Read, Write, Debate, Create!

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Description: The goal of this lesson is to engage students in exploring how every day activities such as tourism can affect the environment in positive and negative ways.  Students create digital movies and cartoons to debate environmental issues. They learn the process of debate and participate in a debate. Students also hypothesize about solutions to the environmental, economical and cultural effects of tourism.

 Grade level(s): Middle                     Standards: PASS, GFL             Produced By: Teresa Potter

MAXimize Student Learning

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Description: Students will be introduced to three key phases (preview/motivation, acquisition of knowledge, and extension of learning) necessary for in-depth comprehension of any type of textual information from both primary and/or secondary sources. By utilizing a hands-on case study of the Quechua rural villages of Andean Bolivia, students will experience these three phases, practicing effective research-based strategies and skills. Simultaneously, students will be given the opportunity to examine the interactions of humans who have positively modified their environments in order to satisfy their nutritional needs through somewhat unconventional means.

 Grade level(s): Middle                     Standards: PASS, GFL             Produced By: Pam Merrill

Comparing Developed and Developing Countries

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Description: Students will discuss the differences in developed and developing countries, use resources to make correlations between population and natural resources, and use maps and globes to locate important locations of geographical significance.

 Grade level(s): Middle                     Standards: PASS, GFL, CC             Produced By: Susan Smith

Maxing Out Geography Strategies

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Description: Students will be able to summarize, using key concepts, text from different sources related to geography. Students should be able to discuss several world regions intelligently, and tell how people make their living there based on the available resources. Students should be able to discuss geographical topics from different perspectives.

 Grade level(s): Middle                     Standards: PASS, GFL             Produced By: Susan Smith

Exploreopoly

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Description: The purpose of this lesson is to provide a review at the end of the explorer unit and/or before the Grade 5 Social Studies criterion-reference test in the spring.

 Grade level(s): Middle                 Standards: PASS, GFL             Produced By: Helen Chaney-Hackney

Message in a Bottle: Latitude and Longitude

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Description: Students will become more proficient in finding absolute locations by playing a board game which employs latitude and longitude coordinates to locate survivors of a shipwreck.

 Grade level(s): Middle                 Standards: PASS, GFL             Produced By: Glenda Sullivan

Oh! What a Clear View! Creating Cultures from Photos

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Description: Many of us look at photographs in books, magazines, newspapers, but have never really asked ourselves, “What do these photographs reveal about the local culture?”  This lesson uses photographs from various sources to create an understanding of and determine cultural landscapes of any given area.  After a discussion of photos, the students will then use this information to create their own cultural landscape from one photo.  In a class presentation, the students will compare their cultures for similarities and differences.  The idea is to find out how many different cultural landscapes the students will produce from similar photos.

 Grade level(s): Middle                 Standards: PASS, GFL             Produced By: Shirley Nero

Immigration Push and Pull Factors

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Description: The purpose of this lesson is to engage students in exploring the national issue of immigration.  Students will learn the facts of immigration and the problem of illegal immigration along the U.S. borders.

 Grade level(s): Middle                 Standards: PASS, GFL             Produced By: Julie Guild

Playing with the Global Grid

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Description: This lesson gives a visual way to explain the global grid, with an emphasis on what latitude and longitude actually measure.

 Grade level(s): Middle                 Standards: PASS, GFL             Produced By: Janet Hall

Buses and Battleships: Latitude and Longitude Games

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Description: Students learn about latitude and longitude through fun, interactive classroom games.

 Grade level(s): Middle                 Standards: PASS, GFL             Produced By: Janet Hall

Geography Basics Institute 2006 Lessons Part Two

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Description: The Geography Basics Institute lesson plans cover a variety of topics. This document contains the following lesson plans:

Part Two:

• Exploring the Gulf Coast in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina - Page 1

• Tsunami: Catching the Ultimate Wave - Page 17

• What Are the Colors of Your State? - Page 29

• Great Circles, Small Circles, and Distance - Page 37

• What is Earth Science? What is Geography? - Page 47

• Moisture: Using a Psychrometer - Page 57

• Albedo - Page 63

• Pressure & Wind - Page 69

• As Far As the Eye Can See: Exercises in Remote Sensing - Page 77

• 5 Themes of Geography - Page 93

• Geographical Journey of Lewis and Clark - Page 101

• Where In the World Am I? - Page 107

• Population Thematic Maps - Page 110

• Push-Pull Factors - Page 115

• Latitude and Longitude Shape Africa - Page 125

• South America Map It - Page 132

• Mental Mapping Africa and Europe - Page 138

• A Quarter’s Back Lesson - Page 144

• In Between Geography - Page 147

• Windows - Page 162

• Windmills Around the World - Page 165

• Interpreting the United States at Night - Page 171

• Stand Up and Be Counted - Page 175

• Mental Mapping - Page 181

• Place and Poetry - Page 185

• Tear the Continents - Page 189

• 3D Geobooks - Page 192

• Let’s Go Caribbean - Page 197

• Jamestown Virginia - Page 201

• Geography of Normandy - Page 209

• Alphabetize Germany - Page 216

• Country in a Box - Page 222

• Cultural Symbols: Our Scenic World - Page 227

• Worldwide Conflict and War - Page 231

• Using Photographs to Teach Geography - Page 233

• The World is a Colorful Place - Page 239

Grade level(s): Middle School
Standards: PASS, GFL
Produced By: Marco Micozzi and Glenda Sullivan.

Geography Basics Institute 2006 Lessons Part One

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Description: The Geography Basics Institute lesson plans cover a variety of topics. This document contains the following lesson plans:

Part One:

• What is Earth Science? - Page 1

• Exercises in Remote Sensing - Page 13

• Pressure & Wind - Page 29

• Albedo - Page 37

• Moisture - Page 43

• Land & Water Contrasts - Page 55

• Great Circles, Small Circles, and Distance - Page 67

• Exploring the Gulf Coast in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina - Page 79

• 5 Themes of Geography - Page 103

• Where In The World Am I?- Page 111

• Alphabetize Germany - Page 117

• Country in a Box - Page 124

• 3-D Geobooks - Page 129

• Let’s go Caribbean - Page 134

• Jamestown Virginia - Page 141

• The World is a Colorful Place - Page 149

• Using Photographs to Teach Geography - Page 152

• Cultural Symbols, Our Creative World - Page 158

• Worldwide Conflict and War - Page 163

• Geography of Normandy - Page 165

• Mental Mapping Africa and Europe - Page 172

• South America Map It - Page 178

• Latitude and Longitude Shape Africa - Page 183

• Push-Pull Factors - Page 189

• Population Thematic Maps - Page 199

• Geographical Journey of Lewis and Clark - Page 205

• Land & Water Contrasts - Page 255

• Geology of the Wichita Mountains - Page 267

Grade level(s): Middle School
Standards: PASS, GFL
Produced By: Marco Micozzi, Glenda Sullivan, Dr. John Hogan, and Dr. M. Charles Gilbert

Geography Teacher Training Institute 2006

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Description: The Geography Teacher Training Institute lesson plans cover a variety of topics. This document contains the following lesson plans:

• Land and Sea - Page 2

• Using Photographs to Teach Geography - Page 7

• 3-D Geo Books - Page 16

• Design an Island in an Oklahoma Lake - Page 22

• In Between Geography - Page 28

• The 5 Themes of Geography - Page 35

• Where There’s Light, There are people - Page 37

• Locate with Latitude and Longitude - Page 43

• Bent’s Fort: Landmark of the American Frontier - Page 56

• Revolutionary War Game - Page 69

• “Got It Made” With Maps - Page 76

Grade level(s): Middle School
Standards: PASS, GFL
Produced By: Glenda Sullivan, Jeanie Sisson, and Paula Haight.

Geography Basics Institute 2005 Lessons

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Description: The Geography Basics Institute lesson plans cover a variety of topics. This document contains the following lesson plans:

• Tear the Continents - Page 1

• Cacao or Cocoa Both Spell Chocolate - Page 4

• Using Photographs to Teach Geography - Page 13

• As Far As the Eye Can See: Exercises in Remote Sensing - Page 41

• Mental Mapping - Page 56

• Geography of Normandy - Page 61

• Country on a Powerpoint - Page 68

• Country in a Box - Page 74

• Latitude and Longitude Shape Africa - Page 80

• South America, Map It - Page 88

• Jamestown Virginia - Page 95

• Tsunami: Catching the Ultimate Wave - Page 104

• Pressure and Wind - Page 113

• Windmills All Around the World - Page 140

• What is Earth Science? What is Geography? - Page 163

• Look! You’re Wearing Geography - Page 173

• Wichita Field Experience - Page 186

• Land and Water Contrasts - Page 194

• Albedo - Page 206

• From Ptolemy’s World to Apollo 17 - Page 212

• Contour Lines and Elevation - Page 218

• Windows - Page 231

• Push-Pull Factors - Page 235

• Interpreting North America at Night - Page 259

• Design an Island - Page 264

• Stand Up and Be Counted - Page 269

• Choropleth Mapping: The Changing Oklahoma Population - Page 289

• The Geographical Journey of Lewis and Clark - Page 293

• Great Circles, Small Circles, and Distance - Page 302

• Place and Poetry - Page 310

Grade level(s): Middle School, High School
Standards: PASS, GFL
Produced By: Glenda Sullivan and Marco Micozzi.

People + Places = Geography

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Description: Students will learn about Oklahoma astronauts and strengthen geographic skills through the use of maps, direction, key, legend, map symbols, and scale.

Grade level(s): Middle School
Standards: PASS, GFL
Produced By: Pat Smith

Add a Dash of Space Photography to Your Geography

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Description: This lesson plan reviews and strengthens students’ geographic skills. Students will learn to identify, evaluate, and draw conclusions from different kinds of maps, aerial and space photographs, atlases, and computer based technologies. Students can develop use of mental mapping to organize and construct land forms.

Grade level(s): Middle School
Standards: PASS, GFL
Produced By: Pat Smith

World Geography Academy 2005

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Description: The World Geography Academy lesson plans cover a variety of topics. This document contains the following lesson plans:

• Solve Earth Shaking Dilemmas with Geographic Solutions - Page 14

• In Between Geography - Page 18

• Man and the Mississippi - Page 23

• The Changing Face of Germany 1871-2005 - Page 28

• Let’s Go Caribbean - Page 37

• Alphabetize Germany - Page 42

• Geography of Normandy - Page 49

• Food For Thought - Page 55

• Images to Ponder - Page 64

• How Blows the Wind? - Page 70

• Natural Resources in Developing Countries Using the Conservation Pledge - Page 90

• Land & Sea - Page 101

• Cultural Symbols Our Scenic World - Page 104

• Latitude and Longitude Shape Africa - Page 110

• Design an Island - Page 124

• South Africa: The Land - Page 129

• Illustrated Geographic Dictionary - Page 131

• Orographic Gold: Teaching the Rain Shadow - Page 135

• Population by Numbers - Page 139

• Conflict and Cooperation - Page 143

• World Neighbors - Page 157

Grade level(s): Middle School
Standards: PASS, GFL
Produced By: William Amburn, Glenda Sullivan, Brenda Runkle, Bob Ehrle, Patricia Anduss, Charlsie Allen, Teresa Begley, Jennifer Babb, and Carrie Hill.

World Geography Academy 2004 Lessons

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Description: The World Geography Academy lesson plans cover a variety of topics. This document contains the following lesson plans:

• Country in a Box - Page 1

• A Summer Day - Page 7

• Climate Graphs and Deductive Reasoning - Page 14

• Tectonic Plates: The Shaping of the Land, Japan - Page 26

• Testing Strategies and Teaching Strategies - Page 33

• Population by the Numbers - Page 37

• On My Next Vacation I’m Going to… - Page 44

• The Silk Road - Page 47

• South America, Map It - Page 53

• Windmills All Around the World - Page 62

• Country on Powerpoint - Page 70

• Worth Your Weight in Gold - Page 81

• What On Earth, or Water, Is That? - Page 88

• Regional Scavenger Hunt - Page 93

• Picasso Geography - Page 98

• Freehand Map of Africa - Page 101

• Climate Graphs and Deductive Reasoning - Page 105

Grade level(s): Middle School, High School
Standards: PASS, GFL
Produced By: Patricia M. Anduss, Jacci Lackey, Bill Amburn, Bob Ehrle, Glenda Sullivan, Jayne Marley, and Catherine Stoner.