Deck 6: How Can I Teach Geography and Anthropology Content Powerfully

Question 1

Good geographical instruction builds on the list of skills and processes defined by the National Council of Geographical Education.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

A global perspective simply means interactions or connections across the world.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Developing students' competency can stretch their thinking through questioning and planning inquiries using disciplinary concepts, evaluating sources, and using evidence; and communicating and taking informed action with an eye on improving the human condition, all in the spirit of promoting student voice and agency.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Frequent reference to maps and globes in the context of the five fundamental themes of geography will help children construct a network of facts to anchor their understandings of the social world.

Question 5

When addresses contemporary societies, it overlaps with cultural geography.

Question 6

It is important to emphasize commonalities or variations on common themes related to cultural universals when teaching about cultures.

Question 7

The NCSS curriculum standard for geography is

A)regions and locations.
B)culture, environments, and regions.
C)people, places, and environments.
D)individual development and regions.

Question 8

Most textbook series offer generally good lessons and activities related to the five themes of geography.

Question 9

Anthropologists tend to emphasize the avoidance of chauvinism.

Question 10

Anthropology is the study of

A)ancestors.
B)cultures.
C)archaeology.
D)families.

Question 11

Teachers often emphasize trivial facts in geographic education because they

A)possess a limited knowledge of geography as a discipline.
B)view geography as a more appropriate discipline for secondary students.
C)can rely on the teacher's manual for the questions and correct responses.
D)believe students will find the facts easy to memorize.

Question 12

Early map work with children should focus primarily on reading and answering questions about the graphics.

Question 13

Children's implicit orientation toward chauvinism is toward noticing

A)similarities, especially the physical characteristics.
B)similarities in purpose and motive more than differences.
C)sensible adaptations to the time and place.
D)differences, especially the exotic or bizarre.

Question 14

Geography is the study of people, places, and environments from

A)scientific and sociological perspectives.
B)social and cultural perspectives.
C)ecological and scientific perspectives.
D)spatial and ecological perspectives.

Question 15

When teachers plan units of study about cultures, they should organize them around

A)the native countries of the students' ancestors.
B)cultural universals that facilitate comparisons and contrasts.
C)specific skills and processes as required by state standards.
D)powerful ideas that are integrated across content areas.

Question 16

Geographers typically emphasize the importance of authentic representations of other cultures as well as photographs and cultural artifacts.

Question 17

Regions are

A)smaller than a continent and larger than a neighborhood.
B)designated by well-defined boundaries such as the Great Plains.
C)areas that display unity in terms of selected criteria.
D)larger than a playground and smaller than a state.

Question 18

The five fundamental themes of geography anchor the geographic perspective on the human condition. These include

A)location, latitude, longitude, movement, and regions.
B)absolute location, grid systems, regions, movement, and interaction.
C)location, place, human characteristics, regions, and interaction.
D)location, place, human environmental relations, movement, and regions.

Question 19

Cultural universals are important because

A)they are fundamental categories of the human condition that children can understand based on their own experiences.
B)people have them in common and they represent most cultures found in our country.
C)they are essential components of the core curriculum and provide natural connections for students .
D)they are heavily emphasized in quarterly assessments and on standardized tests.

Question 20

Most American children acquire early and retain a preference for their own country and show

A)mixed and evolving attitudes about other countries and cultures.
B)positive attitudes about other cultures which they pick up from their families.
C)negative attitudes about other cultures which they pick up from the media.
D)mixed attitudes about other places and positive attitudes about other cultures.

Question 21

What are the five themes of geography and how will you use them in your teaching?

Question 22

Describe cultural borrowing and explain how you will address it in your classroom. Provide concrete and specific examples.

Question 23

According to the research, most American children acquire early and retain a preference for their own country and culture. As a classroom teacher, what will you do to promote positive attitudes about other countries and cultures?