So I want to start a Geography Club at my school, since I’ve always had a passion for flags, airports, and capitals. I know a great teacher that could be the advisor and I’ve filled out all the forms in order to begin, but I don’t know what this club would actually do in the meetings or on the weekends… I was setting the final goal to compete in Geography Bees against other schools, but I don’t know what to do until then. I’m guessing I need to train all the members in their geography skills in order to even be qualified to apply, but I don’t know how I’ll make them learn all the capitals, flags, and country shapes. I don’t want to shove it all in their face and tell them to memorize the world map because that wouldn’t be fun at all Also, I want to do more things other than just “prepping” for the competitions, but I have no idea what I can do to occupy meeting times. Maybe I can show National Geographic once in a while, but I don’t what to play too many videos since anybody could do that at home and also we all wouldn’t be doing much ourselves.
So do you all have any suggestions of what this club could actually do? If there exists a Geography Club at your school, what does it do?
Btw I’ve known all my world geography since I was like 4 or something, so I do have the ability to “train” the members for the bees. I know all the flags, capitals, locations and shapes of countries. (I’m not trying to boast, sorry if it sounds like it) I just don’t know how to pass on this information in a fun way that would not bore or stress the hell out of everyone.
Any thoughts or advice appreciated. Thank you in advance!