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Articles 391 - 420 of 580
Full-Text Articles in Geography
The House That Musa Built, Anne Hoeper, Dan Walsh
The House That Musa Built, Anne Hoeper, Dan Walsh
Open Educational Resources
Students will be aware of building materials used in Nigeria and understand why they are used.
Understanding Conflict And Genocide In The Former Yugoslavia, Traci Lake
Understanding Conflict And Genocide In The Former Yugoslavia, Traci Lake
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Students will know: the causes of conflict, the definition of genocide, the causes of conflict in the former Yugoslavia, what action has been taken to recover from genocide in the former Yugoslavia. Students will be able to: identify sources of conflict in other parts of the world and analyze the role geography plays in those conflicts, determine the responses that were made to the genocide in the former Yugoslavia and formulate a plan about what should have been done differently to prevent/lessen the severity of the conflict, analyze the current situation in the former Yugoslavia and how the past plays …
United States Landforms, Lara Earnest
United States Landforms, Lara Earnest
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Students will correctly locate and define U.S. landforms using geography resources.
Discovering Diffusion And Reformulation, Sarah Lerdal
Discovering Diffusion And Reformulation, Sarah Lerdal
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Students will be able to define diffusion and reformulation and give examples of each. Students will be able to explain how certain everyday products have been diffused into the American culture. Students will be able to use Google Earth and its tagging feature to demonstrate to the class the origins of the product or process.
Urban/Suburban/Rural Communities, Maegan Swick
Urban/Suburban/Rural Communities, Maegan Swick
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Students will be able to use Google Earth as a tool to make assumptions and tell what they notice about a variety of communities in the United States.
Economic Development, Natasha Cooper
Economic Development, Natasha Cooper
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Students will react to how transportation affects the economy. Students will know the role agriculture plays in development. Students will learn how an industry like tin mining compares in effect to transportation and agriculture.
The Irish Immigrant Experience And The Potato Famine: Ireland, 1845-49, Jennifer Broders
The Irish Immigrant Experience And The Potato Famine: Ireland, 1845-49, Jennifer Broders
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Students will understand how the potato blight had an impact on the population of Ireland and affected immigration.
Using Reliable Sources In The Search For Statistics, Sarah Lerdal
Using Reliable Sources In The Search For Statistics, Sarah Lerdal
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Students will be able to locate specific information on the US Census and CIA World Factbook sites. Students will be able to create a visual of the statistical information by utilizing Microsoft Excel, Students will, in written form, be able to compare and contrast two U.S. cities and two world countries.
The Movement Of Iowa's State Capitol, Eric Pettit
The Movement Of Iowa's State Capitol, Eric Pettit
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Students will be able to identify the three locations of where Iowa’s state capitol has been.
The Silk Road: The Trans-Eurasian Movement Of Goods, Ideas, Art, Science, And Innovation, Lisa Senne
The Silk Road: The Trans-Eurasian Movement Of Goods, Ideas, Art, Science, And Innovation, Lisa Senne
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Students will diagram the “route” and identify geographical hardships travelers endured along the Silk Road. Students will be able to explain the purpose of the Silk Road, the impact it had on early trading, and it’s modern day relationship to international trade. Students will be able to visually track the spread of goods and ideas across Eurasia.
Weather-Related Phenomenon Of Iowa, Elizabeth Dexter
Weather-Related Phenomenon Of Iowa, Elizabeth Dexter
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Students will identify the natural hazards that affect the state of Iowa. Students will identify Iowa’s landscape and runoff. Students will compare surrounding state’s natural hazards to those of Iowa; how is Iowa different? Students will analyze precautions necessary to avoid loss of property or death.
Trees, Rodney Wallace
Trees, Rodney Wallace
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The student will be able to locate, identify, and understand the photosynthic cycle of 6 species of trees. The student will also be able to explain physical observations made of each tree.
Understanding The Wisdom Of A People, Kathy Sundstedt
Understanding The Wisdom Of A People, Kathy Sundstedt
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Students will compare Yoruba and United States values.
What Makes A Healthy (Or Unhealthy) Nation?, Jesse Dowell
What Makes A Healthy (Or Unhealthy) Nation?, Jesse Dowell
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Identify and investigate the cultural, economic, and political factors that contribute to a nation’s health and well-being.
What You Give, Jennifer Krieger-Coen
What You Give, Jennifer Krieger-Coen
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Students will be able to identify the exports of their native country and why the U.S. needs/wants these imports.
What's In A Name?: "Oruko Lonro Ni" Which Means "Names Affect Behavior", Anne Hoeper
What's In A Name?: "Oruko Lonro Ni" Which Means "Names Affect Behavior", Anne Hoeper
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Students will be aware that Yoruba people believe the name a child bears can influence his/her behavior; therefore, the names given to a child in Nigeria are chosen for their meaning.
Using Google Earth To Track Carnegie Steel From U.S. History, Tim Curnutte
Using Google Earth To Track Carnegie Steel From U.S. History, Tim Curnutte
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Students will understand that Carnegie Steel owned all facets of steel production and transportation, effectively cutting out the middle men, thus maximizing corporate profits.
European Comparisons, Barry Eberhard
European Comparisons, Barry Eberhard
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Students will compare and contrast different rates within European countries’ culture to the United States.
The Virgins Of Chile, Erin Nennig
The Virgins Of Chile, Erin Nennig
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Students will investigate the immigration stories and feast day celebrations of the Virgins of Latin America. Students will map where the ideas of each Virgin originated. Students will create and present a PowerPoint describing their assigned Virgin.
Virtual Vacation, Traci Lake
Virtual Vacation, Traci Lake
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Students will determine criteria used to choose travel locations and use reasoning to explain how their choices fit these criteria. Students will use Google Earth to determine a travel itinerary and route of transport, identifying important human and physical features. Students will use Google Earth technology to create a tour in which to map and measure their travel.
Who Are We? Local Geography: Hull, Iowa, Rob Van’T Land
Who Are We? Local Geography: Hull, Iowa, Rob Van’T Land
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Using the most recent data, students will create pie graphs, maps, and writings to give a better picture of the ethnic diversity of Hull.
Who's Developed?, Brittany Lassen
Who's Developed?, Brittany Lassen
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Students will understand what makes a country developed or not developed and may have some of their misconceptions addressed regarding how developed/underdeveloped certain countries are.
Why Should I Care About Geography?, Amy Bisenuis
Why Should I Care About Geography?, Amy Bisenuis
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Students will participate in a geography lesson in which they will find the countries on a map in which 3 articles of their clothing came from. Then, students will explore Google Earth’s website and type the name of their country (and then the largest city of that country) in and take a virtual field-trip to see what that country looks like. Finally, students will choose one of those countries to make a T-Chart comparing and contrasting life there to life in their town in the USA.
Where In The World Could I Count How Many Stars Are In The Sky?, Dawn Pohlman
Where In The World Could I Count How Many Stars Are In The Sky?, Dawn Pohlman
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The students will be using a picture book to explore the differences that exist in communities within the same region. This will then allow them to work closely with the definition of rural and urban communities and identify which type of community they live in.
World Population And Food Distribution, Matt Hoodjer
World Population And Food Distribution, Matt Hoodjer
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Students will be able to identify what parts of the world are and are not heavily populated. Students will be able to identify the regions of the world with a scarce food supply. Students will be able to propose strategies to correct the imbalance of the world food distribution.
Farmers And Economic Decision-Making, Anthony Boggs
Farmers And Economic Decision-Making, Anthony Boggs
Open Educational Resources
Students will be able to make rational economic decisions based on given conditions. Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the impact economic decisions have on agricultural products in the state of Iowa.
West Creek Development Osae, Jeff Firsching
West Creek Development Osae, Jeff Firsching
Open Educational Resources
Students will work cooperatively to speculate on the changes humans have made to transform farm fields into a housing development and what the consequences of those changes could be.
What Causes A Genocide?, Jesse Dowell
What Causes A Genocide?, Jesse Dowell
Open Educational Resources
Understand the broad common themes that occurred in the Rwandan and Bosnian genocides, and apply them to current situations.
Body Art, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa
Body Art, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa
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Students will explore the history of, uses of, and impacts of body art on cultures. Students will identify global practices of body art. Students will design their own works of body art.
Visiting Mesopotamia, K. Schmidt, A. Garman
Visiting Mesopotamia, K. Schmidt, A. Garman
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Students will design a postcard using primary knowledge of previous classroom discussions of the geographical importance of Mesopotamia.