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Classroom Ideas, Current Event Connection, Geography In the News

Visit the Star Wars Universe Without Ever Leaving Planet Earth

GEOGRAPHY As the world prepares for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, here’s a guide to the series’ most famous settings and where you can feel the Force. (Guardian) Use our resources to learn a little about a galaxy far, far, away. Teachers, scroll down for a quick list of key resources in our Teachers’ Toolkit. Discussion Ideas Have your students divide into groups and create … Continue reading Visit the Star Wars Universe Without Ever Leaving Planet Earth

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Classroom Ideas, Educator Spotlight

Educator Spotlight: Inspiring Environmental Connection through Technology in the Classroom

Stacie Ryan is a third-grade teacher at Anna Kyle Elementary School in Fairfield, California. Activity: Biome Investigation Research Project Subjects: technology, geography, conservation, environment Grade: 3rd Tell us about your activity. Students worked in groups of three to research the climate, animals, and plants in a self-selected biome. Using multiple online and text resources, students learned about why some plants and animals in their biome … Continue reading Educator Spotlight: Inspiring Environmental Connection through Technology in the Classroom

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Classroom Ideas, This Week in Geographic History

Weekly Warm-Up: Guy Fawkes Says Rhyming Rocks

Each year, early November recalls familiar words: Remember, remember The fifth of November, The gunpowder, treason, and plot; I know of no reason Why the Gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot! These folk rhymes were written 200 years after the fateful day in 1605 when Catholic revolutionary Guy Fawkes was arrested while trying to bomb the Houses of Parliament in London, England. This failed attack … Continue reading Weekly Warm-Up: Guy Fawkes Says Rhyming Rocks

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