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Practical Strategies Practical Strategies for Teaching Geographyfor Teaching Geography
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How can competent teachers help students understand a complex
interconnected world?
Provide geographic informationTeach geographic concepts
Use data, maps, and geospatial technologyAsk questions which encourage spatial thinking.
Geographic Literacy
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1. Give students a prompt
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2. Kids forget…Students need to translate information
Questions to IDENTIFY, DESCRIBE and EXPLAIN
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3. Make Connections (scaffold new content 1st)
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Physical Geog: Slopes, Moisture, Vegetation cover
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Human Geog: Poverty, Informal Housing
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4. Ask questions/develop activities which encourage spatial thinking
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5. Make Comparisons
Paraisópolis Sao Paulo
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BRIC-Poised for the future(Brazil, Russia, India, China)
• 5th –Area & Population• 6th-Economy• Rich, diverse resource base• Large labor base• Foreign Investments
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Poverty increased by 50% from 1980-2000
Since 2001, disparity dropping
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How can competent teachers help students understand a complex
interconnected world?
Provide geographic informationTeach geographic concepts
Use data, maps, and geospatial technologyAsk questions which encourage spatial thinking.
Geographic Literacy