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Adult education geography simulations
Tech Lesson - Google Maps - GPS Buddy {Technology Lesson Plan}
Map reading seems like a lost art. An ancient skill that people used long before the smartphone. Students rely so much on their smart phones and tablets to help get them where they need or what they want. Break up the routine by having your students be the smart phone!
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Middle and High School STEM and Technology Curriculum
Oregon Trail Survival Activity / Game
In the high school curriculum, Westward Expansion hits right at the beginning of the year when students are tying to shake off the "rust" from the summer. In middle school, expansion is one of the last topics of the year - when students want to do the absolute least. I've found in either case, this is a great activity for those difficult first / last days of school. In this high engagement, team-building, boredom busting activity students will simulate being stranded on the Oregon Trail. S
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Imperialism Activity
This activity works well to explain the various ethnic groups in Africa and the issues these groups faced when colonizers imposed superfluous borders during the Berlin Conference. Students are asked to separate a series of colors and shapes into 55 sections randomly. The teacher will then read from a script to discuss pre-existing conflicts/alliances that may prove to be issues in these new "states."File includes two options for worksheets: one that is already completed with shapes and colors an
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Urbanization Simulation
A simulation game to recreate the growth of a city. The game gives students a one minute timer to add a list of things to a blank map for every 10 year period of growth beginning in 1843 and ending in 2003. The simulation is meant to be frustrating and difficult so that students really get an idea of the many issues that can arise when a city develops quickly. The city used in this powerpoint is Portland, Oregon, but you could easily change the city to be the one in which you live or another cit
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
World Trade Simulation
Utilize your resources, trade with your neighboring countries, and level up in this active simulation! Get students up, interacting, and using critical and creative thinking!Objective: How does location impact trade and how does trade impact the development of civilizations?Five countries (United Kingdom, Ghana, China, Colombia, & Saudi Arabia) will interact and trade five different resources (gold, lumber, electronics, coffee, and oil) to level up. The first team to get to level 4 or own ha
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Mi Viaje a México Virtual Tour (Project)
Have your students take a virtual tour of Mexico City and Guanajuato through a powerpoint full of links, photos, and 360 tours. Should be fully editable to change the dates and information that you would like to change. There are so many great pre-activities and follow-up activities to make this a whole unit. I worked on teaching Mexican culture throughout the semester and this was a part of their final. A great way to practice writing, culture, and grammar!
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Mi Viaje a México Virtual Tour Project (BUNDLE!)
Model United Nations (Model UN) simulation on the drug trade
At this point, May 2020, this Model United Nations product on Drug Trafficking has been purchased by 47 teachers. Are you interested in a user-friendly United Nations simulation which involves a controversial issue, whereby students might easily discern their country's opinion. This product includes a very comprehensive, yet very “user friendly” "Model UN Background Paper" researched and written by me in 2011. Many of the issues are still the same a decade later, but I would recommend your stu
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Rafa Rafa: Cultural Interaction Simulation
This is a HIGHLY interactive and rewarding cultural simulation that gives students an amazing opportunity to feel what it is like to be immersed in a 'new' and 'strange' culture when really it is their own classmates. Each time I do this, it literally blows their minds. The cultural rewards and lessons in perspective are limitless with this one (Good for geography, anthropology, sociology, comparative politics, etc.)
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Step by Step Geocaching Template for Students
I recently wrote and received a grant to purchase Garmin eTex 10 GPS units for my Geography Club at my elementary school. This product is a template that I created with step by step instructions that shows students how to key in and use a GPS device to locate geocaches. Once you have the GPS coordinates of a hidden cache, you can type them into this template. Then your students can begin this global scavenger hunt. I have attached four different sheet with groups A, B, C, and D. You can cre
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Geography-The Mastermind
A series of simulations in which students track the theft of an at-risk population across the world using a few clues. Will work together as each activity is more difficult than the last. However, each can be used as a 'stand-alone' activity.
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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City Life Simulation
Learning about urban life is exciting, interesting, and often more complicated than it sounds. But getting students to appreciate all of this complexity can be a challenge. This simulation aims to immerse students into the life of a city-dweller, so that by the end of the lesson students are able to identify and explain how housing location, public transportation, and income affect city-dwellers’ ability to achieve a healthy lifestyle.
Materials Included:
Simulation Overview
Food/Transportation
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Oregon Trail directions and question for online game
Oregon trail online simulation directions, link, and questions.
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Animated Solar System
Great & Fun Activity! How big is our Solar System? This activity will amaze your students. This is a class activity and is best done outdoors. Can be done in long hallways as well.The planet cards should be printed in color and then laminated. The Power Point should be presented before the activity to provide a basis for understanding the activity better. Song mnemonic provided as a fun way to help them remember the distances between the planets. Enjoy!
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Mi Viaje a México Virtual Tour Project (BUNDLE!)
Have your students take a virtual tour of Mexico City and Guanajuato through a powerpoint full of links, photos, and 360 tours and then explain their trip! The writing piece comes with directions and an example for how to write a detailed paragraph about their trips. In the directions, students are directed to use the pretérito and the imperfecto, but this can be edited by the teacher. Should be fully editable to change the dates and information that you would like to change. There are so many g
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Geography-The Mastermind III-The Awa People
A 1-2 period activity in which students race to track an international thief around the world using a series of clues. Similar to parts I and II with a twist in that one of the clues is fake. Can be used as a standalone activity. Or, alongside the rest of the 'Mastermind' series.
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Geography-The Mastermind
Geography-The Mastermind II
The 2nd of four scenarios developed as a competitive simulation for students. As with the first, students may work either together, or individually, to solve a series of clues after the theft of a major African landmark. While part of a series, can function as a standalone exercise.
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Geography-The Mastermind
Environmental Geography Project
Teach your students about fracking, strip-mining, damn building, and deforestation in a role-playing simulation. Student groups assume either the role of companies or environmental groups and seek to have projects either approved or denied as they are presented to the Town Mayor (you). Students must explain the processes, the pros/cons, and include any counter-arguments in their PowerPoint presentation. Activity can be stretched out over a week. Can be done in groups or individually.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Environmental Geography Bundle
Civil Rights Era - Understanding Housing Segregation - Interactive Simulation
Do you want to show your students what the physical implications of housing segregation during the Civil Rights Era? Are they curious how housing segregation works and what it actually looks like? Using the Parable of the Polygons website, this interactive simulation helps students understand how just a little bit of bias can have a large impact on how a community looks. This activity walks students through the process of trying to make the 'polygons' happy based on their levels of bias and dive
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Geographical Issues: Carbon Tax Debate Project
This project was successfully used in a grade 10 Geography class (MB curriculum) in our Natural Resources unit. The debate is on the topic of: Canada's Price on Pollution: the Carbon Tax. The debate is approximately 3 rounds and includes time for opening and closing arguments. Students are randomly put into three groups:Group 1: Pro-Carbon Tax Group 2: Anti-Carbon TaxGroup 3: Debate ModeratorsGroups elect a team leader. The team lead ensures the group is prepared for all segments of the debate.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Battleship Game
A great shake up to help sink the monotony of notes and lectures. Great supplemental game for use with U.S. Imperialism units, World War 1 or World War 2. A Paper Version of the classic Battleship Game. Comes with instructions on how to play.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Syrian Refugee Simulation and Mapping Activity
Students will examine the realities of refugee journeys through simulation and readings. Includes mapping section.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Electoral College Map Activity (3 min 31 min Video with directions/ex.)
This hands-on activity allows students to gain a better conceptual understanding of how the electoral college plays into the overall strategy to win the presidency. Students color code the states based on their projections as strong dem, lean dem, toss up, lean rep, and strong rep. *The activity has the side affect of reinforcing knowledge of state locations/spellings, and the relative populations of the various states!
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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