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Learn: Modern Geography

Learn from Other Users

See what other students have to say about geography! Read about other countries, other cultures. Or just browse around. Visit our User Pages and see what other student visitors to this page are up to.

Exercises

To help you learn about and use geography, and to help you see its relevance in the everyday lives of modern people, we have created the following exercises. They're fun, they'll challenge your mind no matter what age you happen to be, and the end product will be a web page you can be proud of. Do as much or as little as you want, just make sure to enjoy yourself!

The Three Gorges Dam

Learn about China's controversial plan to dam up its largest river in an effort to stop deadly flooding and provide hydroelectric power to the nation
Use internet research skills and basic HTML knowledge to create a webpage that tells the world your opinion on the matter
Teachers click HERE to read about the objectives of this lesson and for help with implementing this as an activity in the classroom

Current Issues

Remapping Africa's Borders
Late-breaking Geographic News--Prompts for User Opinion
...and more!

Tutorials

In the meantime, you'll need to know how use the web to find extra information about these topics, and also how to create your own web page to show off what you've learned. If you need help with either of these, we offer the following:

Web Research Tutorial

Site Creation Tutorial

How to Cite Sources