team-oriented, racing game. Depending on the amount of flashcards […]
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LESSONS and WORKSHEETS: Rural Landscape Patterns & Traditional Folk Housing
Last night students read about rural landscape patterns and traditional housing types. Today in class after reviewing the four types of traditional housing, we viewed Google Earth’s, “This is Home,” […]
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INTERACTIVE via ESRI: Farming, Vegetation, & the Rural Landscape
Note: The ESRI Geoinqueries that ESRI produce are amazing, the problem is that you can’t edit their PDFs to remove the pre-written answers for students. Here is a formatted version […]
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Circle Seminars
I couldn’t wait to try this seminar approach after seeing people talk about it on our Facebook group. So thank you for whoever posted it! In my brief research on […]
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INTERACTIVES: Esri Geoinquiries
As you get more comfortable and efficient with teaching content, you might find more time for enrichment activities. As the company Esri puts it, “Esri’s GIS mapping software is the […]
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LESSON PLAN: Who Grows There?
LESSON PLAN: My Human Geography students are extremely fortunate to go on three field trips already. One that is NOT included is one to a variety of local food markets. […]
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AUDIO via NPR: In ‘1493’ Columbus Shaped a World To Be
This 37 minute story is great for kids in a 1:1 environment, or for a different homework assignment. The author Charles C. Mann discusses Christopher Columbus docking in the ‘New World’ […]
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