The following is a list of resources available to TCs (to borrow for a fixed time or for use in the OGA office). If you want to borrow any of these materials, call the OGA office at 503-725-5684

TOOL KITS FOR TEACHING GEOGRAPHY AND CONDUCTING WORKSHOPS

1. Tool Kit for Teaching Geography: Includes lesson plans, maps, resources, transparencies and video. For grades 3-8, and 5-12

2. Tool Kit for Teaching Geography: A resource for conducting a workshop to help teachers more effectively teach geography

3. A World of Learning: National Geographic curriculum supplement focusing on a wide variety of global issues. Includes CD-ROM and transparencies

4. National Geographic Workshop on Wilderness, 1994

TEACHING STRATEGIES AND LESSON PLANS FOR REGIONS AND THE WORLD

Asia

1. China Lesson Plans

2. Asia and the Pacific

3. Nepal Lesson Plans: Various cultural and physical geographic lesson plans designed for K-12 students. Materials include slides and data stored on computer discs

4. Mapping Asia: A curriculum unit for grades 6-10

5. Realm of the Tiger: National Geographic picture pack featuring lesson plans, maps, and videos

6. National Geographic Map Pack of Asia

Africa

7. Teachers Guide to World Resources: Teaching strategies and lesson plans related to world resources, and reproductive atlases of Africa

8. Africa Curriculum, A Social Studies and Science Curriculum. Teaching strategies and lesson plans for grades 3-8

9. National Geographic Map Pack of Africa: Curriculum aide includes maps, transparencies, and activity sheets

North America

10. National Geographic Map Pack of North America

11. ARGUS Teacher and Student Activities Guide: Activities and Reading in the Geography of the United States

12. Oregon State Activity Book

13. Discover Our Heritage: A resource for planning and teaching

14. Explore Our Land: A resource for planning and teaching

15. Activity Book: America's Story

16. Close Up U.S.A. : Read the story and travel through the region

17. States And Regions

Europe

18. National Geographic Map Pack of Europe


Other

19. Pacific Rim Discovery: Curriculum aide includes teaching strategies, evaluations,

model activities, and maps

20. Assessment Program and Activity Book: Our World's Story

21. Share Our World: A resource for planning and teaching

22. Assessment Program: Living In Our World

23. Activity Book: America's Story

24. Teacher guide: Advanced placement program in Human Geography

25. Close Up U.S.A. : Read the story and travel through the region

26. Family Geography Challenge: Teacher led workshop for the entire family

27. The Map Book

28. Stories In Time: Intermediate Atlas

29. Across the Centuries

30. Geography: People and Places In a Changing World

31. World Geography: Building a Global Perspective

32. World Cultures: A Global Mosaic

33. Environmental Lesson Plans

34. The Stream Scene: Watershed Lesson Plans

35. Topsoil Tour: Soil Lesson Plans

36. Journey North

37. Investigating Your Environment: Lesson Plans in Environmental Education

38. Curriculum: Various lessons on earth science and conservation

BOOKS FOR STUDENTS

1. The City Kids Field Guide: Animals and insects found in the city

2. Early Health and Medicine

3. Home of the West

4. Cattle Country of Peter French

5. Helping Your Child Learn Geography

6. Maps and Mapping

7. Me on the Map

8. Geography from A to Z

9. Be Your own Map Expert

10. Discovery Atlas of the United States

11. Cool Places, U.S.A.

12. First Atlas

13. Geo Whiz

14. The Weather: Pop up book

15. The Restless Earth: Pop up book

16. The Earth Pack: Pop up features with maps and cassette

17. The Portland Bridge Book

18. Our Violent Earth

19. Grandfather's Journey

20. The Wump World


21. Letting Swift River Go

22. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

23. My Place

24. How We Learned the Earth is Round

25. Rosie's Walk

26. Going West

27. Where Do I Live

28. Make Way For Ducklings

29. The Lorax

30. A River Ran Wild

AFRICA REFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Africana: Encyclopedia of the African experience

2. The African Question Collection

3. Cooking the African Way

4. Somewhere in Africa

5. Count Your Way Through Africa

6. African People in World History

7. Africans in America

8. Safari

9. The Suitcase Scholar goes to Kenya

10. A Family in Kenya

11. Kenya in Pictures

ATLASES

1. Gaia: An atlas of planning management

2. Atlas of Oregon wildlife

3. Atlas of the Pacific Northwest: Richard Highsmith Jr., Jackson and Kimberly.

4. Atlas of the North American Indians

5. Historical and Cultural Atlas of African Americans

6. Classroom Atlas

7. World Atlas

8. Reproductive Atlases: A wide array of mapped and statistical information covering the U.S. Canada, Europe, and Asia.

9. Reproducible Atlases of Asia and Oceania

10. Reproductive Atlases of the Middle East

11. Children World Atlas and Teacher Guide: Materials include CD

12. Atlas of China

13. Pacific Rim Discovery: An atlas of Pacific Rim

14. Goodes World Atlas

15. Canada Country Notes: An atlas of Canada

16. Mapping Asia: An atlas of Asia

17. Africa-U.S. Atlas: An atlas of same scale map comparisons

18. U.S. Atlas For Young Explorers: NGS


TRANSPARENCIES

1. Transparency Master for Environmental Science and Resource Conservation and Management

2. Transparencies and Masters in Physical Geography

3. Earth's Climate, National Geographic Picture Pack

4. Introduction to Weather, National Geographic Picture Pack

5. Geography of North America, National Geographic Picture Pack

6. Geography of Asia, National Geographic Picture Pack

7. Physical Geography of the World, National Geographic Picture Pack

8. Geography of Oceania and Antarctica, National Geographic Picture Pack

9. Geography of Asia, National Geographic Picture Pack

10. Ancient China, National Geographic Picture Pack

11. Ancient India, National Geographic Picture Pack

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM MATERIALS

1. Discovering Geographic Information Systems: Curriculum aide for grades 6-12, featuring Arc View.

2. GIS 1999: Comprehensive GIS teaching aide. Includes introduction to incorporate GIS into the classroom, tutorials, starting an Arc View project, and lesson plans

3. Getting to Know Arc View GIS

4. Conservation GIS Starter Kit

OTHER REFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Protecting a Vanishing Ecosystem: The Ancient Forests of the Pacific Northwest

2. Hands-On: Notes on active Pedagogy

3. How to Save a River

4. Portland's Changing Landscape

5. Oregon Wet, High and Dry

6. The Reporters Environmental Handbook

7. The Simple Act of Planting a Tree

8. Blueprint for a Green School

9. Geographic Alliance Network Annual Manual 1999

10. Pathways, Learning Through Geography

11. Pathways, Finding a Way: Encouraging underrepresented groups in geography

12. Finding A Way Through Career Geography

GAMES

1. The Alexander Graham Bell Science Activity Kit

2. Where in the World: Game for ages 8 and up

3. On Assignment with National Geographic

4. National Geographic Global Pursuit


VIDEOS

Oregon

1. Hanford: Oregon Field Guide (30 min)

2. Steens: Oregon Field Guide (30 min)

3. Johnson Creek: Oregon Field Guide (30 min)

4. Mining: Oregon Field Guide (30 min)

5. Overflow: It Comes From the Portland Sewers (16 min)

6. Dantes Video Guide to Wild Fish Habitat Management in the John Day River Basin (35 min)

7. Person of the Week, Gilbert M Grosvenor, and Mt. Tabor: Oregon Geographic Alliance

8. Project Contact

9. Earthquake, Portland: Oregon Field Guide

10. The River and Ceilio Falls

11. Range Wars: Oregon Field Guide (30 min)

United States

12. The Great Lakes: NGS United States Geography Series (22 min)

13. The Upper South: NGS United States Geography Series (26 min)

14. The Mountain States: NGS United States Geography Series (25 min)

North Amercia

15. The Central Lowlands: Physical Geography of North America (20 min)

16. The Pacific Edge: Physical Geography of North America (20 min)

17. The East: Physical Geography of North America (20 min)

18. The Western Dry Lands: Physical Geography of North America (20 min)

19. The Northlands: Physical Geography of North America (20 min)

20. The Rocky Mountains: Physical Geography of North America (20 min)

Asia

21. Nepal New Explorers: PBS (60 min)

Africa

22. Africa: Physical Geography of North America (27 min)

23. Africa Recovery (15 min)

Europe

24. Europe: Physical Geography of North America (26 min)

Australia

25. Australia: Physical Geography of North America (25 min)

Antarctica

26. Antarctica: Physical Geography of North America (25 min)

Environmental

27. Pollution: World at Risk, Physical Geography of North America (28 min)

28. We All Live Downstream (28 min)


29. Global Change: Scientific Overview ­ A National Video Conference

Nature

30. Call of Solitude

31. Wilderness

32. The Weather Machine: NGS (10 min)

Physical Geography

33. Earth Revealed

Geography

34. Spreading the Word About Geography (9 min)

35. Geography: A World of Knowledge (12 min)

36. Geographic Education Where We Are: NGS (14 min)

37. A Look-see: Geographic Perspective on American History (7 min)

38. Geography For Life: NGS (13 min)

Other

39. Person of the Week, Gilbert M Grosvenor: ABC World News Tonight

40. How To: The Family Geography Challenge (12 min)

41. Teachers: Inspiring For a Lifetime

42. NGS Kids Network Introduction (10 min)

43. Science For the Real World

 


Other

19. Pacific Rim Discovery: Curriculum aide includes teaching strategies, evaluations,

model activities, and maps

20. Assessment Program and Activity Book: Our World's Story

21. Share Our World: A resource for planning and teaching

22. Assessment Program: Living In Our World

23. Activity Book: America's Story

24. Teacher guide: Advanced placement program in Human Geography

25. Close Up U.S.A. : Read the story and travel through the region

26. Family Geography Challenge: Teacher led workshop for the entire family

27. The Map Book

28. Stories In Time: Intermediate Atlas

29. Across the Centuries

30. Geography: People and Places In a Changing World

31. World Geography: Building a Global Perspective

32. World Cultures: A Global Mosaic

33. Environmental Lesson Plans

34. The Stream Scene: Watershed Lesson Plans

35. Topsoil Tour: Soil Lesson Plans

36. Journey North

37. Investigating Your Environment: Lesson Plans in Environmental Education

38. Curriculum: Various lessons on earth science and conservation

BOOKS FOR STUDENTS

1. The City Kids Field Guide: Animals and insects found in the city

2. Early Health and Medicine

3. Home of the West

4. Cattle Country of Peter French

5. Helping Your Child Learn Geography

6. Maps and Mapping

7. Me on the Map

8. Geography from A to Z

9. Be Your own Map Expert

10. Discovery Atlas of the United States

11. Cool Places, U.S.A.

12. First Atlas

13. Geo Whiz

14. The Weather: Pop up book

15. The Restless Earth: Pop up book

16. The Earth Pack: Pop up features with maps and cassette

17. The Portland Bridge Book

18. Our Violent Earth

19. Grandfather's Journey

20. The Wump World


21. Letting Swift River Go

22. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

23. My Place

24. How We Learned the Earth is Round

25. Rosie's Walk

26. Going West

27. Where Do I Live

28. Make Way For Ducklings

29. The Lorax

30. A River Ran Wild

AFRICA REFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Africana: Encyclopedia of the African experience

2. The African Question Collection

3. Cooking the African Way

4. Somewhere in Africa

5. Count Your Way Through Africa

6. African People in World History

7. Africans in America

8. Safari

9. The Suitcase Scholar goes to Kenya

10. A Family in Kenya

11. Kenya in Pictures

ATLASES

1. Gaia: An atlas of planning management

2. Atlas of Oregon wildlife

3. Atlas of the Pacific Northwest: Richard Highsmith Jr., Jackson and Kimberly.

4. Atlas of the North American Indians

5. Historical and Cultural Atlas of African Americans

6. Classroom Atlas

7. World Atlas

8. Reproductive Atlases: A wide array of mapped and statistical information covering the U.S. Canada, Europe, and Asia.

9. Reproducible Atlases of Asia and Oceania

10. Reproductive Atlases of the Middle East

11. Children World Atlas and Teacher Guide: Materials include CD

12. Atlas of China

13. Pacific Rim Discovery: An atlas of Pacific Rim

14. Goodes World Atlas

15. Canada Country Notes: An atlas of Canada

16. Mapping Asia: An atlas of Asia

17. Africa-U.S. Atlas: An atlas of same scale map comparisons

18. U.S. Atlas For Young Explorers: NGS


TRANSPARENCIES

1. Transparency Master for Environmental Science and Resource Conservation and Management

2. Transparencies and Masters in Physical Geography

3. Earth's Climate, National Geographic Picture Pack

4. Introduction to Weather, National Geographic Picture Pack

5. Geography of North America, National Geographic Picture Pack

6. Geography of Asia, National Geographic Picture Pack

7. Physical Geography of the World, National Geographic Picture Pack

8. Geography of Oceania and Antarctica, National Geographic Picture Pack

9. Geography of Asia, National Geographic Picture Pack

10. Ancient China, National Geographic Picture Pack

11. Ancient India, National Geographic Picture Pack

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM MATERIALS

1. Discovering Geographic Information Systems: Curriculum aide for grades 6-12, featuring Arc View.

2. GIS 1999: Comprehensive GIS teaching aide. Includes introduction to incorporate GIS into the classroom, tutorials, starting an Arc View project, and lesson plans

3. Getting to Know Arc View GIS

4. Conservation GIS Starter Kit

OTHER REFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Protecting a Vanishing Ecosystem: The Ancient Forests of the Pacific Northwest

2. Hands-On: Notes on active Pedagogy

3. How to Save a River

4. Portland's Changing Landscape

5. Oregon Wet, High and Dry

6. The Reporters Environmental Handbook

7. The Simple Act of Planting a Tree

8. Blueprint for a Green School

9. Geographic Alliance Network Annual Manual 1999

10. Pathways, Learning Through Geography

11. Pathways, Finding a Way: Encouraging underrepresented groups in geography

12. Finding A Way Through Career Geography

GAMES

1. The Alexander Graham Bell Science Activity Kit

2. Where in the World: Game for ages 8 and up

3. On Assignment with National Geographic

4. National Geographic Global Pursuit


VIDEOS

Oregon

1. Hanford: Oregon Field Guide (30 min)

2. Steens: Oregon Field Guide (30 min)

3. Johnson Creek: Oregon Field Guide (30 min)

4. Mining: Oregon Field Guide (30 min)

5. Overflow: It Comes From the Portland Sewers (16 min)

6. Dantes Video Guide to Wild Fish Habitat Management in the John Day River Basin (35 min)

7. Person of the Week, Gilbert M Grosvenor, and Mt. Tabor: Oregon Geographic Alliance

8. Project Contact

9. Earthquake, Portland: Oregon Field Guide

10. The River and Ceilio Falls

11. Range Wars: Oregon Field Guide (30 min)

United States

12. The Great Lakes: NGS United States Geography Series (22 min)

13. The Upper South: NGS United States Geography Series (26 min)

14. The Mountain States: NGS United States Geography Series (25 min)

North Amercia

15. The Central Lowlands: Physical Geography of North America (20 min)

16. The Pacific Edge: Physical Geography of North America (20 min)

17. The East: Physical Geography of North America (20 min)

18. The Western Dry Lands: Physical Geography of North America (20 min)

19. The Northlands: Physical Geography of North America (20 min)

20. The Rocky Mountains: Physical Geography of North America (20 min)

Asia

21. Nepal New Explorers: PBS (60 min)

Africa

22. Africa: Physical Geography of North America (27 min)

23. Africa Recovery (15 min)

Europe

24. Europe: Physical Geography of North America (26 min)

Australia

25. Australia: Physical Geography of North America (25 min)

Antarctica

26. Antarctica: Physical Geography of North America (25 min)

 

Environmental

27. Pollution: World at Risk, Physical Geography of North America (28 min)

28. We All Live Downstream (28 min)


29. Global Change: Scientific Overview ­ A National Video Conference

Nature

30. Call of Solitude

31. Wilderness

32. The Weather Machine: NGS (10 min)

Physical Geography

33. Earth Revealed

Geography

34. Spreading the Word About Geography (9 min)

35. Geography: A World of Knowledge (12 min)

36. Geographic Education Where We Are: NGS (14 min)

37. A Look-see: Geographic Perspective on American History (7 min)

38. Geography For Life: NGS (13 min)

Other

39. Person of the Week, Gilbert M Grosvenor: ABC World News Tonight

40. How To: The Family Geography Challenge (12 min)

41. Teachers: Inspiring For a Lifetime

42. NGS Kids Network Introduction (10 min)

43. Science For the Real World