Young Geographers Go Global
Introduction
This unit aims to support teachers to engage children in quality geography through senses-based creative writing. There are three main classroom sessions. In the first, children record their sense impressions on their own journeys to school. In the second, by putting themselves into images of a distant place, they repeat the process as if they were children in various parts of India. Finally they draw together their local and distant sense impressions in a group
performance piece.
Working through the course
You may decide to use this three-stage process with your children as presented here, as a way into the study of India. Or you may decide to adapt this strategy to study a distant place of your choice for which you can obtain good images of children's journeys to school.
However you use the materials, we hope you will gain a sense of some possible uses of a simple frame to help children to be good writers as well as good geographers. We also want you to reflect on how readily a small number of quality resources can support a good distant place study.
Course Units
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Getting Started Introduction from the author. Going to school in Bateau Bay. How to use the unit. |
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Going to school here and now Children gather their sense impressions on their journey to school. |
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What is it like to go to school in India? Children put themselves into images and imagine what it is like to go to school in India. |
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Let’s pull it all together, and share! Children gather their materials and prepare a performance piece. |
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Pedagogy and Thinking The thinking behind this unit. How can geography help children to understand people and place? |
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Plenary Ideas for further exploration and ways to get recognition for you and your school's learning. |
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