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25 Creatively simple strategies for the geography classroom

25 Creatively simple strategies for the geography classroom. Tony Cassidy. Contact. Simple. Sensible. Links to all the resources and ideas can be found at sharegeography.co.uk. More preparation. Silly. Imagine it, draw it….

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25 Creatively simple strategies for the geography classroom

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  1. 25 Creatively simple strategies for the geography classroom Tony Cassidy

  2. Contact

  3. Simple Sensible Links to all the resources and ideas can be found at sharegeography.co.uk More preparation Silly

  4. Imagine it, draw it… Read news reports/passages from books aloud, ask students to summarise the content as images. 1

  5. Play it… http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm Place games to develop ‘core knowledge’. Have a class league. 2

  6. For another 101 games/simulations see http://goo.gl/qcjH6 http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/home.html

  7. Post it… Send us a postcard. 3

  8. Thunk it… Has any ‘good’ resulted from the Japanese Tsunami? Ian Gilbert’s ‘thunks’ are thought provoking statements that promote critical thinking and discussion. Do rivers ever end? Is it ever morally right to buy sweatshop made products? Can people be rich and still live in a shanty settlement? 4

  9. 5 TITLE AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE IN BOLD YELLOW BLOCK CAPITALS. First paragraph must be in white text. Ask students to summarize a topic in 100 words or less. 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. 100 words challenge (CeeFax) Ceefax-For more news see page 102. 1/3

  10. News it… http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/ Watch the news summary, annotate the countries and issues mentioned. 6

  11. Graph it- emotionally 7 Graph emotional responses to media.

  12. Cook it… 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. • Ingredients. • Fossil fuels • Deforestation • Cattle • Rice 8 Design a geographical recipe.

  13. Subvert it… Produce a subversive ad campaign or job advertisement. 9 http://www.adbusters.org/content/nike-running

  14. Create a lonely heart… 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. 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. 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. 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. Raise me. Londoner, looking for a surge to raise me quickly. Interested? 10 Hanging valley our tune.

  15. Dominoes… Produce large sets for a class round-robin exercise. 11

  16. Japan Poland Start France When clinking glasses you should always look the other person in the eye, but in which country? In which country would it be impolite to your host not toleave food on your plate? In which country is it rude to chat during a meal? In which country must you not mix your vodka? World Table Manners 1 Food for thought China Iceland Italy Russia 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? 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?

  17. 6x6 it 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 5 4 3 2 1 Stimulating creative writing idea by Steve Bowkett. This template by Noel Jenkins.

  18. Sing it… 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! 13

  19. 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!

  20. 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!

  21. 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!

  22. Q Search Home Profile Inbox Friends Settings Logout Last status update here Name 10hrs ago Add a picture here Wall Info Photos Boxes What would they be typing now? Ads What’s on your mind? Share View photos View videos What have they been doing on Facebook? Recent Activity Add personal information here Information Two interactions with friends What ads would be targeted to them? Who would they be friends with? Groups Friends What groups are they in? 14 Facebook it Older posts

  23. Q Search Home Profile Inbox Friends Settings Logout Old Harry All calm today.........  10hrs ago Wall Info Photos Boxes Ads Ouch, that stung  Share View photos View videos Visit Dorset Recent Activity Information Old Harry and Spit are now friends. Chalk Headland, recently lost wife to the sea. Located in Dorset. Numerous weaknesses, enjoy being exposed. Old Harry joined stop photographing me! Really annoyed with corrasion at the moment- ripping me apart. Insurance Groups Friends I’ll be lapping around your base later ;) Cave Arch Sea Older posts Resistant Rock

  24. App it 15 Ask students to develop nine Iphone/Ipod Apps for a character, feature, place or issue...

  25. 140 What are you doing? Summarize the content of the lesson in 140 characters. Tweet it Update 16

  26. Home Profile Find People Settings Help Sign out Name of Twitter user and image here. Most recent Tweet here. What are you doing? 140 Unknown 100 89 100 Following Followers Tweets Update Home Home @unknown Direct Messages Favourites Search Q Oldest Tweet here. RSS Feed More

  27. What are you doing? Can you name the Twitter user from their tweets?

  28. Home Profile Find People Settings Help Sign out 140 What are you doing? Unknown I’m a country in the Northern Hemisphere. 100 89 100 Following Followers Tweets Home Update @unknown Home Direct Messages I’m a country in the Northern Hemisphere. Favourites Search Q RSS Feed

  29. Home Profile Find People Settings Help Sign out 140 What are you doing? Unknown I have 77 active volcanoes. 100 89 100 Following Followers Tweets Home Update @unknown Home Direct Messages I’m a country in the Northern Hemisphere. Favourites I have 77 active volcanoes. Search Q RSS Feed

  30. Home Profile Find People Settings Help Sign out 140 What are you doing? Unknown My main island is Honshu. 100 89 100 Following Followers Tweets Home Update @unknown Home Direct Messages I’m a country in the Northern Hemisphere. Favourites I have 77 active volcanoes. Search Q My main island is called Honshu. RSS Feed

  31. Home Profile Find People Settings Help Sign out 140 What are you doing? Unknown My capital is Tokyo. 100 89 100 Following Followers Tweets Home Update @unknown Home Direct Messages I’m a country in the Northern Hemisphere. Favourites I have 77 active volcanoes. Search Q My main island is called Honshu. RSS Feed My capital is Tokyo.

  32. Home Profile Find People Settings Help Sign out 140 What are you doing? Unknown My currency is the Yen. 100 89 100 Following Followers Tweets Home Update @unknown Home Direct Messages I’m a country in the Northern Hemisphere. Favourites I have 77 active volcanoes. Search Q My main island is called Honshu. RSS Feed My capital is Tokyo.

  33. Be poetic… Take a humanistic approach to physical geography. Show a range of images and ask students to write a poetic response. ‘The River’ recorded using Audacity. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ 17

  34. Model it… Model features, maps and diagrams. 18

  35. Landscape in a box by Alan Parkinson. Map on a plate by Wendy North.

  36. Pop it… Design pop-up diagrams. 19

  37. Animate it… Ask students to produce stop motion animations related to concepts and topics. Earthquake by George. 20

  38. Move it… Hand plates 21 Develop actions and movements to help remember concepts.

  39. Text it… Text conversations between two interested parties, alternate form of audience. http://transl8it.com/ 22

  40. d movemnt of material frm 1 plce 2 nothA

  41. Webcam it… 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. 23

  42. Generate it… 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/ http://www.contentgenerator.net/ 24 Penalty

  43. Mission Explore it… Range of out of the box fieldwork ideas and activities. 25 http://www.missionexplore.co.uk/missions

  44. Produced using Crazy Talk software http://www.reallusion.com/crazytalk/ Hypnotise…

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