Geography-lessons-github [work] May 2026

Each student "forks" the repository. A fork is their personal copy of the factbook. They choose one country that isn't taken.

From interactive maps and climate data analysis to collaborative world factbooks, GitHub has quietly become one of the most powerful (and free) resources for teaching geography in the 21st century. geography-lessons-github

The teacher creates a new public repository called world-factbook-2025 . Inside, they create a folder called countries and a single README.md file explaining the rules. Each student "forks" the repository

Use GitHub’s web interface first—avoid the command line. Let students see the green "Merged" badge on their first pull request. That dopamine hit is more powerful than any multiple-choice test. geography-lessons-github