通过正确的地理课程，学生可以在教室里畅游世界。任何年级和主题的教师都可以将地理纳入课程，为学习者提供全球视野，更好地了解他们的环境。我们要求老师们提交他们最喜欢的策略和有趣的地理课，以激发孩子们对世界的兴趣，从教学生在地图上找到不同的城镇、州和国家，到帮助他们理解时区和他们的衣服是在哪里制作的。What they said was as follows:

• Hold a Phony Geography Competition.

Before dismissal, the fourth graders in Ashley Peterson’s class frequently play Kahoot! To educate geography ideas and assist youngsters in getting ready for the National Geographic GeoBee, she recently hosted a mock geography bee using Kahoot! There are numerous geography-themed Kahoot! Games offered by National Geographic, including subjects like State Stats, Source to Sea, and The First Americans. Learn how to run a spoof geography bee in your classroom with Kahoot!

• Use Pen Pals to Explore the World.

Set up a pen pal exchange with a teacher in a different city or nation to provide students with writing practice while broadening their horizons. By concluding the year with a Skype conversation where children may finally “meet” their pen pals, you can bring the experience to life.

• Install a Clock Wall.

在教室里安装一面时钟墙，帮助学生在刚开始学习时了解时区地理。有一个时钟应该设置为世界时，并指向英国格林威治时间。在其他的时钟上标上一系列美国和世界各地的著名城市，并根据需要进行调整。在上学期间的不同时间间隔，指出时钟。例如，在你的课刚刚开始的早上，谈谈其他时区的学习者可能在做什么。时钟还可以说明经度和时区是如何连接的。

• Explore with Technology.

Melinda Klecker, a technology teacher, uses her students’ creation of trip brochures to teach engaging geography courses. She requests the students to choose various states. They individually research the two locations and the state they have decided to include in the brochure. It’s a fantastic approach to combining geography, graphic design, technology, and writing into one project.

• Use Google Earth to Put the World into Perspective.

当四年级老师茱莉亚·麦金太尔谈论她的旅行时，她总是用地球告诉学生她的目的地离她的学校有多远。她说，这真的能帮助孩子们正确看待事物。你现在可以在谷歌地球上关注国家地理探险者，包括那些参与该杂志“原始海洋”运动的人，该运动旨在保护海洋。乔什·威廉姆斯的学生调查了原始海洋项目，利用谷歌地球来研究不同的位置是如何进化的。

• Construct Autobiographical Island Atlases.

在艾米·盖蒂(Amy Getty)的课堂上，六年级的学生在新学年开始时绘制描绘他们日常生活的岛屿地图。他们利用自己的想象力、对符号和地形的知识以及对自传式调查的回应来绘制地图。

• Hold a Global Hide-and-Seek Contest.

克里斯蒂娜·米歇尔打算在接下来的一年里和她的学生们一起在神秘课堂上上引人入胜的地理课，教孩子们关于世界各地的大洲、国家和城市的知识，同时帮助他们理解经度和纬度。孩子们开始根据纬度、经度和季节变化来收集关于地球的信息。然后他们检查提示，分析他们的数据，并集中搜索全球10个隐藏的地点。

• 展示人物旅行路线。

Jessica Brookes advises having students make a map depicting the main character’s journeys throughout the novel while studying literary locations. The map should have a title, scale, key, and compass rose. Melody Arnett, a reading specialist, says one easy way she includes geography is by assisting her class in determining where each novel they read is set in the world. “Occasionally, it’s evident… She continues, “Sometimes we conclude based on indications from the story, ‘This is a folktale from Thailand.'”

• 研究海流地理学。

Students utilize maps to study case studies of ocean spills, learn about ocean currents, and talk about the job of oceanographers in this activity.

• Involve Quick Finishers.

这里有一个关于如何让你的快速学习者在完成他们的课程后继续投入学习的建议。鲁那·扎曼建议制作一堆空白世界地图的影印本，让孩子们给它们贴上标签。学生甚至可能会根据他们正确识别的国家数量获得额外的学分或一点奖励。

• Locate Your Classroom on a Map.

Without ever leaving the classroom, introduce spatial ideas. Use this National Geographic activity to help your children grasp the world around them, starting in their classroom, by practicing with familiar locations.

• 整个地球在你的手中。

Play the game “Throw the Globe” by flinging an inflatable globe the size of a beach ball around the classroom. A student who successfully catches it must next identify which continent or ocean their right thumb is resting on. They are welcome to share their knowledge of the location with the class if they know.

• Learn About Different Cuisines.

Do your pupils thirst for information about how food is produced worldwide? Leading crop production by nation is displayed on an interactive map using National Geographic’s Mapmaker Interactive layering. Encourage your students to consider what the map does not include, such as potential future agricultural growing areas or crop routes when exported.