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Free History Lesson Plans and Geography Teaching ideas, lesson plans and teaching resources... Via Fiona Beal, Maree Whiteley 
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Geography4Kids.com! The web site that teaches physical geography and earth science basics to everyone! Via Fiona Beal, Maree Whiteley
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We’ve talked about virtual field trips and connecting with other schools online many times. But what about actually seeing how your classroom stacks up to the others around the world? Julian Germain has been doing just that. He has photographed classrooms from England to the US to Nigeria to Bangladesh to Qatar. You get the idea. Below is a small sampling of his pictures and be sure to check out his website for more information / how to order the pictures as a bound book, etc.
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Teacher resources to encourage a global perspective across the curriculum
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MapSkip makes the world a canvas for our stories and photos. It is an ancient human instinct to share our life stories with others, as the paintings and hand prints in stone-age caves show...and many of our stories are about places. Join the MapSkip community in exploring the world through shared stories and pictures about all the places in our lives.
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Maree Whiteley's curator insight,
January 21, 2013 8:36 PM
See-Think-Wonder and Zoom In... two Visible Thinking 'Routines for Introducing and Exploring Ideas' that have students observe and think deeply about images.
Maree Whiteley's curator insight,
January 21, 2013 8:59 PM
See-Think-Wonder and Zoom In... two Visible Thinking 'Routines for Introducing and Exploring Ideas' that have students observe and think deeply about images.
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Digimap for Schools is an online service providing up to date Ordnance Survey maps. You can use these maps in the classroom, for homework or for school projects. There are many maps each at different scales.
Maree Whiteley's curator insight,
May 15, 2013 1:39 PM
Check out the free resources...including a Progression Map for student mapping skills.
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WARNING! This video contains explicit geographical scenes that may offend the non-worldy-wise.
Hoolee Nan's curator insight,
March 30, 2014 5:24 PM
Just for fun! It will be engaging video for children to begin to "think like a geographer". A good attention grabber and captivate the children's mind into the world of geography! The video gives examples of how in geography we label landmarks and events in our environment with unique terms. Overall, gives the perspective we are to hold when studying geography.
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Sustainability and community cohesion are ideas at the forefront of educational agendas but what do they mean in practice for learners in primary education? This family of courses explores the relationships between identity and place by drawing on some key geographical processes and understanding.
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June / July 2013 is set to be a very busy month, with #globalclassroom Lead Teachers presenting at several major international conferences - in the United States and Qatar. The Global Education Sum...
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This area contains three lesson plans for Year 5 or 6 students featuring local area fieldwork and emotional mapping. There are opportunities for students to reflect on and develop their personal geographies and increase their awareness of different ways to travel to school. The project was piloted in Sheffield in 2010. The lesson plans and resources included in this section will help you to adopt and adapt this project for your own school.
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Primary Atlas with accompanying videos- accessed via QR-codes throughout the text. AC Geography: Year 3-6
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Catherine Smyth's curator insight,
May 29, 2013 1:32 AM
Book list focusing on geography for K-6 published by the Geography Association UK.
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We all know that geography is important; but what can you do with it?
Zoe Pyke's curator insight,
October 9, 2013 12:55 AM
An interesting look at how Google earth assists in geography and has made a contribution. It also though gives concrete examples of how geography is used. Often when something has a broad term it is dificult to imagine exactly what it is that occurs in that role. This is useful to just get students and teachers thinking a little more outside the box in terms of 'what is geography? How is it used?"
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ePals is the social network optimized for K-12 learning. Over half a million classrooms in 200 countries and territories have joined the ePals Global Community to connect, collaborate and exchange ideas.
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For every correct answer you choose, 10 grains of rice are raised to help end world hunger through the World Food Programme.
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The GA supports primary and secondary geography teachers through teaching resources, geography journals, CPD events, Barnaby Bear, Worldwise and more. Via Catherine Smyth, Maree Whiteley
Catherine Smyth's curator insight,
February 10, 2013 10:41 PM
The author of this blog has a number of useful ideas for developing students' writing skills and geographical knowledge and understanding.
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All's Well? Exploring the World of Water with Upper Primary Students is packed with lesson ideas and resources to bring the world of water to the classroom. Activities use Literacy and Numeracy general capabilities to develop Critical and creative thinking; investigations and simulation games to develop Intercultural understandings; and questioning values to encourage active global citizenship.
Maree Whiteley's curator insight,
February 15, 2013 3:49 AM
Download your copy here or contact your local Global Education Project for a printed copy.
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Inspirational Key Stage 2 geography specialist, Jane Whittle, leads her class on a magical journey through the school's own woods, in ‘KS1/2 Geography’.The aim of the lesson is to create a map of their route but first, the children explore the woods picking up reminders. Armed with sellotape, drawing pins and tons of enthusiasm, Jane and her class explore the personal nature of geography, the countryside code and elements of map-making...
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To see more of his work check out http://www.abigaildaker.com
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This module explores how the people of one region have adapted to seasonal floods. Students use a collection of photographs and limited resources to imagine how it would be to live in such conditions by writing a day-in-the-life diary. Key focus questions How have people adapted to life on a floating village that experiences great seasonal changes? How can communities adapt to seasonal flooding to take advantage of both wet and dry seasons? What would it be like to live in an area where every year it goes from
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"One of their lessons [in a series involving geologic sciences] involved teaching the kids about the structure of the Earth. One of her friends came up with the idea of presenting a model of the Earth made out of cake. So my sister asked me if I could make a spherical cake with all the layers of the Earth inside it."
Courtney Burns's curator insight,
December 7, 2013 7:58 PM
I think that this came out awesome! I definetly don't think that I would be able to pull something like this off. However what I found intersting about this was that it was like a cake map. Students were able to get a visual about what the earth's core is like. It visually shows them all the different layers of the earth. Just by visually seeing the cake like this will help a lot more kids to remember this lesson. Also by the baker putting the countries in their accurate locations makes this cake even that much better. They are veiwing a map and they don't even know it. I think this cake is a great tool to use to show students just how the earth is actually made up. By allowing the students to visually see it also makes it more likely for them to remember the material. Viewing maps can teach so much, which is why I think this "cake map" is an awesome way to teach and get the kids attention! 
Michelle Winemiller's curator insight,
January 22, 2015 11:07 AM
project option we currently do for this unit |
Useful history and geography lesson plans that teachers can adjust to suit their classroom. Great starting point to gain ideas!