This is the 14th annual geographygeek Christmas quiz. It’s designed to bridge the gap between an end of term ‘fun lesson’ and learning. It is used all over the world.
The quiz contains 12 rounds and a bonus round. Each round gives clues from a news story about a specific country. Students have to guess which country the story is from. Once they get the answer correct, they earn a ‘hat’ worth:
5 points if correct after the first clue
4 points if correct after the second clue
3 points if correct after the third clue
2 point if correct after the fourth clue
1 point if correct after the fifth clue
They must then cut out the hats and use them to make a Christmas scene, which they can gain extra points for at the end.
All resources, such as instructions, the PowerPoint, the handouts and the ‘hats’ are provided.
Includes 3 lessons:
Medals - looks at the success of countries and compares this with level of development.
Venues - uses maps to look at where the Summer Olympic venues will be located.
Sustainability - evaluates the attempts at sustainability for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
All resources included. There is at least one handout for each lesson, links to relevant video clips and a Microsoft Excel interactive pollster for lesson 3.
This is the second of three themed lessons supporting the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. This second lesson analyses the location of the Olympic venues. It involves analysis and interpretation of maps. There is a student information sheet and student handout to support the lesson.
The lesson aims are:
To locate the Summer Olympic venues on maps of France
To describe the distribution of the Summer Olympic venues.
To explain opportunities and challenges associated with the Summer Olympic Venues
This is the first of three themed lessons supporting the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. This first lesson analyses the countries that have won Olympic medals in the past. It involves analysis of data and graphs. There is a student handout to support the lesson.
The lesson aims are:
To identify patterns within the Summer Olympics medal counts.
To evaluate different types of graphs.
To explain why new sports are being introduced into the Summer Olympics and how this might affect some countries.