Hog Cards : Geog Hog Cards

Hog Cards are an innovative and practical kinaesthetic approach to teaching.

The first in the series - Geography Hog Cards or Geog Hogs - provides meaningful and pacey learning to improve teaching and learning standards, from introducing countries and locations up to revision for external exams.

Each card features a country with maps and demographic, topographic and socio-economic facts such as size, birth rate, total GNP per capita and population.

Up to four players can play a variety of card games using the information on the cards.

During the course of these games, students learn not only the facts written on the cards, the location of the country and its place in the world, but to compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of countries against perceived norms.

Groups learn at their own pace, can devise their own games and all players feel able to make meaningful and intelligent contributions.

Best of all - it's great fun. John Griffiths is Head of Geography at a Welsh Comprehensive School