I am embedding 3 presentations on the Five Themes of Geography. I intend to combine the best of each into one simplistic yet comprehensive, interactive, and engaging presentation.
The Polar Bear one is specific to 7th grade. I like how it asks "Who cares?" and then answers it. Both the 2nd and 3rd presentations have valuable photos. The white one doesn't have enough depth or rigor, though, and the blue one is the opposite: too text heavy.
All three have sparked ideas in my mind such as having students find images, chunks of books/magazines/blogs/etc., movies, and so on that demonstrate the distinctiveness of each of the five themes.
In the most recent SMART Board PD, I started building a Notebook based on the Five Themes. I will weave these findings into that and hopefully create a stellar mini-unit.
PS: Diigo was exceptionally helpful when I was previewing presentations. I bookmarked ones I liked and went back just now to choose the three above listed.
Five Themes of Geography
Themes of Geography
Great to see how all of this is beginning to come together --
ReplyDeleteThanks! I am at school now and plan to share what I found.
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