Living Geography

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The latest book by geography teacher Richard Bustin was published by Crown House Publishing in October 2024. It embraces in how geography is understood and expressed in national school standards. The capabilities approach helps geography educators everywhere to articulate the importance of children learning how to think geographically.

Geography 52

Geography Teaching Pedagogy Library 52

Living Geography

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

If I have meetings or events in London, one of my favoured places to stay is the Premier Inn Hub on Brick Lane. There are also two posts which are relevant to my Geography in/on Film Blog on the representation of London in film. The first I shall mention is about Old Spitalfields Market. I'll mention them over there.

Geography 52

Geography Cultures 52

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University. And so on… . We’d subscribe to feeds and listen to podcasts from the U.S.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 15, 2023

Geography and Culture Connect: After studying a foreign country, ask students to find similarities between their own community and the one they studied. Extend: Encourage discussion on how this theme might be relevant in different cultural or historical contexts.

Geography 133

Geography Economics Critical Thinking Cultures 133

ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The raw pain of having to show up for “business as usual” at work while trying to process horrific events like the racially-motivated murder of Atlanta massage workers came up frequently in these conversations. schools in recent years. A participant at a Black Lives Matter protest in Las Vegas on May 30, 2020. on March 21, 2021.

K-12 143

K-12 Ancestry Education Geography 143

ACRE

JUNE 27, 2023

The Delta Cultural Center is a museum and educational complex that tells the story of a land and its people, capturing what makes the Arkansas Delta region unique. It is the mission of the Delta Cultural Center to preserve, interpret and present the cultural heritage of this legendary 27-county area.

Cultures 52

Cultures Heritage K-12 Museum 52

Geography Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The region of Nagorno-Karabakh has had ethnic, political, and cultural strife ever since the fall of the Soviet Union. Since 1994, this was the event that Armenia was trying to prevent, but couldn’t. In October 2023, Azerbaijan militarily took over the region prompting many ethnic Armenians to flee to Armenia.

Cultures 130

Cultures 130

Political Science Now

JULY 11, 2024

Event: Teaching the 2024 U.S. Election Webinar Series: Watch the Past Events National campaigns and elections allow citizens to reflect and participate in their democracy. Election Webinar Series showcases how political scientists understand and teach American democracy’s quadrennial event. Engaging the 2024 U.S.

Civic Engagement 68

Civic Engagement Teaching Civics Political Science 68

ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2024

This variation reflects the diverse historical and cultural priorities of different states. Additionally, social studies encompasses a wide range of disciplines, including history, geography, civics and economics, each with its own set of disciplinary practices. The C3 Framework was released in 2013.

Social Studies 113

Social Studies Civics Pedagogy Geography 113

Living Geography

JULY 8, 2024

A review on Arcana gives a nice feel for the event. A cross posting from my Cultural Geography blog: Cultcha , which has been going for quite a while now. Bruce's own version is excellent, but here's the original. It was a truly wonderful and memorable night, with just over 90 minutes of wonderful songs and stories.

Geography 52

Geography Cultures 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2018

Organized by Border Crossers, a nonprofit group that trains teachers, administrators and parents how to explore race and racism, the event was led by trainers Ana Duque and Ben Howort, both former teachers. Border Crossers trainers Ben Howort and Ana Duque are both former elementary school teachers.

Social Studies 111

Social Studies Civics Controversial Topics Elementary School 111

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

She’s a champion of a model of education that favors students reading classical texts and otherwise focusing on the traditional canons of arts, literature and culture.

Public School 120

Public School Tradition Charter School EdTech 120

Digital Promise

AUGUST 9, 2019

“Challenge Collaboratives” are a model of research-practice partnerships that engage educators and researchers across contexts and geographies to create outputs and outcomes that benefit schools nationwide. Challenge Collaboratives: Next Gen R&D. 3D Digital Storytelling, Empathy, and Voice.

K-12 84

K-12 Geography Humanities Economics 84

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2017

Communities, ones organized by race, socioeconomic class and geography, use schools to cover blatant housing discrimination, school financing bias and white supremacy. These segregated schools uphold the values, racial hierarchies and cultural norms of the people who created them.

Economics 84

Economics Civics Geography History 84

Life and Landscapes

OCTOBER 20, 2024

is knowledgeable about history, geography, geology, archeology, plants, animals, and much else. A natural storyteller, he shares his knowledge in easily understood friendly conversational writing that conveys his joy in the places, people, and events he writes about. Its brilliant author, Ronald R. Van Stockum, Jr.,

Geography 52

Geography History Cultures 52

Life and Landscapes

OCTOBER 13, 2024

is knowledgeable about history, geography, geology, archeology, plants, animals, and much else. A natural storyteller, he shares his knowledge in easily understood friendly conversational writing that conveys his joy in the places, people, and events he writes about. Its brilliant author, Ronald R. Van Stockum, Jr.,

Geography 52

Geography History Cultures 52

ED Surge

AUGUST 15, 2022

The region’s geography and culture give the program key advantages when it comes to recruiting local students. Recent graduates of the dual-language program tell EdSurge they welcomed the challenge of the program’s academic rigor, which primed them to transfer to universities, and that their written Spanish improved.

K-12 104

K-12 Leadership Geography Cultures 104

Strange Maps

JULY 13, 2023

It sounds like something cooked up after hours in the back alley between the geography and psychology departments. Extraverts are “the life of the party,” while introverts, on the other side of the scale, require less stimulation from people or events. There is also a geographic component to their distribution, research suggests.

Psychology 52

Psychology Geography Cultures Humanities 52

Living Geography

APRIL 27, 2024

As part of a current writing project I am exploring some of the indigenous knowledge that we may look to introduce into the geography curriculum. I need to say at the beginning that I am not an expert in this field, and this post is a collation of other people's ideas and drawn from research and reading.

Geography 52

Geography Tradition Humanities Teaching 52

Living Geography

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Historical Markers: Discreet plaques or stones indicating historical events or significant figures tied to the location, often overlooked by passersby. Public Artwork: Murals or sculptures that reference historical events or figures, offering a glimpse into the city’s cultural past. What are your best examples local to you?

History 52

History Cultures 52

Living Geography

JANUARY 31, 2024

They feature a number of important people and events, including Luke Howard , who invented the classification for different cloud types. In recent years, I've bought stamps linked with the Windrush Generation, UK Wildlife, National Parks and Polar explorers. The latest is celebrating 170 years of the Met Office and weather forecasting.

Geography 52

Geography Cultures 52

Anthropology News

APRIL 24, 2025

This local geography of caste is more visible to me because I, too, belong to an allegedly lower caste community. According to Mukul Sharma, within such upper caste perspectives, an Untouchable or outcasteconsidered as possessing lesser human dignitydoes not fit neatly on either side of the nature-culture binary.

Anthropology 64

Anthropology Economics Geography Cultures 64

Anthropology.net

APRIL 23, 2025

Published in the Journal of Soils and Sediments 1 , the research proposes that widespread wildfires and hillslope erosion—not cultural innovation alone—may have created the ecological conditions that forced people to abandon foraging and begin farming across the southern Levant. “It was a response to environmental collapse.”

Archaeology 53

Archaeology Anthropology Geography Humanities 53

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

Deep engagement with transformative texts — regardless of authorship, geography or the era that produced them — gives students the analytical tools and historical awareness to interrogate themselves as well as the culture and society by which we are all partially formed.

Humanities 144

Humanities Civics Geography History 144

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

It’s built around a skills-based model that prioritizes student mastery, extensive community outreach and a culture that views college enrollment as an expectation rather than a long shot. Chemistry teacher Mary Norris has seen a dramatic turnaround in academics and culture at the Benito Juarez Community Academy over the last nine years.

Geography 100

Geography High School Charter School Cultures 100

Geogramblings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

I, like so many Geography teachers, jumped on this as a learning opportunity. Since then, having been a member of groups such as Decolonising Geography, and having conversation with folks from a range of perspectives and backgrounds, I certainly would approach this differently. Homosexuality is seen as a violation of these norms.

Geography 52

Geography Social Justice Humanities Cultures 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

In earlier grades, students are supposed to learn how Mississippians contributed to the Civil Rights Movement and the events that happened here. The book was valuable for state geography and basic vocabulary, she said, but using it to teach about the Civil Rights Movement was out of the question. Mississippi: the Magnolia State.”.

K-12 97

K-12 Social Studies History Archiving 97

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Julie Goldman, the office’s director of equity curriculum and instruction, and her team spent that weekend compiling a detailed guide for educators and parents on how to discuss the events happening overseas. The guide , released Oct. These conversations can be conducted in age-appropriate ways beginning in first grade, Hess added.

Primary Sources 116

Primary Sources Heritage Charter School Geography 116

Geogramblings

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Our world has shrunk due to the spread and influence of popular culture and branding; we are more connected whether physically through higher speed extensive transportation or digitally through the internet. Not just between cultures and groups but also harmony within. The keyword for me is ‘harmony’. The keyword for me is ‘harmony’.

Human Rights 40

Human Rights Geography Humanities Controversial Topics 40

Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

How did their nomadic culture evolve? It provides a rare glimpse into the genetic legacies shaped by climate shifts, trade networks, and cultural interactions stretching back thousands of years. ” This genetic variation aligns with linguistic and cultural differences among Fulani groups. Where did they come from?

History 106

History Ancestry Geography K-12 106

Sapiens

DECEMBER 10, 2024

To understand Operation Christmas Drop, it helps to have some history and geography. The region had, and still has, a rich cultural heritage: For instance, today eight Native languages are spoken in FSM alone. Civilians and military personnel enthusiastically participate in the main staging event.

Heritage 105

Heritage Archiving History Geography 105

Political Science Now

JANUARY 9, 2025

Join APSAs Committee on the Status of Community Colleges in the Profession for the second event of their professional development workshop series. Johnson is a tenured Instructor in Political Science, History, and Geography at Minnesota State Community and Technical College in Moorhead, MN. He holds a Ph.D.

Political Science 56

Political Science Geography Sociology Professional Development 56

Living Geography

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Encountering cultural differences is one of the benefits of attending overseas events. I've been fortunate to have that opportunity due to ERASMUS+ - I sincerely hope that the UK will reconsider the decision to One of the aspects of visiting cities is to explore them culturally These markings are important in German beer cellars.

Pedagogy 52

Pedagogy Cultures Geography 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2024

We’re setting up a system in which students, by the accident of geography, are getting very different kinds of education,” Ross said. “Do Yet as the culture wars play out in U.S. Do we really want that to be the case? Is that fair?” Survey data show how these inequities play out.

Library 103

Library Advocacy Humanities High School 103

Political Science Now

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

magna cum laude) in geography at Prairie View A&M University and her M.A. Sue Carroll and Richard Fox); “Deracialization and Latino Politics: The Case of the Salazar Brothers in Colorado,” (with Eric Gonzalez Juenke) appearing in Political Research Quarterly; “Emerging Pattern or Unique Event?

Political Science 58

Political Science Library Civics Geography 58

Geogramblings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

I’m also a member of the science communication community and the educator community, particularly the geography educators community here in the United Kingdom. Pre-colonial evidence and indigenous cultures show that we have always been here. Events like Pride and Black History Month matter because they remind us that we exist.

Geography 52

Geography Sociology Social Justice History 52