Are you getting ready to teach your geography unit? It is feeling a bit stale? Can your students identify where they are on a map? These are all questions I found myself asking while preparing to plan a geography unit. I was feeling uninspired by the resources I was provided with and did not believe my students would be engaged. Instead … [Read more...] about 7 Unexpected Ways to Teach Geography in Upper Elementary
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6 Things No One Told You About Teaching Map Skills
How comfortable are you with teaching map skills? If you are like me, the answer is eh… Read on for ideas that will change that! Let's be honest. Map skills are one of those things that get pushed to the back burner. I mean, in today's world we have GPS to get us where we need to go, right? While this may be true, map skills still provide an … [Read more...] about 6 Things No One Told You About Teaching Map Skills
A Productive Rant on Integrating Social Studies
You must be integrating social studies to fit it in, right? There is no way to fit Social Studies into the school day. I have heard it over and over again. Have you said these words? There Isn't Enough Time It's not just you, there truly isn't enough time to cover all the standards. There just isn't. This means that often, if not most of the … [Read more...] about A Productive Rant on Integrating Social Studies