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Bringing Geography Back From the Dead [CCSS presentation]

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Kishari Sing
Kishari Sing

Presentation given by David Hunter at California Council for the Social Studies in Oakland, CA on 3/6/15. Because geography is undertaught in K12 social studies, Hunter offered ideas to educators on how to integrate it back into rotation and making it relevant for students using real world skills.

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4 Steps to Bring Geography Back From the Dead 1. Don't hide Geography in other subjects 2. Teach what Geographers do 3. Emphasize application of knowledge using skills 4. Make problems and questions Exciting! zbl.im/free zbl.im/scope
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Step 1: Don't Hide Geography
Step 2: Teach Real-World Geography
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What is Geography? ? Understand connections ? Among people ? Between people ? and our world ? Make informed decisions
Questions like... ? What is happening? ? Why is it happening here? ? How might it change in the future? ? How do I decide what to do?
Asking, Investigating, Answering
Bringing Geography Back From the Dead [CCSS presentation]
Geography for Life
Geography for Life 2 (Electric Boogaloo)
Geographic Content ? World in Spatial Terms ? Places and Regions ? Human Systems ? Environment and Society ? Uses of Geography
Bringing Geography Back From the Dead [CCSS presentation]
Step 2: Teach What Geographers Do http://zbl.im/cgc
Step 3: Emphasize Applying Knowledge using Skills
Project-Based Learning ? ¡°an extended process of inquiry in response to a complex question, problem, or challenge¡± (BIE) ? The question drives the learning
Driving Question ? Exciting question that makes you want to learn to answer it and ask more questions
Need to Know ? What do you need to learn to answer this question? ? Ask the students
Entry Event ? Not a stack of papers and rubrics ? Set up the setting and the problem
Final Product ? Many formats ? Applications of knowledge ? Use a Rubric!
Step 3: Emphasize Applying Knowledge Using Skills
Step 4: Make it Exciting
Bringing Geography Back From the Dead [CCSS presentation]
Bringing Geography Back From the Dead [CCSS presentation]
Fictional World Geography ? Real World Zombie Apocalypse ? Real World Geography ? Zombie Apocalypse
Make your questions/ problems exciting How would you ____________________ to ________________________________? application of knowledge interesting problem
Let's Try ? Time Travel ? Zombie Apocalypse ? Hogwarts ? Space Exploration ? Fashion Designer ? Famous Musician ? Architect ? Waste-Water Treatment Plant Operator Fiction Non-Fiction How would you use regions? De?ning regions - Identifying unifying characteristics
The four steps: 1. Don't hide Geography in other subjects 2. Teach what Geographers do 3. Emphasize application of knowledge using skills 4. Make problems and questions Exciting!
Bringing Geography Back From the Dead [CCSS presentation]
Pre-Outbreak Planning Post-Outbreak Survival Finding a Place to Settle Building a Community Planning for the Future
Pre-Outbreak Survival Mapping the Outbreak ? Student has some reports of zombie attacks. ? Design a map and plot the attacks on the map. ? Analyze spatial relationships to predict where they think the zombies will spread next.
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