This chapter focuses on geography. Out of all the social studies genres, geography is covered the most in television. There are 5 themes of geography: Location, place, relationships, movement, region. These themes divide up all the different topics discussed in geography. Geography is a social studies subject that can most easily be added in with other core curriculum subjects. I remember reading Flat Stanley in early elementary. We actually created our own Flat Stanleys and mailed them to relatives across the united states as well as internationally if we knew someone out of the country. Once the Flat Stanleys were mailed back to us, we could compare information gathered from the different areas of the United States as well as a few other countries. Geography can also easily relate to science and mathematics. Earth science is very similar to geography. Part of earth science studies how storms form, whereas in geography you learn about where certain types of storms are prevalent and how they effect the communities. In geography students learn about reading maps and learning how to use the key as well as the distance scales. This relates to mathematics because of the standards that go over measurement. Students could find distances between two cities on a map and the practice converting the distance into different units. I think geography is a very fun topic and is easy to incorporate into many lessons and other subject areas.
Here are my links for my lesson. https://delicious.com/eowdom/Geo%20lesson%204
Emma,
ReplyDeleteI really like how you mention different ways that geography can be integrated into other curriculum areas. I talked on my own blog about the importance of this as well since not much time is allowed for social studies in a typical school day. You also mention that geography is on television quite often. I agree! However, it may be overlooked by students. Teachers can use they television examples in their own classrooms to help enhance lessons! Great post!