Lesson Plans and Activities:
- A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier – Tim Gavin – 3.3 (4.5, 7.1, 7.2, 8.3). Part of a unit on conflict and terrorism.
- A Long Way Gone Audio Permission Form
- A Long Way Gone Notes
- An Introduction to Geography and History Through Regions – Joy Lohmeyer
- Exploring the Concept of Regions: United States – 3.4 (lessons I and II)
- Using GIS to Understand Regional Layers – 3.4 (lessons III and IV)
- Examining Regions, Mental Mapping, and Human Perceptions – 3.2 (lesson V)
- Regions Becoming a Global Community: Diffusion of Goods and Culture – 3.3 (lesson VI)
- Maps, current Events, Historical Events – 3.3 (lesson VII)
- Unit Culminating Assessment Project
- An Introduction to World Population – Cheri Hume – 3.1
- Why Do Countries Have Different Populations- 3.1, 3.2
- GIS and Population Indicators – 3.1
- What is a Population Pyramid? – 3.1
- Graphing Population Pyramids – 3.1
- Baby Boomers and the Big Bulge – 3.5
- “Chocolate Layer Cake” Maps – Jane Smith – 3.5
- Conflict Where Three Continents Meet: Introduction to the Lessons – Hilary Steinhardt – 3.2, 3.3
- Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – Mapping Assignment
- Vocabulary Requirement Sheet: Conflict Where Three Continents Meet
- Religious Divisions (Lesson 1)
- Roots of Conflict (Lesson 2)
- Fatah vs. Hamas: Continued Strife in the Gaza Region (Lesson 3)
- A Proposal for Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Lesson 4)
- Defining Poverty: Using Africa as an Example – Orvil Schlatter – 3.2
- Focus on Germany – Joe Milharcic – 3.3. Part of a Unit on Europe. See the Resources section for all lessons in the Unit.
- How Many is Too Many? A Study of Population and Resource Distribution – Tara Uebelhor – 3.3, 3.4
- Immigration Unit – Phil Leswing
- Take a Stand
- Immigration to the United States
- Race vs. Ethnicity
- Guest Speaker on Immigration
- Drawing a City
- Changing the Face of the Local Community
- Movement, Urbanization, and Diffusion of Music – Scott Royer – 3.2, 3.3, 5.1, 11.3
- Diffusion of Music Power Point
- Pushing and Pulling: Factors for Migration! – Sarah Wilson – Standard 3
- Put It All Together – Jill Grimes – Lesson 5 of 5. See the Resources section for all lessons in the unit.
- R.I.P., Graves, Griffins, and Grafitti – Anne Gardner and Connie Yeaton – 3.2, 3.4 (6.6, 8.1, 8.4, 9.2, and 9.3)
- Washington State Cemetery Association newsletter article about Indiana limestone and artistry
- Soils, Climates and Ecosystems – Jill Grimes – Lesson 2 of 5. See the Resources section for all lessons in the unit.
- Southwest Asia Unit Plan – Jessica Niksch – 3.1, 3.2
- Unit Introduction
- Let’s Get Physical…Physical Geography of Southwest Asia
- A Harsh and Arid Land – Climate and Vegetation of Southwest Asia
- Core Cultural Hearth – Mesopotamia
- History in a Glass
- The Fat, the Water,and the Rock…Religion in Southwest Asia
- Colonial Tinkering in Southwest Asia
- Current Issues in Southwest Asia
- The World Cup: It’s Geographic Impact on the World – Ernie Ruble – 3.5
- Three Gorges Dam: Is this China’s T.V.A. of the 21st Century? – Mark Riggins – 3.2. Part of an East Asia Unit. See the Resources section for all three lessons.
- Tools of the Trade – Jill Grimes – Lesson 4 of 5. See the Resources section for all lessons in the unit.
- Virtual Tour of a French City – William Valentine – 3.4, 3.5
- Where Have All The People Gone? – Mary Ann Bolinger – 3.1, 3.2
Other Materials:
Amazing Transportation (a collection of images from Janis Coffman, Decatur Middle School; Decatur, IN)
The Association of American Geographers has launched a new website entitled Geography & Human Rights Clearinghouse and Forum, available at: http://aag.org/geography_and_human_rights/index.htm. The website includes a bibliography on Geography and Human Rights research, as well as links to numerous NGOs, research centers, and scientific associations that focus on human rights issues, often while drawing upon geographic methods or technologies.
From Pioneering to Persevering: Family Farming in Indiana to 1880, a new publication by Paul Salstrom from Purdue University Press. ISBN 10: 1-55753-453-5. Can order via www.thepress.purdue.edu. Indiana’s pioneers came to southern Indiana to turn the dream of an America based on family farming into a reality. The golden age prior to the Civil War led to a post-War preserving of the independent family farmer. Salstrom examines this “independence” and finds the label to be less than adequate. Hoosier farming was an inter-dependent activity leading to a society of borrowing and loaning. When people talk about supporting family farming, as Salstrom notes, the issue is a societal one with a greater population involved than just the farmers themselves. (Amazon.com description). 208 pages, paperback; $23.95.
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World, by Eric Weiner. ISBN 10: 0-446-58026-0 by Hatchette (Twelve Books), New York. An account by a journalist seeking to discover various global/cultural perseptions of happiness. See the book review.
National Geographic’s Genographic Project – Mapping human DNA