Anthropology.net

APRIL 14, 2025

For much of history, the rise of inequality has been treated like gravity: inevitable, natural, and inescapable. From the sprawling villas of Roman elites to the thatched huts of the poor in medieval Europe, textbook history often presents wealth disparity as a consequence of human progress. Three excavated Classic period (ca.

Humanities 58

Humanities Archaeology Economics Museum 58

Living Geography

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The latest book by geography teacher Richard Bustin was published by Crown House Publishing in October 2024. GeoCapabilities began in 2012 with a pilot project led by the American Association of Geographers. It embraces in how geography is understood and expressed in national school standards.

Geography 52

Geography Teaching Pedagogy Library 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

For this experiment, the researchers spent years developing four separate project-based units on history, geography, economics and civics. The curriculum development was the subject of a 2012 paper.) In a history unit, teachers and students can choose which historical sites to write about in their postcards.

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Project-Based Learning Civics Historic Sites Social Studies 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Nobody can own spectrum, but they can get a license to use specific frequencies, which the FCC grants by geography. Explaining why requires some history. Marie Vinel uses the internet to teach the history of “Cinco de Mayo” to her Spanish class at Walton Middle School. That’s why, for example, 92.9 This is an equity issue.

Library 106

Library Middle School High School Government 106

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2017

Social Studies teacher Michelle Adler talks to sophomores Maiya Schwartz, left and Emily Terranova about an assignment in an Honors Human Geography class at Gray-New Gloucester High School on Thursday, June 1, 2017. “It’s the long arm of the state,” she says. ” Photo: Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald.

High School 75

High School Social Studies Leadership Tradition 75

All Things Pedagogical

JULY 10, 2024

I mention this because I will be talking about geographies of activism and exclusion in a bit, and it is important to remember geographies help inform who we are and our responses and responsibilities to activism, scholarship, who we acknowledge in our citations, and the work that I do in accessibility awareness and inclusive practices.

Advocacy 40

Advocacy Pedagogy Geography Tradition 40

Strange Maps

MAY 28, 2024

But even without a government, a flag, and most other trappings of actual nationhood, Baltoscandia has a history, a raison d’être , and perhaps even a future. public domain) Baltoscandia was dreamed up back in 1928 by Sten de Geer, a Swedish geography professor. Call it the curse of history, but fears are easier realized than hopes.

History 108

History Geography Government Cultures 108