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Illinois State Geo-Action |
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Illinois State Geo-Action |
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Geography Action- Geo-Games Kit |
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| Plan Your Geo-Game | |
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Meet With Your Planning Team to Confirm Event Activities Select games from the list of Geo-Games included in this kit. Decide on the form of your Geo-Games event. Prizes can be offered for a competition funded by the school or a local sponsor, or you can plan this event simply as an international celebration. Also consider turning your Geo-Games into a fundraising event.
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A. Prepare your school for the Geography Action! Geo-Games by considering the following: o Team up with your art department to hold a student poster or bumper sticker contest to promote geographic literacy and celebrate Asia. A sponsor can help underwrite the cost of printing the winning bumper sticker or poster for families to proudly display. o Assign a school hallway as an Asian showcase and display maps, art and student projects about Asia. o Invite a public official to sign a proclamation declaring November 11-17, 2007, as Geography Awareness Week. Emphasize the importance of geographic literacy, and the excitement of learning about the world one continent at a time.
B. Involve your community! Have your Activities and Prizes Planner work with your Promotions Planner to partner with local libraries, businesses, and community organizations. Think creatively when talking to potential event partners. A few suggestions: 1. Ask local Asian restaurants to provide food and refreshments.
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Ask libraries to create and promote an Asian book corner and
story time. 3. Ask grocery stores to display Asian produce and food staples at the event. 4. Ask local businesses to sponsor your event by providing funding for prizes, country artifacts, or cultural games and activities suggestions. 5. Consider adding a fundraising aspect to your event, with money raised to benefit a local or national non-profit organization that focuses on Asian issues. |
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The National Geographic Society supports the two non-profit projects below that work in Asia. A. The Afghan Girls Fund (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/donate/afghan_girls_fund.html)
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Conservation Trust (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/conservation/) Below is a list of national organizations that are not affiliated with the National Geographic Society, which focus on Asian issues.
A. The American Red Cross Tsunami Recovery Program (http://www.redcross.org/news/in/tsunamis/recovery.asp) B. UNICEF (http://www.unicef.org/) C. The United Nations Foundation (http://www.unfoundation.org/) D. The Asia Society (http://www.asiasociety.org/) E. CARE (http://www.care.org/) F. World Vision (http://www.worldvision.org/) G. Oxfam International (http://www.oxfam.org) H. Save the Children (http://www.savethechildren.org/) |
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