Three different geography activities I would use in my classroom

Study the innovative ways of teaching geography from the PPT below and  comment on at least three in your blogs.

 Teaching Geography: Explore 

Click here to view powerpoint with idea's 17,19 and 21 

Idea 17- Draw it 

 I would love to use idea 17 in my classroom. It seems like an entertaining activity for students to do, especially the younger kids. While your students may see it as a way to have fun coloring or a time to destress from doing math or a different subject. You, as the teacher, can see what your students know versus what they don't know. The Powerpoint slide with idea 17, which Tony Cassidy proposed, states, "Take a topical news article of geographical significance and read it to students. On the second reading, ask students to draw a representation of the issue or event, a picture speaks a thousand words..." This is a fantastic resource for a teacher because, from your students' drawings, you can assess how much your students could comprehend from listening to you the article. When you see what the students can understand from the article, you can determine how easy or difficult you want to make future lessons on the same topic. 

Idea 19- Newspaper mapping 

I would also love to use Idea 19 in my classroom. The Powerpoint slide with idea 19, which Tony Cassidy proposed, states, "Ask students to bring in articles of geographical interest to them. Display these around a World map, linking the articles to the map with paper and string. A discussion about the spatial pattern of news reporting can be discussed over time." This activity is a great way to discuss current events worldwide and how these events may affect more than one country at any given time. This is also a way to have students compare and contrast how people in different countries from the food they eat to their clothes, the different kinds of similar modes of transportation people may use, and more. 

Ideal 21- Geography Alphabet

 I would also love to use this idea in my classroom. The PowerPoint slide with idea 21, which Mary Cooch proposed, states, "As a starter, plenary or time filler (and in a similar way to the register idea) get pupils in pairs to come up with an A-Z of terms related to your current topic. Put them altogether after the allocated time with the best ideas. To make it more challenging, ban them from using the first word they come up with." The geography Alphabet is an excellent pre-assessment activity. When using this activity, you are causing students to think about what they know since they can't use the first word which comes to mind. You can determine what your students know and what they don't know. This information will help you plan your lessons which will most likely focus on the topics your students don't know and therefore need to learn before moving on to something considered more challenging.