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RGS East of England Winter Social - 5th December 2024

Living Geography

This is a cross-posting from my dedicated blog which covers the events linked to my Vice Presidency of the Royal Geographical Society. RGS Winter Social Dec 5 on the theme of Geography and the Arts A quick reminder if you haven’t booked that the Eastern area RGS Winter Social event is coming up – on Thursday 5th December.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

We’d also have access to historical documents from the British Museum – such as notes from an English merchant in Syria in 1739 – and to the prisoner of war archives from the Red Cross. We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University. Washington University in St. And so on… .

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A Jules Vernian Voyage to Kentucky

Life and Landscapes

Sit next to a bronze statue of a boy on a high bluff overlooking the island city in the Loire next to his museum there. Of “Extraordinary Voyages” in the mind of a young Jules Verne, born there in Nantes on February 8, 1828. Verne is still there. And you can sit next to him. But he’s not looking at his home.

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Activism in/as Scholarship

All Things Pedagogical

These remarks can be found on my blog. George’s Museum. I am doing this because I am not a fan of gatekeeping information behind log-ins and I think if we are going to be talking about activism it is important to model the kind of inclusion we would want to see in the space we are sharing. Handbook of Academic Integrity.

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The Nile of Kentucky!

Life and Landscapes

With its own old kingdoms running along its geography. For it has temples to modern American Pharaohs, statues, monuments, and museums to remember the deeds of great people. The Lincoln Museum may not be as well known as the one in Cairo. And while you are in the museum, take note of another local legend.

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Art in the Classroom

Maitri Learning

Museums The first thing I have to say is to get yourself to some museums!! You can read all about this in our blog post called Less is More: Crowding the Visual Field.) Think about approaching your art collections just as you would approach geography. But, I encourage you to look to Susan's book to get more detail.

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Art in the Classroom

Maitri Learning

Museums The first thing I have to say is to get yourself to some museums!! You can read all about this in our blog post called Less is More: Crowding the Visual Field.) Think about approaching your art collections just as you would approach geography. But, I encourage you to look to Susan's book to get more detail.

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