Was China's One Child Policy A Good Idea?,
2012
Mount Pleasant Community High School
Was China's One Child Policy A Good Idea?, Brittany Roberts
Open Educational Resources
Students will examine both sides of the one-child policy debate and examine consequences of the law.
What Makes A Location Unique?,
2012
Miller Middle School
What Makes A Location Unique?, Bob Gilbertson
Open Educational Resources
Students will:
• Analyze images from their country.
• Complete five themes of geography web cluster about their image.
• Review the information that classmates have written about a different image.
• Work collaboratively as a class to complete the large group web cluster.
• Complete a compare and contrast graphic organizer about Nepal and Egypt.
What Makes A Healthy (Or Unhealthy) Nation?,
2012
Johnston High School: Johnston, IA
What Makes A Healthy (Or Unhealthy) Nation?, Jesse Dowell
Open Educational Resources
Identify and investigate the cultural, economic, and political factors that contribute to a nation’s health and well-being.
Where Does It Come From?,
2012
Wapsie Valley Jr./Sr. High School
Where Does It Come From?, Barry Eberhard
Open Educational Resources
Students will predict where they think a majority of their clothing is produced, and then check each others labels to see if they are correct. Students will identify their favorite outfit and where each item of clothing was manufactured. Students will explore the places their clothing originates from via Google Earth and gapmider.com.
Where In The World Are You?,
2012
Wood Intermediate School, Davenport Community School District
Where In The World Are You?, Carri Sawyer
Open Educational Resources
Students will be able to locate a destination given the latitude and longitude.
What's In A Name?: "Oruko Lonro Ni" Which Means "Names Affect Behavior",
2012
Wood Intermediate School
What's In A Name?: "Oruko Lonro Ni" Which Means "Names Affect Behavior", Anne Hoeper
Open Educational Resources
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.
Where Do Zebras Live?,
2012
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School, Mt. Pleasant Community School District
Where Do Zebras Live?, Dawn Wiley
Open Educational Resources
Students will be able to identify Africa on a map. Students will recreate a design in the feel of Kenya fabric design. Students will draw a zebra in its environment.
Where Is Your Shirt Made?,
2012
Wapello Junior High
Where Is Your Shirt Made?, Sam Hellberg
Open Educational Resources
To write a five paragraph research paper regarding garment factories throughout the world.
Where Does Our Stuff Come From?,
2012
Mt. Pleasant High School
Where Does Our Stuff Come From?, Brittany Lassen
Open Educational Resources
Students will understand the importance of globalization by seeing how much of our everyday items come from other countries. Students will further be able to understand the huge quantities of items that come from other countries and will work on analyzing how this affects the U.S.’s balance of trade.
Who's Developed?,
2012
Mount Pleasant Community High School, Mount Pleasant Community School District
Who's Developed?, Brittany Lassen
Open Educational Resources
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.
Where In The World Could I Count How Many Stars Are In The Sky?,
2012
Manson Northwest-Webster Community School District
Where In The World Could I Count How Many Stars Are In The Sky?, Dawn Pohlman
Open Educational Resources
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 Food Programme/Country Comparison,
2012
University of Northern Iowa
World Food Programme/Country Comparison, Julia Swallow
Open Educational Resources
The student will use data from websites given to study hunger crisis locations, country statistics, and political conditions in needy regions. Students will organize and compare data, using results for debate.
Why Immigrate?,
2012
St. Francis of Assisi, West Des Moines, Iowa
Why Immigrate?, Erin Nennig
Open Educational Resources
Students will learn the reasons behind immigration. Students will identify any struggles or issues with immigration. Students will analyze how immigrants affect Americans.
Why Should I Care About Geography?,
2012
Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto Middle School
Why Should I Care About Geography?, Amy Bisenuis
Open Educational Resources
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.
World Population And Food Distribution,
2012
University of Northern Iowa
World Population And Food Distribution, Matt Hoodjer
Open Educational Resources
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.
An Immigration Debate,
2012
Geographic Alliance of Iowa.
An Immigration Debate, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa
Open Educational Resources
Students will understand that the needs of a nation may conflict with the needs of an individual or group.
Regions Of Chile Using The Five Themes Of Geography,
2012
Geographic Alliance of Iowa.
Regions Of Chile Using The Five Themes Of Geography, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa
Open Educational Resources
Students will define and explain the importance of these key geographic terms: climate, vegetation, population density. Students will describe the physical characteristics of four regions of Chile: Big North, Little North, Central, and South. Students will explain how physical features affect the people in an area. Students will identify ways in which people of Chile have adapted to life in each of the four regions. Students will analyze the relationship of physical features on trade in the U.S. and Minnesota. Students will become familiar with the characteristics of the regions of Chile.
Bangladesh Through The Alphabet,
2012
Geographic Alliance of Iowa.
Bangladesh Through The Alphabet, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa
Open Educational Resources
Students will understand the difficulties of Bangladesh and possible solutions to those difficulties.
I'Ll Trade You Dollars For Taka,
2012
Geographic Alliance of Iowa.
I'Ll Trade You Dollars For Taka, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa
Open Educational Resources
Students will convert currency from USD (United States Dollars) to BDT (Bangladesh Taka) and vice versa. Students will familiarize themselves with common prices in BDT and make comparisons costs of similar items in USD.
Migration Streams,
2012
Geographic Alliance of Iowa.
Migration Streams, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa
Open Educational Resources
Students will be able to identify reasons migrants leave a country and why they chose to go to certain countries and why they move within a country. Students will be able to make migration stream maps from data. Students will understand and compare migration streams of Chile and the U.S. Students will research local immigration.
