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Geography symposium 2025

Geography Teacher Sharing

Love the Geography symposium as the fraternity came together to share good practices which allow students to see the world through the geographical lens, developing observation skills, analysing trends, and understanding world issues. So honoured to hear from the Keynote speaker, Mrs Margaret Roberts, author of Geography through enquiry.

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The Power of Connect, Extend, Challenge

Catlin Tucker

Click here to revisit my first blog in this series on using the “I see, I think, I wonder” routine. Geography and Culture Connect: After studying a foreign country, ask students to find similarities between their own community and the one they studied.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University. We could search for pins on Native American history , Middle East cultures , Japanese history , government , geography , sociology , psychology , economics , and numerous other topics. We could play Fantasy Geography. And so on… .

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Resetting KS2

Living Geography

I referenced a few things that might be helpful: - an article I wrote for Primary Geography talking about our work in KS2 - Kate Raworth's Doughnut Economics work - including work in Amsterdam - RMetS Heatwaves resource for KS2 - my KS2 blog - Here's the presentation that I used.

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A wonderful PhD opportunity

Living Geography

Via my At the Home of Geography blog. Doreen Massey (1944-2016) changed geography. Her theoretical work on space, place and power helped enliven and transform debates across the discipline and well beyond, bringing many into the conversation over the difference that geography makes.

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New RGS Oceans resources

Living Geography

A cross-posting from my RGS blog: 'At the Home of Geography'. Physical geography, including climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, and the water cycle. Human geography, including economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water.

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Curriculum and Assessment Review - we want your views.

Living Geography

This post is a cross-posting from my dedicated RGS blog - please go and check it out if you haven't already. In particular: We know that many in education feel the geography curriculum at GCSE is overloaded. We often hear from young people that the geography curriculum is not relevant to them and the world they now live in.