On March 6 and 8, we did an activity in class that sought to give meaning to basic geography. We read an anecdote from a teacher who felt that any activity she did regarding geography bore no meaning. So, as a class we broke into groups to research different countries and make salt dough maps of them, on a mission to give meaning to geography.
The activity appealed to my artistic side, and we all learned a lot of new things about countries. But I think the true bright spot of the activity was the discussion afterwards of what could be done with this activity in the classroom to make it stick. I thoroughly enjoy being in a classroom of future teachers where we can all share our ideas and learn from each other, because this sparked an interesting and informative discussion.
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