" Perhaps the greatest contribution of the NCGE over the past century has been their creation of the national geography standards,Geography for Life, which were released in 1994"
––Cantù chapter 11, section 2
Geography must be one of the most hands-on and engaging topic in the social studies. In this chapter there are videos related to the wide breadth of geography: volcanoes,hurricanes, the solar system, oceans, navigation, global issues, stonehenge, the moon, planets, black-holes, the arctic, earthquakes, climate, weather, topography,maps, an so on. All of these topics makes for a rich seam of information from which to dig out the materials necessary to create exciting and engaging lesson plans.
The NCGE, National Council for Geographic education, is dedicated to what they term geo-literacy or geographic literacy. The define geo-literacy as “the ability to rationally consider and make reasoned decisions about the interconnections between human and physical systems.” (1) The themes of geography are condensed into five domains: location, place, relationships, movement and region. To the end of fostering geo-literacy in these five domains, the NCGE has crafted eighteen national geography standards.
(1) Cantù chapter 11, section 2
Big Question: Why is geography traditionally not taught past the middle school?
Link: http://www.reachtheworld.org/games/geogames/Play-GeoGames.html
This interactive site could be used on the smart board for small group geography competition.
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