Re: Geography lessons loaded with multicultural activities

Don Cressall (Don.Cressall@m.k12.ut.us)
Sat, 30 Mar 1996 10:52:17 EST

Barbara Soto <msplace@AZStarNet.com> wrote:
> I teach 5th grade in Tucson, Arizona and am STRONGLY committed to getting
> Geography integrated into my District's curriculum K-12. I have been
> petitioning to be "borrowed" out of my classroom for 1 year so I can be an
> itinerant geography teacher-curriculum specialist-resource teacher. so far
> the best shot I have is to create a geography lesson for 3rd graders based
> on the 7 continents. I have them putting embrodiery floss lines of lat
> and long on a stro ball, catching an inflatable globe and telling where
> their thumbs land, cutting out the shapes of the continents and making
> collages (from Nat. Geog cutouts) singing the five themes of geog rap, etc.
> My bosses want more MULTICULTURAL activites. I sure could use some
> ideas. Any suggestions? I have develped a geography persona that I call
> Miss Place. My real name is Barb Soto I belong to the Arizona Geographic
> Alliance and was trained by the 30 day National Geographic Summer Geography
> Institute in Washington D.C. in 1993.

Hi Barb,

It's good to see the Geographic Alliance is action. I'm a member of
the Utah Geograhic Alliance. They have some leson plans on line.
Email Dr. Cliff Craig for information. Cbcraig@cc.usu.edu

Thanks,

Don

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Don Cressall
Don.Cressall@m.k12.ut.us
Davis County School District
Electronic Instruction Specialist