This document discusses the importance of language and literacy in geography education. It contains several quotes emphasizing that language provides the medium for learning geography, images are becoming dominant forms of communication, and developing narrative skills allows students to engage with different texts. The document also lists some authors who have incorporated local geography into their writings and includes an activity from the book "Look at it this Way" to get students thinking independently.

1. “ Are you sitting comfortably.....??” Image by Psychogeographer under CC license

2. Geography Literacy Writing the earth Secondary Curriculum Development Leader @ Geographical Association Formerly Head of Geography @ KES, King’s Lynn (1988-2008)

3. Image: Andy Riley

4. “ Language provides the medium for learning geography in every classroom and should therefore be a major consideration in the planning and preparation of lessons.” Graham Butt, University of Birmingham Originally contained in 2 nd edition of Balderstone and Lambert (2010)

5. Kansas City Library , Car Park Titles chosen by local people...

6. We live in a society where the image is becoming the dominant means of communication, and where once we used pictures to illustrate our written texts, increasingly we are using written text to illustrate the pictures. Most of us engage with moving image texts more than any other form of text in any given day, so the development of literacy skills in young people should recognise that fact. What links all of these texts is that they are all a form of narrative , so when we develop literacy skills in young people what we are developing is the set of skills which will enable them to engage critically with the range of narratives which are in the world, and to be able to construct their own effective narratives. Bill Boyd, Literacy Adviser, Scotland

7. D irected A ctivities R elating to T ext

9. Travel Writing

10. Maps...

11. Doreen Massey quote... Space is a cut across an infinite landscape of stories Maps are not fixed They are the surface on which stories happen...

12. Language of Landscape

14. Andy Riley – Great lies to tell small kids

16. “ Teacher talk dominates classrooms and controls the process by which communication takes place, by deciding what kind of talk is permissible, by whom and for how long.” Margaret Roberts

18. Image: Val Vannet – no Photoshop

19. Daily Telegraph – December 2009

21. Activity from “Look at it this Way” With thanks to Gary Dawson

22. Brian : Look, you've got it all wrong! You don't NEED to follow ME, You don't NEED to follow ANYBODY! You've got to think for yourselves! You're ALL individuals! The Crowd : Yes! We're all individuals! Brian : You're all different! The Crowd : Yes, we ARE all different! Man in crowd : I'm not... The Crowd : Sssssh!

25. Living Geography... http://livinggeography.blogspot.com