Falling Uphill Teachers guide
Falling Uphill Teachers guide

Falling Uphill classroom resources

Blank world map
Blank world map. This high-res, black-and-white, printer-friendly map is perfect for students to begin planning their journey around the world. Start by adding in the World Wonders. Download this image and print copies.

Free Teacher Guide to Scott’s bicycle ride around the world

This free guide to Scott’s bicycle ride around the world includes an exercise for turning dreams into reality, a world-travel trivia quiz, exercises for planning and mapping a world adventure, travel writing lessons, class discussions, backyard adventures, and more.

Inspire your students to:

  • To develop basic life skills.
  • To begin mapping their own adventures, whether that be an artist, scientist, or street sweeper.
  • To peek into the world’s cultures, politics, geography and amazing diversity.
  • To partake in regular physical activity and proper nutrition.
  • To live a sustainable life.
  • To develop the skills, like reading, writing and arithmetic, needed to live an amazing life.

Scott is available to visit virtually or in person. More info. Bulk discounts on books for your classroom are available.

We hope you enjoy these thought-provoking questions, quizzes and more. Please send us any ideas you have.

Falling Uphill children's edition read it free online
Falling Uphill children’s edition — the story about Scott’s bicycle ride around the world. Read it free online.

More online resources for teachers:

Scott’s favorite movie

A heart-warming story

Would you please visit my family?

Dennis and Scott visit Machu Picchu, Peru, during their bicycle ride through the Bolivian Altiplano and share a meal with an indigenous family in a mud hut.

If you would rather read this story, I have the full text and pictures here.

How to fall uphill

A pencil-and-paper activity

Visit How to Fall Uphill to download this fun worksheet.

How to fall uphill infographic. A bicyclist falls up a mountain until they are standing on the top.
If your dream is a mountain, where are you? Going from the impossible to the possible.

Reading Passport

A free downloadable PDF

The Reading Passport invites students to travel the world in a book. They get a stamp or sticker in their passport for every country they visit via a book, as defined by the author’s country of origin. This activity is designed to foster a lifelong love for reading while building an appreciation for geography, diverse cultures, and, of course, the spirit of adventure. 

Reading Passport
Travel the world in 8 books with the Reading Passport, a free, downloadable activity.

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A bucket with the word "Dreams" inside pictured here on a wooden table with a copper pen.

Bucket List Notepad

This fun notepad is a fun size, which makes it easy to complete. You can pin it on your dream board, hang it on the refrigerator, or stick it to the bathroom mirror. You can even use it as a to-do list, because those are mini dreams, too. These make fun handouts for all your friends. More info about the Bucket List Notepad

Only $4.50