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Article A-
-having a huge map large enough to walk on and interact with puts the world in perspective
-there are so many opportunities to connect students globally and individually by exploring the map
-allowing for these colossal maps to be rented makes them much more user friendly

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Article E: "Hey I've been there!" Using the Familiar to Teach World Geography in Kindergarten

- Through the usage of children's literature, maps, and google earth, a lesson plan can be taught using state and social studies curriculum standards to young students (ELL included)
-Use the student's cultures and family to build the lesson and themes of the content around. The students will bring to class the knowledge of their cultures and histories
-Reaching out to families (via letter home) to inquire about history and family customs/traditions
-She begins the Iesson by focusing on ', and using children's literature to help further the student's knowledge of maps, generating a discussion
-Students worked in small groups to create classroom maps and eventually compared and contrasted each others maps
- the next lesson focused on landmarks and she used google earth to "travel" to the different landmarks
-on the final day, students were given the chance to educate everyone and share about their own culture and traditions

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Article B: Going Beyond Maps and Globes: Exploring Children's Literature Using the Five Geographic Themes

5 fundamental themes of geography: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions

Children's literature and geography can be intertwined in the classroom

3 strategies:

1. Using geography to support student thinking and analysis of children's literature

2. Looking for geographic connections

3. Developing stories that fully integrate geography and literature

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Using the Familiar to Teach World Geography in Kindergarten

The importance of personalizing the curriculum for students

Using information that is familiar to students to learn about what is familiar to them

Often young students and ELLs are underestimated

I loved the idea of having students create their own maps including all the elements of a map

Incorporating the heritage and culture of the students in the classroom to create more meaningful connections

The importance in providing opportunities for students to discover

I found a lot of significance in the multiple perspectives covered in Carlee’s geography lesson and the respect for all cultures

I really liked how student involvement was the center of the lesson

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Article B:
Going Beyond Maps and Globes:
Exploring Children’s Literature Using the Five Geographic Themes

This article explains three different strategies that we can use to help students explore geography and relate it to literature.
Using the geography to support their literature work
During their literature work, they can use the geography to make connections to their reading and writing.
The students can create their own stories using all literature and geography.
The square and reading the books to make connections to which theme of geography it can be placed with is a great activity to get students thinking about the different themes.
Teachers can still scaffold throughout the lesson to help the students engage in more information.

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Article D: Developmentally Appropriate Geography
- Learning about geography can start at age 2, and children learn through the word choice parents and teachers use as well as experience.
- The outdoors is a great tool for teaching children and exploring the natural world.
-Reading culturally diverse books and books that show multiple perspectives is a good way to introduce children.
-Playing with blocks and hide and go seek help children develop their geography skills

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Article: Developmentally Appropriate Geography
-Geography learning can start in the home
-informal geography can be taught as early as two
-in kindergarten map concept games like hokey pokey and bingo can be used
- Upper elementary students should be taught how to read a compass, then how to use a GPS to find location.
-Geography can be integrated into multiple subjects
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Article B: Going Beyond Maps and Globes: Exploring Children’s Literature Using the Five Geographic Themes

This article places emphasis on the importance of incorporating  literacy n all content areas (specifically geography in this article)

Pairing literacy with geography can encourage deeper levels of thinking and create more meaning for concepts

Naturally occurring discussions about topics such as location, movement, regions, etc. can help enhance students' vocabulary, thinking, and other literary skills necessary in ELA.

Webquest:
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Article Choice: Using the Familiar to Teach World Geography
-Students are using connections to the own personal lives to the curriculum.
-Can be taught in kindergarten.
-Teachers are able to build better relationships with their students.
- Students learn about different maps.
-Incorporates technology into the classroom.
-Using google maps gives students new perspectives on familiar places.
-Incorporates learning of different cultures.
-Students can share their culture with peers.
-Teacher can integrate arts when teaching students about maps and geographical concepts.
-Students get a chance to celebrate their own cultures.
-This is a way to teach similarities and differences between people.

Webquest:
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Article B: This is My House

-While integrating different topics within lessons, these should not have to be "forced." The connections should be natural.
-Having both whole group and small group conversations can help students make the connections between geography and literature.
-Displaying these connections on chart paper as they are found may help students recognize how their specific examples relate to the overall definitions of the five themes of geography.

It was also interesting to learn about arable land.

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Article E: Using the Familiar to Teach World Geography

·      The teacher, Carlee, discovered by connecting the curriculum to her students’ cultures and family, there were capable of learning and sharing knowledge.

·      Prior to the lesson, Carlee reached out to all of her students’ families to find out their geographical and cultural backgrounds. She sent a letter how asking for what their definition for family was and what their traditions are. By learning more about her students, Carlee was able to personalize her lesson to her students.

·      Carlee started her lesson by looking at different types of maps. Throughout the lesson, Carlee used specific vocabulary for her ELL students.

·      For the next part of Carlee’s lesson, she talked about landmarks. Carlee used the seven different countries in her presentation reflecting her students’ heritage.

·      To close out her lesson, Carlee asked her students share information about where their family originated and traditions they do in their home. A pair of students would go up and talk about their family, then as a class, they would talk about the similarities and differences.
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Article B: This is My House

·      Geography and literature have natural connections, complement each other, and have the potential to enhance students learning

·      Discussing place and region can help children to develop rich descriptive vocabulary

·      Making connections between literature and each of the 5 elements of geography

·      Students can create stories and models based on the geography of their specific region

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Article: B
- Geography and literacy are interconnected
-Books can be used for students to make deeper connections to geographical content
-The themes of geography are location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, regions
-Understanding of location and place can help students create a visual map of a story
-Learning geography can help develop vocabulary
-Geography can help students understand setting
-Students can naturally connect geography and literature
-Geography can easily be discussed when reading any book in class

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Article: Technology Tools for the 5  themes of Geography

-There are free technology tools available for teachers to use to teach social studies
-Using technology is a great way to discover primary sources
-GeoStories provides slideshows that cover the five themes of geography.
-Global trek provides a virtual tour of around the globe.
-History Pin students can see different places like a virtual tour and create one of their own.
-Spotzi and Mapmaker Interactive is a internet and phone/tablet application that allows for students to develop maps or look at maps from around the globe.

Webquest: http://vocaroo.com/i/s1Ib1DBCCqb1

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Article: Using The Familiar to Teach World Geography
- I like that the teacher took time to talk with her students about where they were from and the kinds of food they were eating to help her find a starting point for her lessons.
-The lesson is started using literature.
-Each student is able to share their personal experiences and the rest of the class is able to learn from them.
-Even though the teacher's background is different from most of her student's, she still spent time teaching them about herself.
-Technology --Google Earth
-Connections -- maps to culture

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Article Choice: Using the Familiar to Teach World Geography
-Students are using connections to the own personal lives to the curriculum.
-Can be taught in kindergarten.
-Teachers are able to build better relationships with their students.
- Students learn about different maps.
-Incorporates technology into the classroom.
-Using google maps gives students new perspectives on familiar places.
-Incorporates learning of different cultures.
-Students can share their culture with peers.
-Teacher can integrate arts when teaching students about maps and geographical concepts.
-Students get a chance to celebrate their own cultures.
-This is a way to teach similarities and differences between people.

Web quest:

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Lauren Cramp "This is my House going beyond Maps and Globes" article (Takeaways) Task 2

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Lauren Cramp "This is my House going beyond Maps and Globes" article (Takeaways) Task 2

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1. There are five themes in geography: location, place, human environment interaction, movement and regions.
- Educators recognize the connections between geography and literature.
- Literature can provide a mean or a way to get to a choreographic location.
- Pairing literature and geography and literacy can promote deep levels of thinking and meaning which promotes both subjects in school.
- As teachers we can also connect art with geography and literacy.
- Reading everyday books can be used to show geography based on the location of the setting where the book takes place. In the article they used the example from the old books about Madeline how she lived in Paris. How then you can pull up information and Location from Paris.
- While introducing geography to young readers, we could all look at many books the kids read everyday and ask the kids where the setting takes place and go from there.
- The learners would see how important setting and location is and whats the point behind setting.

Task 4  -
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- Another thing that I found was really interesting and neat was the website whatwasthere. I was fascinated and had fun exploring certain place where I grew up to see what was there a long time ago. I think kids will defiantly be fascinated as well.

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Article Choice: Integrating Mapping and ELA Skills using Giant Traveling Maps
-It reminds me of pathematics
- I think its cool how students are able to use this giant map for geography skills and it be connected to ELA
-Students are able to see spatially how large the world is
-Gets the kids moving and having hands-on activities that will help them learn geography and the 5 elements of geography
-Lots of resources that come with the map-games, game instructions, and manipulatives
-There are even text sets that are recommended/come with it to connect to ELA
-A way to integrate Social Studies into the busy day and make it fun

Web quest:
*My computer wasn't working with  vocaroo so I had to do a recording on my phone- I think you have to download my recording for you to actually hear it- SORRY!

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Article 2: Exploring Children's Literature Using the Five Themes of Geography

There is a natural connection between geography and literacy: literacy can provide means of "travel" to geographically distant places

Five themes of geography: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement and regions

Multiple themes can be found in one literature book- doesn't have to be just one

Can use geographic BINGO for each new book to identify and connect various geographic themes within the book

Webquest

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