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I don't get it, either. One of my favorite classes in high school was geography, and the classroom had a number of flags displayed. Ever since hs, in fact, I have been a collector of foreign flags. The first one I ever got was a Soviet hammer and sickle, which I got in Moscow in 1986. Owning a Soviet flag didn't turn me commie, and sitting in a classroom full of foreign flags--with our flag in its proper place, always--didn't harm me, either.

What a stupid thing to fight over! Shame on that teacher, trying to do his job.

I teach one section of Geography (7th grade) The first part of the year I focus on Physical Geography and the latter part of the year is set aside for Cultural Geography.

I have the kids complete a project on the individual state of our country. They draw flags of their states along with researching and reporting on historic aspects of their state. As a culminating activity I allow the kids to make a cookie in the shape of their state.. LOL you should see the kids asking for Texas, Alaska, and California.

After the cafeteria ladies bake the cookies for us, I allow the kids to decorate the state by adding chocolate chip cookies to represent mountains, blue icing to represent rivers and lakes , and coconut flakes to show snow.

The yummy way to learn geography.