first day fun

Geography Is All Around Us

You and your partner have 15 minutes to draw a map of the world and place the following items on your map…

• 5 Political Items (Cities, Countries, etc.)• 5 Geographic Features (Mountains,

Rivers, Oceans)• 5 Inventions• 5 Cultural Items (Art, Music, Religion)• 5 Historical Items (People, Events, etc.)• 5 Arrows Showing Movement across

Space (such as the Mongols invading Europe or Smallpox coming to the Americas)

Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader?

Where is Iraq located?

Only 37% of young Americans can find Iraq on a map

Sudan is Located in Which Continent?

1. Europe

2. Asia

3. Africa

4. Australia

5. North America

6. South America

7. Antarctica

20% of young Americans think Sudan is in Asia

Where is New York Located?

50% can’t find New York on a U.S. map

Do you Speak Another Language Fluently?

1. Yes

2. No

6 in 10 young Americans don't speak a foreign language fluently

Do You Correspond With Someone outside the USA regularly?

1. Yes

2. No

9 in 10 (89%) do not correspond regularly with anyone outside the US.

If it is 1 pm in Orlando, USA…… what time is it in Berlin, Germany?

1. 1:00 am, the next day

2. 19:00, the same day

3. 7:00 am, the same day

4. 15:00, the same day

As many as one third (32%) would miss a conference call scheduled with someone in another time zone

Young people in the USA are unprepared for an increasingly global & interconnected future.

Geographers recognize that EVERYTHING is connected.

You Need to Study More Geography

If You Think…

Copyright © Clara Kim 2007. All rights reserved.

Andes is

an after dinner mint

The Andes Mountains

The Balkans are

alien people on Star Wars

The Balkans

Area is HistoricallyKnown as a CrossroadsOf many Cultures that Live there.

The English Channel isa TV show about Prince Charles

and Princess Di

The English Channel

•Joins the North Sea and the Atlantic

The United Kingdom is… a theme park

The United Kingdom

The Tropic of Cancer is… a rare disease

Tropic of Cancer

This is the Ring of Fire

Ring of Fire

The Bermuda Triangle is a percussion

instrument in a reggae band

The Bermuda Triangle

The International Dateline is

another dating network

The International Dateline

The Dust Bowl is Granny's old favorite dish

Dust Bowl

AND FINALLY, you definitely need to study more geography if …

you are on a Mediterranean Cruise but you think you are in the Indian

Ocean!

BEFORE

AFTER!

Conceptual

‘World According to Dubya’

The World’s Easiest Quiz A bit of confidence boosting now… 13 Questions (unlucky for some)

• Which animal are the Canary Island named after? • From which country do Panama hats originate?• From which animal do we get catgut?• From where do we get Chinese gooseberries?• From what is a camel-hair brush made?• Where was Patrick Patron Saint of Ireland born?• Where was Indian dish chicken tikka masala invented?• Where was India Ink invented?• What colour is most of Greenland?• From which part of the British Isles did the Scots originate?• Where do Turks originally come from?• In which country was the sport baseball invented?• Where in the world did turkeys originate?

Answers: The World’s Easiest Quiz

• Which animal are the Canary Island named after? Isle of Dogs• From which country do Panama hats originate? Equador• From which animal do we get catgut? Sheep and Horses• From where do we get Chinese gooseberries? New Zealand• From what is a camel-hair brush made? Squirrel fur• Where was Patrick Patron Saint of Ireland born? Wales• Where was Indian dish chicken tikka masala invented? Britain• Where was India Ink invented? China• What colour is most of Greenland? White• From which part of the British Isles did the Scots originate? Northern

England• Where do Turks originally come from? Central Asia/Mongolia• In which country was the sport baseball invented? No one knows• Where in the world did turkeys originate? North/central America