Importance of Teaching Geography

The Geography Game Cards

Geography is an important topic to instruct to our students. It is knowing where places are and understanding that their characteristics are important. Geography is the study of places on Earth and their relationships with each other. It is important to start off this study of geography by relating it to the students personal lives, such as, their home, school and community. As a result of geography dealing with where and how people live, it is rich in material that relates to international understanding, environmental education and multi-cultural concerns. This topic is extremely important to instruct to students. Today in class we played a card game/activity with our peers. The class split into four groups and answered specific questions concerning geography. By playing this game I learned more about specific mountains, continents and oceans. This was a great way to engage all of the students and reflect on our previous knowledge.