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'''{{font color|brown|<u><big>Using KGeography to learn political geography</big></u>}}<br>
{{font color|brown|In this activity, you will learn to use a political geography atlas software application. You will explore continents, countries, provinces in the maps provided by the tool.}}
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=== Objectives ===
=== Objectives ===
Becoming familiar with digital maps of different political regions in the Earth, such as continents, countries, states.
# Becoming familiar with digital maps of different political regions in the Earth, such as continents, countries, states.
# Becoming familiar with the Europe and Africa continents using the maps. Exploring the political geography of these two continents and the countries in these two continents (Class VII Geography)
# Becoming familiar with the different land forms (peninsula, island etc)
=== What prior skills are assumed ===
# Handling ICT equipment
# Familiarity working with maps and text documents
=== What resources do you need ===
# Computer lab with projection equipment
# Handout for [[Learn Ubuntu|Ubuntu]]
# Handout for [[Learn LibreOffice Writer|LibreOffice Writer]]
# Handout for [[Learn KGeography|KGeography]]
=== What digital skills will you learn ===
# Working with an interactive educational software application
# Creating images using screencast methods
=== Description of activity with detailed steps ===
==== Teacher led activity ====
# Your teacher will open the maps of Europe and Africa
# She will demonstrate how you can open the map of any continent, any country in the world in the KGeography software.
# She will demonstrate how the provinces of a country can also be seen in the maps
=== Activities ===
==== Student Activities ====
# Identifying states in India and the capital of each state. You can set this up as a quiz also
# Identify the countries in Europe and Africa. Can you identify similarities and differences between these two continents as you can find out from the two maps
# K Geography has a set of quiz questions, to test your knowledge of places. Select the ‘Place district in the map’ quiz. You should place the district map within the state map. You can do this for undivided Andhra Pradesh.
# Identifying states in India and the capital of each state. You can set this up as a quiz also
# You can try to play all the quizes - locating the district in the map, identifying capital for each district, district for each capital etc.
# K Geography has a set of quiz questions, to test your knowledge of places. Select the ‘Place district in the map’ quiz. You should place the district map within the state map. You can do this for the undivided Andhra Pradesh state.
# You can try to play all the quizzes - locating the district in the map, identifying capital for each district, district for each capital etc.
# Use [[Learn Screenshot|Screenshot]] to take photo of one country in Europe or Africa. Create a text document for that country, insert the image and type some interesting information about the country and its people, which you may have got from the text book, or your teachers or your friends or family. Try to write about the people, their culture, history, vegetation and any connections you can make among these aspects.
=== Portfolio ===
# Your photos of the countries and the text document (photo essay)
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