Geography Awareness week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Geography Awareness Week has been held the third week of November since 1987. The purpose of Geography Awareness Week is to promote geographic education in schools and among the public. Each year Geography Awareness Week as promoted in the schools has a specific theme;

Geography Awareness Week was established in 1987 when U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed legislation that established the third week in November as Geography Awareness Week. Geography Awareness Week is sponsored by the National Geographic Society and other geographic organizations at the national, state, and local level.

Geography is all about exploration and the innovation of new places, new cultures, and new ideas. Teachers who use this as a tool to have their students do a project based on their own communities is a great way for students to explore their communities and experience a real life experience. This is what meaningful powerful and integrated Social Studies is all about!  I loved watching the students explain what they learned and what they enjoyed!  I would definitely use something like this lesson in my very own classroom one day! This was awesome!