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and Secondary Schools (Joint Committee on Geographic Education, 1984) Content and skills framework for K-12 geography structured around five fundamental themes Map of Five Themes (National Geographic Society, 1986)
There is a McDonald's in Russia, we have a television made in Japan, and we receive an e-mail from Turkey.
Teaching Strategies--Movement
Graph products that come from different parts of the
world Classify ways a community depends on transportation and communication Research origin of words and expressions Examine immigration patterns
Teaching Strategies--Regions
Use maps to classify urban and rural regions Identify regions in classrooms and school buildings Compare maps of different landform, vegetation, or
* How are people's lives shaped by the place? * How has the place been shaped by people? We build bridges, manipulate water, and establish towns.
* What is it near? * What direction is it from another place? * Why are certain features or places located where they are? Louisiana is in the
northern hemisphere. New Orleans is 30 degrees N and 90 degrees W.
Teaching Strategies--Location
Use alphanumeric grids on maps to identify location Observe locations of major cities on maps and
suggest reasons why cities are there Make location decisions based on relative advantages of a site for a baseball field, a bake sale, or a car wash
Teaching Strategies--Place
Describe how places change over time Classify climate types Distinguish natural and cultural features on
photographs of places Compare ways that population patterns and life styles are similar and different in cities and rural places
characteristics of location, place, region, human/environment interaction and movement that you notice from your observations.
geography. Identify which them is revealed and be able to defend your answer.
Kiwi fruit from New Zealand is on sale at the
supermarket.
In the bayous of Louisiana, many houses are built on
stilts.
of sorts.
Mauritania is southwest of Russia. Islam is the major religion in the Middle East. Railroad networks in Europe make traveling easier
for tourists.
Resources
Author. (1992). Who? What? Where? When? Why?:
A geographical and historical perspective of Kentucky and the United States: Teacher resource guide, Louisville: Kentucky Geographic Alliance. Author. (1984). Guidelines for geography education, Washington, D.C.: Joint Committee on Geographic Education