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Cultural Environment: Native American Peoples In North America, Erin Boydston Jan 2012

Cultural Environment: Native American Peoples In North America, Erin Boydston

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Students will use pictures to compare and contrast the cultural environment of Native Americans in their regions.


D.A.M. Agriculture, Roy Liljegren Jan 2012

D.A.M. Agriculture, Roy Liljegren

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Students will read and classify agriculture cards into 3 subject areas. Students will make decisions cooperatively together. Students will analyze aspects of agriculture as they sort these cards. Students will individually make Venn diagrams showing their results. Students will be able to discuss and compare early food gathering to modern methods of farming in forming a historical format for cultures studied later.


Desertification, Fulani Herders, And Ecosystems In Nigeria, Dr. Kay Weller Jan 2012

Desertification, Fulani Herders, And Ecosystems In Nigeria, Dr. Kay Weller

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Students will compare and contrast maps of Africa showing climates, vegetation, and precipitation and analyze them as they relate to Nigeria in a 1 page essay. Students will search the Internet (or library) for information regarding desertification locating the region of Africa where desertification is an environmental issue on a blank map. Students will define desertification in one paragraph, and explain what two human processes cause it (overgrazing and overplowing/mismanagement). Students will research the Internet or library about Fulani herders in Nigeria and how they help prevent desertification through migration from Northern Nigeria to Southern Nigeria and back. Students will …


Developing A Sense Of Place Through India's Diversity: Using A Structured Discussion And Role-Play, Kay Weller Jan 2012

Developing A Sense Of Place Through India's Diversity: Using A Structured Discussion And Role-Play, Kay Weller

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Students will participate in a discussion and write a summative essay related to the discussion.


Deforestation, Becky Herman Jan 2012

Deforestation, Becky Herman

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Students will research about the causes and effects of deforestation and will take the role of a special interest group that has a vested interest in either the conservation or destruction of existing forest.


Economic Development, Natasha Cooper Jan 2012

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.


Economics Of Agriculture, Mark Felderman Jan 2012

Economics Of Agriculture, Mark Felderman

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Students will be able to identify and explain the factors that cause shifts in agriculture’s supply and demand.


Discovering Chile And Its Culture, Ileana Gonzalez Jan 2012

Discovering Chile And Its Culture, Ileana Gonzalez

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Students will be able to familiarize themselves with the geography of Chile. Students will be able to familiarize themselves with sites of interest in Chile. Students will be able to become aware of geographical differences and similarities between Chile and the US/Iowa. Students will be able to compare life and culture in Chile to life in the US/Iowa through festivals, schools, landscape, music and other cultural topics.


Erosion, Andy Harter Jan 2012

Erosion, Andy Harter

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Students will be able to identify the causes and effects of erosion. Students will hypothesize ways to help curb erosion. Students will be able to identify ways being used now to curb erosion.


European Trip, Sara Mangrich Jan 2012

European Trip, Sara Mangrich

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Students will learn about and present information about a country from Europe or Eurasia and compare it to another country.


Five Themes With Travelbydrone.Com, Danny Kirst Jan 2012

Five Themes With Travelbydrone.Com, Danny Kirst

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The students will be able to choose a place in the world on TravelByDrone.com and present to the class 4 of the 5 themes of geography concerning that particular place.


Float Along With Huck And Jim, Sue Milligan Jan 2012

Float Along With Huck And Jim, Sue Milligan

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Students will map the trip Huck and Jim take on the Mississippi and mark key plot points with a picture of the area, geographic fact about the area, and a question about the characters' actions that can be answered with a geographic and/or cultural fact.


Field Walk To The Lake Mills Country School, Julie Aamodt Jan 2012

Field Walk To The Lake Mills Country School, Julie Aamodt

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Students will take a field walk to our town’s country school. The students will be able to explore what a country school looked like and hear a presentation.


Five Themes Of Geography And India, George Kuhter Jan 2012

Five Themes Of Geography And India, George Kuhter

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Students will be able to reinforce the five themes of geography using a real life example.


Found Treasure Mural, Jessi Vickers Jan 2012

Found Treasure Mural, Jessi Vickers

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Students will demonstrate how to use a GPS and a compass correctly to find various hidden "treasures" and then work together as a class to create a multimedia mural based on the found objects.


Frisbee Golf And Gps, Lane Gunderson Jan 2012

Frisbee Golf And Gps, Lane Gunderson

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To have the students integrate geography skills and concepts into a P.E. activity.


Gandhi's Story, Mary Sue Ellinger Jan 2012

Gandhi's Story, Mary Sue Ellinger

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Students will read aloud and understand Gandhi’s story and impact on India.


Genocide In Rwanda, Tyler Balow Jan 2012

Genocide In Rwanda, Tyler Balow

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In small groups, students will complete a jigsaw on Hutu propaganda and explain how it can be applied to the “8 stages of genocide”. These findings will be presented to the rest of the class.


Geocaching To Review For Assessment, Benjamin (Bj) Vanvleet Jan 2012

Geocaching To Review For Assessment, Benjamin (Bj) Vanvleet

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Students will use a GPS device either individually or in groups to search for answers to an assessment’s review questions. Students will become familiar with the technology aspects of GPS but also prepare for whatever assessment (Quiz, Test, Unit Exam) that a teacher chooses.


Generating Comic Books Teach About Quilts As Maps, Dr. Kay Weller Jan 2012

Generating Comic Books Teach About Quilts As Maps, Dr. Kay Weller

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Students will generate a comic book about how escaping slaves used quilts as maps on the Underground Railroad.


Genocide, Trent Lamphier Jan 2012

Genocide, Trent Lamphier

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Students will be able to understand the causes and effects of genocide in world history.


Geography Agriculture Photo Essay, Mark Felderman Jan 2012

Geography Agriculture Photo Essay, Mark Felderman

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Students will use the creativity of photography to show understanding of the 5 themes of geography.


Geography And Government, Michelle Griffen Jan 2012

Geography And Government, Michelle Griffen

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Students will use geography to understand how people and the environment can work together. We have different local, state, and national governments that have authority over our lives. Specific academic vocabulary helps us communicate in science, social studies, and math.


Geographic Impact On Population Density, Mona Yanacheak Jan 2012

Geographic Impact On Population Density, Mona Yanacheak

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Students will locate census data and create maps to demonstrate population density around the world on the continents; analyze the information to determine geographic and socials needs of the region, draw conclusions and anticipate significant needs within the region due to the population density.


Geography Of Conflict: Syria, Andrea Aykens Jan 2012

Geography Of Conflict: Syria, Andrea Aykens

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Students will understand the origins of the current conflict in Syria and the human rights abuses that can occur under an autocratic form of government.


Getting To Know You And Others, Anne Hoeper, Natasha Cooper, Kathy Sundstedt Jan 2012

Getting To Know You And Others, Anne Hoeper, Natasha Cooper, Kathy Sundstedt

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Students will be aware of similarities and differences in the lives of teens living in the United States and Nigeria.


Getting Acquainted With An Iowa Farmer, Anne Hoeper Jan 2012

Getting Acquainted With An Iowa Farmer, Anne Hoeper

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Students will compare and contrast past and present life on Iowa farms.


Global Water Crisis Awareness, Krista Elmquist Jan 2012

Global Water Crisis Awareness, Krista Elmquist

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Students in small groups will research water crisis conditions and record findings for one country in crisis on a graphic organizer. Student groups will share findings with classmates who will add additional information so comparisons can be made between countries.


Globalization And The Columbian Exchange, Meagan Mccoy Jan 2012

Globalization And The Columbian Exchange, Meagan Mccoy

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Define globalization and explain how the Columbian Exchange shows globalization.


Gps Navigation Activity, Carmen Besler, Jayne Meyer, Jodi Russell, Marlene Weber Jan 2012

Gps Navigation Activity, Carmen Besler, Jayne Meyer, Jodi Russell, Marlene Weber

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Students will be able to find a location using new coordinates.