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[jellomando]

This class is another take of AlexMokpo Geography class but I swapped out the Map and replaced it with a slide show game that (even though I have it as bonus) is the main part of the class. 

Geography I:

• Native Speaker introduces the concept of Continents and Oceans. 5 minutes.
• Native Speaker brainstorms the 7 Continents and the 5 Oceans. 10 minutes.
• Native Speaker introduces any continent or ocean that may have been missed. 10 minutes.
• Students perform Continent and Ocean worksheet. 20 minutes.
• Native Speaker launches Slide Show Game involving photos from each continent.

Notes:

• Only the super smart kids will be able to name all 7 Continents and Oceans.  In desperation they will start naming large countries (Greenland) and seas (Mediterranean).  The students generally get stuck on Antarctica and the Arctic and Southern oceans.
• Oceania is not a continent.
• Even though the students have been exposed to the answers numerous times during the lesson, they will still stumble on the worksheet.
• This lesson reflects a western mindset that that there are indeed 7 continents; other cultures will group one or two together as one continent.
• Following geography lessons will introduce the aspects such as countries, states, provinces, cities, etc.
• Students should understand the concept of Ocean and Continent but not in English.  If you give them access to an English/Korean Dictionary they will automatically race each other for the correct word.
• During the Slide Show Game you can give your students bonus point for sub questions, like
  
  • Name the County?
  • What Animal?
  • Etc.

I intend to make a Geography II, III, IV, etc based on these maps.

More information about my lessons can be found here.

[capebretonbarbarian]

I liked your Geography lesson a lot, especially the powerpoint presentation.  I used parts of your lesson and added some of my own content.  First, we discussed what countries the students would like to visit and why?  I discussed proper country names,  (now they want say Island for Ireland, Indo for India etc...)  nationalities and types of currencies.  Attached are the worksheets I used.     

[raisedbywoolves]

here is a lesson i made based off the ideas posted here, and tailored for the level i teach. I can't remember at all where the "around the world in 30 min" power point came from, which i borrowed from, so apologies to the creator :S

[raisedbywoolves]

btw, this site is FANTASTIC for talking about geography and environment, if you have computer/tv access in the class.

http://www.gatm.org.uk/

the Animaniacs guide to the world went over spectacularly with my class, they loved it, and i haven't got sick of it yet.

http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/blipplayer.swf?autoStart=false&file=http://blip.tv/file/get/Gatm-animaniacsTheWorld373.flv?source=3