The Geography Club:

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The Geography Club

• A Guide for Implementation

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Why Form a Geography Club ?

• Children are naturally curious about the world
  around them.
• Geography provides a great platform for
  satisfying childrens curiosity.
• Teachers lack time for in-depth geography
  projects.
• Weve done most of the work for you!

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Overview

• Geography Club content is targeted at upper
  elementary through middle school.
• Activities are located on the NCGE website
  (www.ncge.org).
• Activities are based on National Standards and
  designed to engage students with high-interest,
  hands-on strategies.

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Setting Up Your Club

• Get approval from administrator.
• Decide when and where to meet.
• Arrange after-school transportation.
• Obtain funding.
• school budget
• PTA
• local civic clubs
• education foundations
• Decide how often the club will meet. (one or two
  times per month is suggested)

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Suggested Materials

• A wall map of the world
• Atlases, almanacs, and other reference books
• Internet access
• Colored pencils and/or markers, construction
  paper and similar supplies

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Monthly Activities

• Locate activities on the NCGE website
• Club leaders may download activities
  for each month of
  the academic year
• Activities are based on the National Geography
  Standards
• Activities engage students in high-interest,
  hands-on learning experiences

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Monthly Activities (cont.)

• Each months activities include
• a warm-up activity
• a featured lesson
• trivia questions
• answer key
• Materials needed for the activities and
  accompanying websites are included. Student
  worksheets are ready to print.

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Warm-Up (Example)
1. Name the four states shown on the map. 2. What
is the specific name of this place? 3. What is
the nearest mountain range to this place? 4. On
which continent would you find this place? 5.
Name the lowest point found on this
continent.
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Featured Activities

• Tear-It Map Activity
• Groups create a map of the world by tearing
  construction paper
• Visual Geography Terms
• A to Z geographic terms illustrated with pictures
• Going to Extremes
• The highest, lowest, tallest, longest, deepest,
  largest, smallest, hottest, coldest, wettest,
  driest places on Earth and the U.S.

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Trivia Questions

• Which island, the largest of the Greater
  Antilles, lies 90 miles south of Florida?
• Which island, the largest in the world, is
  separated from Canada by the Davis Strait and
  Baffin Bay?
• The Falkland Islands lie off the coast of
  Argentina. A British possession, these islands
  are also claimed by Argentina and are known by
  what other name?
• Which island in the Mediterranean Sea is divided
  into two sectors and administered by both Greece
  and Turkey?
• Of the four main islands of Japan, which is the
  southernmost?

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What Teachers Think About Geography Club
Activities

• You created many amazing lessons!
• Thanks again, for taking the time to share some
  neat ideas! Particularly the map scraps- my kids
  have a love-hate relationship with them! I also
  enjoy the Mediterranean Sea activity as well- but
  they all have something to offer!
• K. Shea
• Middle School Geography Teacher