25 creaitvely simple ideas for teaching geography
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Presentation at Leicester Regional Geography and History conference.TRANSCRIPT
Simple
More preparation
Links to all the resources and ideas can be found at sharegeography.co.uk
Links to all the resources and ideas can be found at sharegeography.co.uk
Sensible
Silly
Read news reports/passages from books aloud, ask students to
summarise the content as images.
Read news reports/passages from books aloud, ask students to
summarise the content as images.11
Place games to develop ‘core knowledge’. Have a class
league.
Place games to develop ‘core knowledge’. Have a class
league.22
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm
http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/home.html
For another 101 games/simulations see
http://goo.gl/qcjH6
For another 101 games/simulations see
http://goo.gl/qcjH6
Send us a postcard.Send us a postcard.
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Ian Gilbert’s ‘thunks’ are thought provoking
statements that promote critical thinking and
discussion.
Ian Gilbert’s ‘thunks’ are thought provoking
statements that promote critical thinking and
discussion.
Has any ‘good’ resulted from the Japanese Tsunami?
Has any ‘good’ resulted from the Japanese Tsunami?
Do rivers ever end?Do rivers ever end?
Is it ever morally right to buy sweatshop made
products?
Is it ever morally right to buy sweatshop made
products?
Can people be rich and still live in a shanty settlement?Can people be rich and still live in a shanty settlement?
TITLE AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE IN BOLD YELLOW BLOCK CAPITALS.
Ceefax-For more news see page 102. 1/3
First paragraph must be in white text.
Further paragraph must be in light blue text.
Font Lucida Console 18.
No more than four paragraphs per page, maximum one hundred words. No images.
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Ask students to summarize a topic in 100 words or
less.
Ask students to summarize a topic in 100 words or
less.
Watch the news summary, annotate the countries and
issues mentioned.
Watch the news summary, annotate the countries and
issues mentioned.66
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/
Graph emotional responses to media.
Graph emotional responses to media.77
Design a geographical recipe.Design a geographical recipe.88
Ingredients.
• Fossil fuels•Deforestation•Cattle•Rice
Global Warming Recipe.
Cooking Instructions
1.Liberally burn fossil fuels from the industrial revolution to the present. Making sure none of the carbon is offset.2. At the same time, cut down significant numbers of trees and replace with pastoral land.3. Put significant numbers of cattle on the pastoral land, ensuring they are fed with high protein feed, allow them to pass huge volumes of methane.4. Make sure you are growing significant amounts of rice as a side to the main dish.5. Continue to cook for at least a hundred years and serve piping hot.
Produce a subversive ad campaign or job advertisement.
Produce a subversive ad campaign or job advertisement.
http://www.adbusters.org/content/nike-running
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Hanging valley our tune.Hanging valley our tune.1010
Old but not finished.
Seeking the love of a good women after her depart. Enjoy staring out to sea and wondering what could have been. I’m hard, but with some weaknesses.
Animal lover.
Lonely animal lover,
seeking companion,
into a diverse range
of activities,
particularly those that
make money. Good
with heights, but
dislikes harsh
weather. Will set-a-
side time for anyone
who wishes to
support my less
favoured life.
Foreign Advance.
Ex-secondary worker seeks hi-tech solution to my depression. Willing to accept foreign advances. Rich in culture, and looking for someone to give me a positive boost. Will thank my lucky stars.
Seeking Cold
front.
Looking for a partner
into feeling low, enjoy
spinning against the
norm. Especially
would like someone
cold to raise me up to
new heights. No time
wasters.
Raise me.
Londoner, looking for
a surge to raise me
quickly. Interested?
1111Produce large sets for a
class round-robin exercise.Produce large sets for a
class round-robin exercise.
In which country would it be impolite to
your host not to leave food on your
plate?
France
In which country is it rude to chat during a
meal?
When clinking glasses you should
always look the other person in the eye, but
in which country?
In which country must you not mix
your vodka?
In which country would it be impolite to
your host to leave food on the plate?
In which country is it acceptable to eat a peach with a knife
and fork?
In which country is it unacceptable to turn
your fish upside down whilst eating it?
In which county, whilst eating tapas, is it acceptable to throw your rubbish onto the
floor?
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Start
China
Japan
Iceland Italy
Poland
Russia
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Stimulating creative writing idea by Steve Bowkett . This template by Noel Jenkins.
Stimulating creative writing idea by Steve Bowkett . This template by Noel Jenkins.
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Adapt lyrics to nursery rhymes or songs. Adapt lyrics to nursery rhymes or songs.
Hanging Valley you Little Star.
How I wonder what you are!Up above the valley so high,
Like a tributary in the sky.Hanging Valley you little star,How I wonder what you are!
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When the glacier is all gone,plucking has done its job.
Oh the valley sides so steep.water, water, down the
retreats.Hanging, Valley, little star,How I wonder what you
are!
Abrasion has made the valley so deep,
how can you possibly compete.You could not see which way to
go,If you did not flow so.
Hanging, Valley, little star,How I wonder what you are!
With your tiny glacier in the sky.
How could you compete with this mighty sight.
For you never eroded so far.
Leaving you hanging in the sky.
Hanging, Valley, little star,How I wonder what you
are!
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Name
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Friends
10hrs ago
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Recent Activity
Ads
Groups
Add a picture here
Add personal information here
Who would they be friends with?
Last status update here
What would they be typing now?
What have they been doing on
Facebook?
Two interactions with friends
What groups are they in?
What ads would be
targeted to them?
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Ouch, that stung
Share
Old Harry
Information
Friends
Cave Arch Sea
All calm today......... 10hrs ago
View videos
Older posts
Wall
Recent Activity
Really annoyed with corrasion at the moment- ripping me apart.
I’ll be lapping around your base later ;)
Ads
Groups
Chalk Headland, recently lost wife to the sea.Located in Dorset.
Numerous weaknesses, enjoy being exposed.
Old Harry and Spit are now friends.
Old Harry joined stop photographing me!
Resistant Rock
Visit Dorset
Insurance
Ask students to develop nine Iphone/Ipod Apps for a
character, feature, place or issue...
Ask students to develop nine Iphone/Ipod Apps for a
character, feature, place or issue...
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What are you doing? 140
Update
Summarize the content of the lesson in 140 characters.
Summarize the content of the lesson in 140 characters.
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Home
Unknown
Home
Following Followers Tweets
100 89 100
@unknown
Direct Messages
Favourites
Search Q
RSS Feed
140
More
Name of Twitter user and image here.
Most recent Tweet here.
Oldest Tweet here.
Can you name the Twitter user from
their tweets?
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Home
Unknown
Home
Following Followers Tweets
100 89 100
@unknown
Direct Messages
Favourites
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RSS Feed
140
I’m a country in the Northern Hemisphere.
I’m a country in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Home
Unknown
Home
Following Followers Tweets
100 89 100
@unknown
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140
I have 77 active volcanoes.
I’m a country in the Northern Hemisphere.
I have 77 active volcanoes.
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Home
Unknown
Home
Following Followers Tweets
100 89 100
@unknown
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140
My main island is Honshu.
I’m a country in the Northern Hemisphere.
I have 77 active volcanoes.
My main island is called Honshu.
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My capital is Tokyo.
I’m a country in the Northern Hemisphere.
I have 77 active volcanoes.
My main island is called Honshu.
My capital is Tokyo.
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My currency is the Yen.
I’m a country in the Northern Hemisphere.
I have 77 active volcanoes.
My main island is called Honshu.
My capital is Tokyo.
Take a humanistic approach to physical
geography.
Show a range of images and ask students to write
a poetic response.
Take a humanistic approach to physical
geography.
Show a range of images and ask students to write
a poetic response.
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‘The River’ recorded using Audacity.
‘The River’ recorded using Audacity.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
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Model features, maps and diagrams.
Model features, maps and diagrams.
Landscape in a box by Alan Parkinson.
Landscape in a box by Alan Parkinson.
Map on a plate by Wendy North.
Map on a plate by Wendy North.
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Design pop-up diagrams.Design pop-up diagrams.
2020
Ask students to produce stop motion animations related to concepts and
topics.
Ask students to produce stop motion animations related to concepts and
topics.
Earthquake by George.Earthquake by George.
2121 Develop actions and movements to help remember concepts.
Develop actions and movements to help remember concepts.
Hand plates
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Text conversations between two interested parties,
alternate form of audience.
Text conversations between two interested parties,
alternate form of audience.
http://transl8it.com/
d movemnt of material frm 1 plce 2 nothA
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Adopt a webcam, a simple way of looking at how
seasons or places change through the year. Students
could save images and produce a time-lapse movie.
Adopt a webcam, a simple way of looking at how
seasons or places change through the year. Students
could save images and produce a time-lapse movie.
http://www.ifever.org.uk/camera/
‘In the line of defence’ project at Bawdsey.
‘In the line of defence’ project at Bawdsey.
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Andrew Field’s contengenerator games are a great starter, plenary and
revision tool.Some are free, but
individual programs and licenses are available to
purchase.
Andrew Field’s contengenerator games are a great starter, plenary and
revision tool.Some are free, but
individual programs and licenses are available to
purchase.Also see
http://www.games4geog.com/Also see
http://www.games4geog.com/http://www.contentgenerator.net/
Penalty
2525http://www.missionexplore.co.uk/missions
Range of out of the box fieldwork ideas and
activities.
Range of out of the box fieldwork ideas and
activities.
Produced using Crazy Talk software
http://www.reallusion.com/crazytalk/
Produced using Crazy Talk software
http://www.reallusion.com/crazytalk/