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Higher education geography simulations
Tech Lesson - Google Maps - GPS Buddy {Technology Lesson Plan}
Map reading seems like a lost art. An ancient skill that people used long before the smartphone. Students rely so much on their smart phones and tablets to help get them where they need or what they want. Break up the routine by having your students be the smart phone!
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Middle and High School STEM and Technology Curriculum
Immigration Simulation Game in Spanish / Juego de inmigración
This product is a fun, hands-on way for students to learn about push and pull immigration factors. Colored candies (not included) represent different groups of people. This game is set up to be played in groups of six but can be modified for smaller groups. Each student represents an imaginary country and as students go through the event cards their population is affected by events listed and they lose or gain their candy population. Students record their population at the beginning of the g
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Malthus Theorem Classroom Debate and Simulation
This resource enables you to have a structured classroom debate about the topic of demography—are we headed for a Malthusian Catastrophe or not?
This lesson begins with a simulation to help students understand the Malthus Theorem. Students will then briefly research Malthusian and anti-Malthusian perspectives to gain an initial understanding of both sides.
Students will then have a brief discussion over the topic before being split into sides for a structured classroom debate.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Oregon Trail Survival Activity / Game
In the high school curriculum, Westward Expansion hits right at the beginning of the year when students are tying to shake off the "rust" from the summer. In middle school, expansion is one of the last topics of the year - when students want to do the absolute least. I've found in either case, this is a great activity for those difficult first / last days of school. In this high engagement, team-building, boredom busting activity students will simulate being stranded on the Oregon Trail. S
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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SOLVE The Russia and Ukraine Conflict Simulation
International diplomacy is hard! Real problems and different motives lead to violent conflict. In this far from boring simulation, students are placed in different groups expected to work together to consider why Ukraine and Russia are fighting. Students will argue, research, and consider how to problem solve and understand complex world issues. This Lesson Includes:-A detailed teacher's guide explaining how the simulation works-An easy to follow slideshow for students to know exactly what they
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Imperialism Activity
This activity works well to explain the various ethnic groups in Africa and the issues these groups faced when colonizers imposed superfluous borders during the Berlin Conference. Students are asked to separate a series of colors and shapes into 55 sections randomly. The teacher will then read from a script to discuss pre-existing conflicts/alliances that may prove to be issues in these new "states."File includes two options for worksheets: one that is already completed with shapes and colors an
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Urbanization Simulation
A simulation game to recreate the growth of a city. The game gives students a one minute timer to add a list of things to a blank map for every 10 year period of growth beginning in 1843 and ending in 2003. The simulation is meant to be frustrating and difficult so that students really get an idea of the many issues that can arise when a city develops quickly. The city used in this powerpoint is Portland, Oregon, but you could easily change the city to be the one in which you live or another cit
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
World Trade Simulation
Utilize your resources, trade with your neighboring countries, and level up in this active simulation! Get students up, interacting, and using critical and creative thinking!Objective: How does location impact trade and how does trade impact the development of civilizations?Five countries (United Kingdom, Ghana, China, Colombia, & Saudi Arabia) will interact and trade five different resources (gold, lumber, electronics, coffee, and oil) to level up. The first team to get to level 4 or own ha
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Mi Viaje a México Virtual Tour (Project)
Have your students take a virtual tour of Mexico City and Guanajuato through a powerpoint full of links, photos, and 360 tours. Should be fully editable to change the dates and information that you would like to change. There are so many great pre-activities and follow-up activities to make this a whole unit. I worked on teaching Mexican culture throughout the semester and this was a part of their final. A great way to practice writing, culture, and grammar!
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Mi Viaje a México Virtual Tour Project (BUNDLE!)
Rafa Rafa: Cultural Interaction Simulation
This is a HIGHLY interactive and rewarding cultural simulation that gives students an amazing opportunity to feel what it is like to be immersed in a 'new' and 'strange' culture when really it is their own classmates. Each time I do this, it literally blows their minds. The cultural rewards and lessons in perspective are limitless with this one (Good for geography, anthropology, sociology, comparative politics, etc.)
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Step by Step Geocaching Template for Students
I recently wrote and received a grant to purchase Garmin eTex 10 GPS units for my Geography Club at my elementary school. This product is a template that I created with step by step instructions that shows students how to key in and use a GPS device to locate geocaches. Once you have the GPS coordinates of a hidden cache, you can type them into this template. Then your students can begin this global scavenger hunt. I have attached four different sheet with groups A, B, C, and D. You can cre
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Central Africa Simulation
This is a student role-play simulation in which teams negotiate during an international crisis involving Rwanda, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the USA, and France.
This simulation requires no special equipment or training and runs in less than one hour of classroom time. It is ideal for learning about African geography, contemporary world history, international politics, and negotiation.
The package includes:
1) Instructor's guide to the simulation, containing complete directions.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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West Africa Simulation
This is a student role-play simulation in which teams negotiate during an international crisis involving the government of Sierra Leone, anti-government protesters, militia leaders, the Liberia government, and international diamond mining companies.This simulation requires no special equipment or training and runs in less than one hour of classroom time. It is ideal for learning about African geography, contemporary world history, international politics, and negotiation.The package includes:1) I
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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City Life Simulation
Learning about urban life is exciting, interesting, and often more complicated than it sounds. But getting students to appreciate all of this complexity can be a challenge. This simulation aims to immerse students into the life of a city-dweller, so that by the end of the lesson students are able to identify and explain how housing location, public transportation, and income affect city-dwellers’ ability to achieve a healthy lifestyle.
Materials Included:
Simulation Overview
Food/Transportation
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
South Asia Simulation
This is a student role-play simulation in which teams negotiate during an international crisis involving the government of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka's Tamil population, former members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam, the national government of India, and the government of India's state of Tamil Nadu.
This simulation requires no special equipment or training and runs in less than one hour of classroom time. It is ideal for learning about African geography, contemporary world history, internati
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Oregon Trail directions and question for online game
Oregon trail online simulation directions, link, and questions.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Silk Road: World History Simulation
This is a fantastic project based learning lesson that focuses on trade and diplomacy over the Silk Road during the 14th century. This project works best with Middle or High School students. From my experience, lessons centered on the Silk Road are limited and overly simplified. For this reason, I created a project for students, who may come with a wide range of abilities or backgrounds, to explore and experience a simulated debate regarding the promotion of trade along the Silk Road. This proje
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
East Africa Simulation
This is a student role-play simulation in which teams negotiate during an international crisis involving the government of Sudan, Darfur and Nuba rebels, South Sudan, China, and international NGOs.
This simulation requires no special equipment or training and runs in less than one hour of classroom time. It is ideal for learning about African geography, contemporary world history, international politics, and negotiation.
The package includes:
1) Instructor's guide to the simulation, containin
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Asia Geography — Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year & its Influences on Asia
Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year and Spring Festival, is an annual 15-day Chinese festival that begins with the new moon that occurs between January 21 and February 20. It is an important part of Asian history and is considered the most important celebration for families and includes a week of official public holidays. The history of the Chinese New Year festival can be traced back to about 3,500 years ago. Have your geography students explore the Chinese zodiac and learn about how
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Global Travel Agency - Differentiated Geography Project
Student take the wheel and design a tour to visit the countries they've been studying. This project is an engaging way to dive deeper into these regions and bring the world to life!Working in groups based on their talents, students explore culture and places around the world to try as they plan a global tour to win the business of Gallivanter Middle School (a special school that takes their students to really visit the places they study). Students plot courses, explore languages and cultural t
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Asia Water Scarcity Simulation
This product is a simulation of freshwater resource scarcity and economic development in mainland Asia. In the simulation, teams of students represent the countries of Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Vietnam and decide how to manage the rivers that cross the borders of these nation-states. The simulation uses a programmed Excel spreadsheet. Turn by turn, players must decide how to best manage competing demands created by population growth, agricultural production, industrializat
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Mi Viaje a México Virtual Tour Project (BUNDLE!)
Have your students take a virtual tour of Mexico City and Guanajuato through a powerpoint full of links, photos, and 360 tours and then explain their trip! The writing piece comes with directions and an example for how to write a detailed paragraph about their trips. In the directions, students are directed to use the pretérito and the imperfecto, but this can be edited by the teacher. Should be fully editable to change the dates and information that you would like to change. There are so many g
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Environmental Geography Project
Teach your students about fracking, strip-mining, damn building, and deforestation in a role-playing simulation. Student groups assume either the role of companies or environmental groups and seek to have projects either approved or denied as they are presented to the Town Mayor (you). Students must explain the processes, the pros/cons, and include any counter-arguments in their PowerPoint presentation. Activity can be stretched out over a week. Can be done in groups or individually.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Environmental Geography Bundle
Civil Rights Era - Understanding Housing Segregation - Interactive Simulation
Do you want to show your students what the physical implications of housing segregation during the Civil Rights Era? Are they curious how housing segregation works and what it actually looks like? Using the Parable of the Polygons website, this interactive simulation helps students understand how just a little bit of bias can have a large impact on how a community looks. This activity walks students through the process of trying to make the 'polygons' happy based on their levels of bias and dive
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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