Living Geography

MAY 28, 2024

A cross posting from my Geography Teaching blog. I've developed this activity for Year 7, as part of our unit on food geographies called 'Food for Thought'. It explores the rising price of food by focussing on one meal - a classic of UK food culture. It connects with conflict, climate change, globalisation and so much more.

Geography 115

Geography Cultures Teaching 115

TCI

MARCH 1, 2024

Geography education plays a pivotal role in cultivating global awareness and critical thinking. At TCI, we believe that geography class should be an immersive experience where students see the world through a geographer’s eyes. The much-loved Geography Alive! With Geography Alive!

Geography 59

Geography Global Connections Global Perspectives Civics 59

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Fordham Institute found that elementary school students who studied more social studies, including geography, history and civics, scored higher on fifth grade reading tests. A September 2020 study from the Thomas B. Credit: Jason Bachman/Flickr.

Social Studies 145

Social Studies Civics Geography Elementary School 145

Geogramblings

APRIL 18, 2023

A piece of poetry performed at the Geographical Association Annual Conference 2023 TeachMeet titled ‘#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs (The Power of Geography Voice)’ The full TeachMeet recording with a range of teaching ideas and thoughts for the Geography teacher can be found on YouTube here.

Geography 52

Geography Humanities Cultures Human Rights 52

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

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.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

Image of New York State Archives and Museum in Albany, New York Making connections with cultural centers offers educators a measure of expertise outside their own content knowledge and pedagogical skill. These advantages suggest why connections with cultural centers should matter to educators, students and the local community.

Cultures 52

Cultures Heritage Civic Engagement Civics 52

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

Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Their findings underscore the importance of Central Asia not only as a geographical way point but as a cultural and technological nexus where different human populations may have encountered each other over millennia. Artifacts suggest that the Zeravshan Valley was not only a migration route but potentially a place of cultural exchange.

Humanities 98

Humanities Archaeology Artifacts Heritage 98

Anthropology.net

JANUARY 8, 2025

Wallacea, the sprawling chain of islands in eastern Indonesia that includes Timor-Leste, has long been a crossroads of cultures, languages, and genetics. Dr. Gludhug Ariyo Purnomo from the University of Adelaide, who led the research, noted that the findings emphasize the importance of West Papua as a bio-cultural hub.

History 98

History Ancestry Archaeology Geography 98

Anthropology for Beginners

JUNE 1, 2021

2 The methodological and theoretical use of spatiality within anthropology began with ethnographies that examined the relationship of architecture and culture. He criticizes world-systems analyses as being too simplified to reflect the complexity and fluidity of the “creolization” of postcolonial culture. 1 Racialized Space.

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Global Connections Geography Cultures 130

Sapiens

JANUARY 29, 2025

This diffuse and varied culture inhabited a vast area from Yunnan, China, to Sumatra, Indonesia, from about 40,000 to 2,000 years ago. Sadly, these examples of a once widespread but still poorly known culture had been ploughed back into the earth. erectus geography but not in the way we expected.

Archaeology 136

Archaeology Geography History Humanities 136

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

More schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lessons to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. Some educators are calling for schools to adopt a curriculum that emphasizes content along with phonics.

Teaching 135

Teaching Charter School Social Studies Geography 135

Digital Promise

APRIL 9, 2021

School districts and charter networks are facing both tremendous challenges and, simultaneously, opportunities to design and implement effective, culturally-aligned systems to support historically marginalized students. We have an unprecedented opportunity to take action.

Charter School 118

Charter School Geography Public School Cultures 118

O-Level Geography

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

A joint effort by businesses, such as Rolex, with local communities in the preservation of our natural and cultural heritage. What are the efforts made to preserve the natural and cultural heritage in Bali, Indonesia?

Cultures 52

Cultures Heritage Geography 52

ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Despite hailing from vastly different geographies and circumstances, the dozens of educators we talked with shared that they often struggled in their own school communities with feeling both hyper-visible and invisible as Asian Americans. A participant at a Black Lives Matter protest in Las Vegas on May 30, 2020. on March 21, 2021.

K-12 144

K-12 Ancestry Education Geography 144

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 3, 2020

We must use this crisis to create a better and more equitable system for all learners, regardless of race, socioeconomic status, geography, or learner variability. The Digital Learning Gap existed long before the pandemic; COVID-19 just brought it to light for the general public. 84 percent of teachers said VILS enhanced student engagement.

Geography 132

Geography Professional Development Middle School Cultures 132

The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2021

The students at Saint Leo will start with a course that takes a holistic look at the veteran experience, McLees said, and then move to a class that looks at “legendary warriors” from wars across time and geography outside the United States, and a course specifically focused on Native American veterans serving two sovereigns.

Psychology 127

Psychology Advocacy Sociology Anthropology 127

Living Geography

JANUARY 10, 2025

My Cultural Geography blog , which I started in 2007 while teaching the OCR Pilot GCSE (which had a cultural geography topic) is where I place posts (sometimes cross posting from here) related to cultural geography: music, books, art etc but also linked to the definition below: The study of the relationship between culture and place.

Geography 52

Geography Cultures Teaching 52

ED Surge

MARCH 13, 2024

With diverse perspectives, backgrounds, geographies, identities and areas of expertise, these writers offered a wide range of important stories — each one unique in its own way. I’ve struggled to balance representing the history and culture of my school with my desire to support our ongoing and ever-more-pressing need to adapt.

Education 110

Education Elementary School EdTech Geography 110

Moler's Musing

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Instead, I wanted them to understand the colony’s region, its geography, and its economy. Frayer Model Activity Next, I handed out paper Frayer models where students wrote a colony name in the middle and added information about its government, geography, economy, and religion. It even provided a knowledge base for each founder!

Geography 111

Geography Government History Cultures 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

In Baltimore City Public Schools, where about 80 percent of students are black, educators have long tried to incorporate African-American culture into their teaching. We never had the opportunity to celebrate the rich culture,” said Janise Lane, executive director of teaching and learning at Baltimore City Public Schools.

Local History 112

Local History Geography Education Policy Public School 112

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The University of Alaska system has scaled back more than 40 academic programs , including earth sciences, geography and environmental resources, sociology, hospitality administration and theater. There’s kind of this culture of apathy, especially where young people congregate,” said Singer.

Geography 131

Geography Political Science Sociology History 131

The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2021

She predicts that because of the many intersecting factors impacting student success this year — geography, precarity, family situations — some students will need a lot more support next year and will struggle if pre-pandemic expectations remain in place. Bloom said that some students have not necessarily progressed the way they should.

Geography 137

Geography Library Elementary School Teaching 137

Living Geography

MARCH 9, 2025

Cross-posting from my Cultural Geography and Geography on / in Film blogs. I saw this film a few weeks' ago and it's well worth seeing for those who like their music. It's based around interviews with the three surviving members and taped interviews with John Bonham.

Geography 52

Geography Cultures 52

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

Geogramblings

JULY 26, 2024

Zoe Gilbank, the Climate Ambassadors regional hub manager for Yorkshire & Humber, joined Kit Marie for another Climate Ambassadors special episode of the Coffee & Geography podcast. A Lifelong Commitment to Sustainability Born and raised in Leeds, Zoe has always had a deep connection to her hometown.

Geography 68

Geography Education Economics Cultures 68

Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Sakai noted, "The AI's ability to identify subtle signs of the Nazca glyphs that were previously missed by the human eye marks a significant leap forward in our understanding of this ancient culture.” The placement of the geoglyphs along pathways leading to Cahuachi further supports this interpretation. Orcas with knives. Sakai et al.,

Archaeology 98

Archaeology Geography Humanities Cultures 98

Living Geography

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The GA and RGS(IBG) were awarded funding for a joint initiative called the Action Plan for Geography (2006-2011) whose Young Peoples Geographies project involved CEO Ian as a participating academic [see the project website archive on the Wayback Machine here ]. If you havent had a look at Follow the Things before, check it out.

Geography 52

Geography Archiving Humanities Cultures 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2018

This type of education uses elements of the local culture and geography to personalize the learning experiences for students. The independent school serves students in pre-K through 12th grade in Jackson, Wyoming, and Teton Valley, Idaho, through a “place-based education” model.

K-12 106

K-12 Geography Middle School Humanities 106

Geography Education

MAY 1, 2024

’ This article highlights great, everyday examples that shows how cultural patterns and processes change and why they matter. Places and cultures are proud of what they see as their accomplishments that are foundational to their heritage. But perhaps we should reconsider our ideas about so-called ‘national dishes.’

Heritage 130

Heritage Cultures Economics Tradition 130

Edthena

JUNE 16, 2023

Using Edthena Video Coaching, candidates across the state, usually separated by geography and differences in unique school contexts, were able to step into each other’s classrooms virtually. Video reflection and analysis support culturally responsive practices, too. What helped create a safe professional learning environment?

Artifacts 98

Artifacts Geography Pedagogy Professional Development 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

Hirsch, who developed the curriculum used in these schools and whose 1987 book Cultural Literacy inspired the common core standards movement in American education. It’s geography; it’s history; it’s science; it’s cooking; it’s athletics, whatever that broad knowledge is about the world we live in.

Charter School 143

Charter School Geography Public School Private School 143

Sapiens

JULY 1, 2024

coastal current, not salty brine but telluric, carrying memory thwarting geography, sea becoming alpine. Coastal Eden – Listen in the evening, frangipani fronds unfurl their lemon-yellow limbs into a cloud that fills the garden. the coastal breeze lifts palms and verdant leaves as if limp arms.

Geography 93

Geography Cultures 93

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

“This study demonstrates what many Native Americans, rural Americans, and other Americans living in education deserts already know: As long as broadband access depends on geography, place still plays an important role in access to higher education,” the Urban Institute concluded. It kind of goes back to that cowboy way.

Education 111

Education Geography High School Cultures 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2022

Hollander said the project, which is structured as a fellowship, is set up to look at both aquatic and terrestrial science phenomena in the state, as well as social studies elements because “there is a lot of history around that changing landscape of Louisiana and the cultural groups that are affected as well.”.

Controversial Topics 118

Controversial Topics Education Lesson Plan K-12 118

Living Geography

JANUARY 18, 2025

There's a lot of geography in this news item from the BBC News on the controversies surrounding beach cabanas on Australian beaches. The beach is of tremendous cultural significance to Australians, so this is being taken seriously. However, the number of these structures is causing some problems and there are contrasting views on them.

Geography 52

Geography Cultures 52

Moler's Musing

AUGUST 28, 2024

Context & Results: ChatGPT analyzed Ohio’s standards and highlighted key content areas, such as Native American history in the context of colonization, human systems, and geography/conflict. Day 3: How did cultural biases and U.S. policies contribute to the displacement of Native American tribes in Clermont County, Ohio?

American History 72

American History Geography Local History History 72