Not an easy job..Oh, would you like some old lesson plans?..Most of the students wanted to learn the locations. But it wasn't easy because of materials, what to cover in a year. Also national vs international geography, vs all other aspects of the subject. Such as map reading, local locations. climate, types of geography like volcanos, rivers, streams, oceans. etc. I did a good job. (I think) Teaching geography was a while ago. They took it out of the curriculum at the last school that I taught at. Note: Geography was not required, as U.S.History was. I think it should be required for at least one 5 month course for everyone to graduate high school. Years ago, the gas stations gave away free maps. Now, no one needs to know how to read a map because their "so called smart phone, will tell them how to get there. Pretty sad reflection on the population. But I will also add, that there are many people in the U.S. who do know their geography, certainly as well as people in other countries.
...Unfortunately I do not think that is a majority. Far less..
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