1. A Place for Geography in the Common Core
Why? How? And Where?
A Place for Geography in the Common Core
Dr. Ellen J. Foster
School of Education
University of Mississippi

2. Overview Why? How? Where? Strands of ELA/Themes of Geography
Common Core for ELA and P21 Skills
How?
Using the 5 themes to highlight Texas history
Using the 5 themes and 6 elements to enhance student understanding of literary works
Where?
K-6
6-8
9-12

3. Strands of the Language Arts Five Themes of Geography
Reading
Writing
Listening
Speaking
Five Themes of Geography
Location
Place
Regions
Movement
Human-Environment Interactions

4. Common Core & P21 Skills
By 4th Grade, students are to use informational text to support research & analysis
By 12th grade, students are to use classical and contemporary sources to analyze changes in the environment over time.

5. Texas History Location – Absolute/Relative location
Place – What’s there (physical and cultural)
Culturally Mexican
Regions – Central Texas, edge of Texas Hill Country
Movement – Runaway Scrape
Human-Environment Interaction – Battle of San Jacinto

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1922 photo – Saved from sale to a hotel firm in 1903 by Miss Clara Driscoll of Corpus Christi, Tx.

12. Location

13. Location

14. Place

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18. Place
“Devon is sometimes considered the most beautiful School in New England, and even on this dismal afternoon its power was asserted. It is the beauty of small areas of order  --a large yard, a group of trees, three similar dormitories, a circle of old houses--living together in contentious harmony.”

19. Regions

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21. Regions

22. Movement

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31. Human/Environment Interactions

32. Human/Environment Interactions

33. Lessons/Activities Create Your Own Place
Using the 5 Themes, create a realistic setting in creative writing (visual product required)
Draw the Missing Map
Using clues from the story, draw the map that “should” have been included
Character Analysis
Using geographic knowledge and skills, do the characters fit in time and place?
Found/Headline Poems
Using main ideas to “find” geography in informational text

34. Literature

35. Links Google Lit Trips National Council for Geographic Education
The Geography Teacher
Finding Geography Using Found Poetry
Journal of Geography
Association of American Geographers
ArcGIS On-line

37. Literature