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Can you blame her? Look at the map our kids see most often:
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She isn't the only one. See Alaska floating in the upper left? LOL!
But she cann spel beter than mi.
To be fair, how often is the location of Alaska brought up in conversation these days?
Unless you are watching "Alaska Monsters"
It's sad how little comprehensive history, geography, and other useful subjects are being effectively taught in schools at any level these days, including college.
It's sad how little comprehensive history, geography, and other useful subjects are being effectively taught in schools at any level these days, including college.
This is going to sound quaint, but when I was growing up, we had a globe on a pedestal. Libraries did too. Josie, do classrooms have these anymore?
I'm wondering whether they've gone the way of the hard-bound encyclopedia.
Most kids think Alaska and Hawaii are south of the US.....because....
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It's really sad that she's in high school and still doesn't have an accurate picture of the world or US map in her head.
My students leave me knowing a massive amount of history and geography. The other teachers in my grade level don't teach either one --- at all. :shock:
That's because it's more important to teach them that it's perfectly normal to have two mommies and that condoms are available through the school nurse.
My students leave me knowing a massive amount of history and geography. The other teachers in my grade level don't teach either one --- at all. :shock:
I liked the big pull down maps. More pull down stuff over the chalkboard usually meant more fun in class.
It's sad how little comprehensive history, geography, and other useful subjects are being effectively taught in schools at any level these days, including college.
In all of my classes it meant spending 30 minutes to try and get the stupid thing to stay down.
Can you blame her? Look at the map our kids see most often:
View attachment 67212096
She isn't the only one. See Alaska floating in the upper left? LOL!
But she cann spel beter than mi.
This is going to sound quaint, but when I was growing up, we had a globe on a pedestal. Libraries did too. Josie, do classrooms have these anymore?
I'm wondering whether they've gone the way of the hard-bound encyclopedia.
I liked the big pull down maps. More pull down stuff over the chalkboard usually meant more fun in class.
Depends on the teacher. My students come out knowing tons. We do maps and globes. Over and over. Quizzes and fun searches to see who can find places or things.
I did that with my kids too and with my granddaughter as she wasn't getting near enough schooling in that subject to satisfy me. In geography class in high school, I was getting ready to study for a test that I knew would involve drawing the outline of and placing the major cities in one European country. Something else came up and I wound up not having time to study. So I focused on England--that was back in the days before we said "Great Britain" or "the U.K." It was the only country I would have been able to do competently. Was I ever relieved when the teacher said: "Draw England."
This is going to sound quaint, but when I was growing up, we had a globe on a pedestal. Libraries did too. Josie, do classrooms have these anymore?
I'm wondering whether they've gone the way of the hard-bound encyclopedia.
This is going to sound quaint, but when I was growing up, we had a globe on a pedestal. Libraries did too. Josie, do classrooms have these anymore?
I'm wondering whether they've gone the way of the hard-bound encyclopedia.
I liked the big pull down maps. More pull down stuff over the chalkboard usually meant more fun in class.