Out of approximately 50 activities which were, for a variety of reasons, not included in the final version of the High School Geography Project course, Geography in an Urban Age, the HSGP staff selected eight which would be useful in many secondary school classrooms. The activities included here are: 1) Operation Bigger Beef (on themes of cultural…

Presents an inquiry unit of study focusing on the question of rights of smokers and nonsmokers as it may be acted out in a court of law. Includes two phases of data collection, beginning with a springboard scenario and incorporating a simulation during the hypothesis testing stage of the inquiry. References are provided. (LS)

Presents an activity, compiled from a variety of sources, which asks students to examine the allegorical content of L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Requires students to use the inquiry method to relate symbols from the story to elements in the political and economic environment of the Populist movement. Bibliography…