Teaching Geography through Cooperative Learning

What is Geography? Geography is a discipline of social studies that studies the world and it's features. Geography is a very important topic for students to understand where countries in the world are and what is happening in the world. Learning geography will create good citizens who can understand the major issues in the country and the world and how to handle these issues. The five themes of geography are location, place, human and environment interaction, movement, and region. There are several ways to teach geography.

Geography can be brought up in several ways when teaching social studies. The 103 creatively simple ways to teach Geography is a helpful slideshow to teach geography with technology. One of my favorite ways is Idea 3: Google Earth Trip, where students use Google Earth to imagine themselves going on a trip to any place in the world. Students love to use their imagination so this would be helpful in having students understand where different counties are in the world. Another idea I like is idea 23: Bingo!. Students love to play games so having them play Bingo will increase the chance of the students learning geography better. I also like the Idea 24: Model. This idea has students create physical features with clay. This can be efficient in teaching geography since students can have a hands-on learning experience about physical features in the world. There are many ways to teach Geography and I will most definitely use these ideas when I become a teacher.