{"id":12214,"date":"2018-09-13T11:14:58","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T11:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erickson.international\/en\/?page_id=12214"},"modified":"2020-07-10T14:44:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T14:44:33","slug":"the-geographers-briefcase","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.erickson.international\/en\/the-geographers-briefcase\/","title":{"rendered":"The Geographer\u2019s Briefcase"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Geographer\u2019s Briefcase<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n


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Activities for exploring geography in primary school<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Geographer\u2019s Brifcase <\/strong>is a collection of useful materials for guiding primary school children though a series of activities for exploring geography<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

\t Through these materials, the students can discover maps, imagine the development of land, project an airport, understand volcanoes, have fun with contour lines, learn how to use scales and legends…<\/p>\n

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The Geographer\u2019s Briefcase accompanies children on a fascinating journey of discovery of the world through games and the use of concrete materials<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The pedagogical reference point is the teacher Alberto Manzi<\/strong> – the beloved writer of Orzowei and host of the Italian Sixties television program “It’s never too late”.  To teach children to think, Teacher Manzi always suggested doing things in a way that “the child can do them”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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The Materials in the Case<\/p>\n

The case is equipped with a series of materials which are ready to use:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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The notebook<\/strong> with guidelines and suggestions for the activities<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A <\/strong>two-sided poster <\/strong>for building land and sea environments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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350 cards<\/strong> with topographical symbols of natural and man-made elements<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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15 cards <\/strong>with contour lines to represent elevations, lakes, seas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4 cards<\/strong> for classifying the geological age of elevations<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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Discovering geography with the materials in the case<\/p>\n

The notebook <\/strong>provides numerous examples of activities
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\nbeginning.  Naturally, the children can have fun imagining <\/strong>new stories, <\/strong>different from the ones suggested in the notebook, inventing new maps<\/strong> at the same time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Here are some examples of the activities which can be done with the materials from the case.<\/p>\n

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