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Geography Common Core W.6.1a handouts
Argumentative Writing (CER) - Reinventing the Toilet
This argumentative writing activity (CER = Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) is centered on an interesting question: Why is Bill Gates so interested in toilets?The (shortened) backstory is that 2.6 billion people in the world don't have sanitary toilets, which leads to contamination, illness, and malnutrition. Bill Gates launched a challenge to reinvent the toilet for cities and villages that don't have modern plumbing systems. Links to several videos are included to share with your students. Click h
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6th - 12th
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Exploring Our World (Independent Project for the Secondary Classroom)
This resource comes with two separate projects, choose the one that works best with your students, or do both, up to you! First students will brainstorm the essential question, "What drives people to explore?" Students will brainstorm what exploration means to them as well as what is left to explore. Students then will choose where in the world would they want to explore if given the chance. Students research, then create either a Power Point Presentation or a One-Pager Poster. This activity pai
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6th - 8th
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The 5 Themes of Geography - Short Answer & Match 'Em Worksheet
For much of recorded history, the story of humankind has been one of survival by adaptation. Thrust into a harsh, unforgiving world, our ancestors managed to eke out their survival by constantly staying one step ahead of the elements – modifying their shelter, food, clothing and settlement patterns to the capricious forces of nature that threatened to destroy them. Using the 5 Themes of Geography* as a backdrop, this two-part worksheet examines the changes and continuities in human adaptation.
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5th - 8th
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