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Geography First:  Classroom Lessons, Strategies, and Activities

Title: From Korea to Singapore to Tennessee: Gaining a Greater Understanding of Population Geography
Presenter: Michael Robinson

Grade Level: Content for all levels. Lesson Plans for mainly High School
population_tga_summer16.pptx
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population_website_resources.pdf
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Title: Energy Superhero’s - Teaching Alternative Forms of Energy
Grade Level: Middle and High School

Presenter(s): Ashley Flood & Kristi Neuroth
energy_superhero.docx.pdf
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energy_superheros.pdf
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Title: Utilizing Games to Learn Geography
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle, and High

Presenter(s): Jenny Shorten

Title: Increasing Student Engagement: Moving Away from Lecture to Interactive Student Activities
Presenter: Michael Robinson

Grade Level: Elementary, Middle, and High with most activities geared for Middle & High
team_examples_2016_summer.pptx
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team_example_websites.pdf
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Full Activities from Presentation

electoral_college_activity.pdf
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captain_americas_to_do_list.pptx
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climographs_activity.pptx
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ethnic_make-up_for_selected_countries_activity.pdf
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how_many_major_us_cities_name_activity.pptx
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interstate_maps_activity.pdf
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scale_example_acitivity.pptx
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where_in_the_world_activity_.pptx
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world_population_short_activity.pptx
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Title: World War II and Geography: Beyond Labeling A Map
Grade Level: Middle and High School

Presenter(s): Kristi Neuroth & Ashley Flood
storymapassignment.docx.pdf
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power_point_presentation_story_maps.ppt
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Title: M&M’s—75 Years and Counting
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle, and High
Presenter(s): Sherri Collie
chocolate_and_images.docx
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Title: Holocaust Geography
Presenter: Michael Robinson
Grade Level: Elementary (content), Middle, and High
holocaust_geography.pptx
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holocaust_website_resources.pdf
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holocaust_timeline_activity.pptx
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Title: Rangefinding with the Social Studies Constructed Response Rubric
Grade Level: All TCAP tested courses 3-8 and high-school U.S. History 
Presenter(s): Brian Smith
Range Finding
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Title: Strategies in literacy using Children’s Literature
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle, and High
Presenter(s): Jenny Shorten and Sherri Collie
strategies.docx
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strategies_in_literacy_using_childrens_literature.docx
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Title: Population Change in America: Using Census Data & Population Pyramids
Grade Level: High School
Presenter(s): Kristi Neuroth & Ashley Flood
power_point_presentation_population_pyramids.ppt
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lesson_plan_population_pyramids.docx
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us_and_foreign_population_pyramid_analysis.docx
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Title: United States History, AP Human Geography Geoinquiries and Interdisciplinary Geoinquiries
Grade Level: Any teacher of United States History; 8 and High School.  4th and 5th grade teachers might have interest. Additionally, The Interdisciplinary Geoinquiries  can be used by 3rd, 4th, 5th and 8th grade teachers.
Presenter: Brian Smith
GeoInquiries for US History
GeoInquiries for Human Geography
GeoInquiries for Grade 4 Interdisciplinary

Title: Teaching the Five Themes of Geography in the Western Hemisphere
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle, and High
Presenter(s): Jenny Shorten and Sherri Collie
five_themes_of_geography_in_the_western_hemisphere.docx
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Title: Promoting Geographic and Spatial Thinking in History Courses through Questioning and Writing
Grade Level: Middle and High School
Presenter(s): Ashley Flood & Kristi Neuroth
taxonomy_of_spatial_thinking.pdf
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spatial_thinking_in_history_courses.pdf
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Title: Age of Exploration
Grade Level: Elementary and Middle
Presenter: Brian Smith
age_of_exploration.zip
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The Way to the Stars: Build Your Own Astrolabe

Mariners’ Museum: Age or Exploration



​Title: Geo Journaling
Grade Level: Elementary, Middle, and High
Presenter(s): Jenny Shorten and Sherri Collie
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geo_journeling.docx
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  • Home
    • TGA Main Site
  • Geog/Hist Resources
  • 2014 Geog/Hist Workshop
    • Elementary >
      • Grade Specific Lesson Plans
      • Third Grade Standards
      • 3rd - 5th Grade Lesson Plans
    • Middle >
      • Sixth Grade Lesson Plans
      • Seventh Grade Lesson Plans
      • Eighth Grade Lesson Plans
    • Secondary >
      • World History and Geography
      • U.S. History and Geography
  • 2015 Geog/Hist Workshop
    • World Regions
    • Writing and Assessments
  • 2016 Geog/Hist Workshop
  • 2017 East Asia Workshop
  • 2019 Geog/Hist Workshop
    • Workshop Resources