Falling Uphill book cover and Scott standing on the edge of Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa
Falling Uphill Teachers guide
Falling Uphill Teacher's guide for classrooms.

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 Parent-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. And 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: The Secret of Life. A true story about finding happiness in the last place left to look. By Scott Stoll. Book cover.
Falling Uphill: The Secret of Life, children’s edition. A true story about finding happiness in the last place left to look. Read for free online.

More online resources for teachers:

Scott’s favorite movie

A favorite 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.

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More stories about the making of Falling Uphill

Chaco Governor Capitanich Cayendo Hacia Arriba

Spreading the love

U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief Mr. Brown presented the governor of Chaco, Argentina with gift copies of the book “Cayendo Hacia Arriba” by Scott Stoll, and illustrated by school students from the provinces of Chaco, Corrientes and Buenos Aires.

The US Embassy of Argentina delivering books to a local school.

Ambassador Martinez visits Fuerte Apache school

Ambassador Vilma Martinez visited a school at “Fuerte Apache” to share an activity with the students and encourage personal and professional development among children who live in vulnerable conditions.

Seal of the United States Department of State

Cultural Ambassador

While traveling during a time of war, I always thought of myself as the bicycling ambassador, and now I’ve been honored by the United States Department of State to be the Cultural Ambassador to Argentina for the 2011-2012 school year.

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