In this thesis, entitled Geographic proper names in primary school geography and Slovene classes, we researched whether geographic proper names, especially fallow names can be a source of information about geographic and linguistic properties of a region and whether the cultural heritage of fallow names represents an undiscovered potential for primary school education. By carrying out a survey, distributed to random people through social media, we discovered that the majority of people (86 %) think that Slovene fallow names carry important information. An even greater percentage (96 %) agrees that these names should be preserved as an invaluable cultural heritage. For the purpose of writing this thesis we made a didactic tool that includes geographic names from 25 different parts of Slovenia and enables various ways of connecting Slovene fallow names with the geographic and linguistic properties of a certain part of the country. The main source of information in this tool is the semantic motivation of fallow names. The main material for the usage of this didactic tool are handouts, while the instructions contain ideas and suggestions on the expansion and upgrade of this tool. The teacher can therefore adapt the tool according to the educational goals they wish to meet and choose the names that best fit the curriculum. Fallow names are a topic worth incorporating in primary schooling, because they offer numerous possibilities of interdisciplinary activities and meeting educational goals. Their potential is vast and with our didactical tool it can be at least partly realised. At the same time, we can enable students to see the preciousness of these names and their significance for our existence through these methods.
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