Social Studies
Explore World Geography FLEX
Learning geography opens you up to the whole world! This 5 week World Geography FLEX class includes videos, mapping activities and a multi-week course project where you choose a place to study from different scales and perspectives.
No live meetings
Over 5 weeks
9-14
year olds
1-18
learners per class
per learner - per week
How does a “Flexible Schedule” course work?
No scheduled live video chats
Discussions via classroom forum and private messages with the teacher
Great if your learner prefers independent pacing or is uncomfortable with live video chat
Available Times
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Description
Class Experience
I earned a Masters in Urban Planning which included a World Cities seminar that required an extensive study of mapping the world throughout history, using a wide variety of sources, perspectives and analysis.
There are weekly mapping activities and a separate multi-week course project.
Paper, colored pencils, a world map or globe. An orange and black sharpie for week 1.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
No live meetings, and an estimated 1 - 2 hours per week outside of class.
As part of the course, tutorials for how to use Google Earth, National Geographic Map-Maker and World Atlas are included. These may be used for completing the course project, however paper maps and a globe would also work well, so these are not required. If a student wants to save their work in Google Earth, they would need a free google account (google drive). If a student wants to save their work in National Geographic Map-maker they would also need to set up a free account. No account is needed for World Atlas, and no account is needed for students to just practice on Google Earth or NG Map-maker.
Smithsonian Britannica National Geographic PBS Maps from Wikipedia Commons
Teacher
Heather KorbArchitecture, Urban Design, Map-Making
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Lives in the
United States129 total reviews
105 completed classes
About Me
Hello Outschoolers! My name is Heather Korb. I hold a Bachelor of Architecture from New York Institute of Technology, and a Master of Urban Planning from City College of New York. I have been working in the architecture field for over 15 years,...