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Responses coming in on the Curriculum and Assessment Review

Living Geography

The Government has launched an open call for evidence to inform its curriculum and assessment review for England, which is being chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE. In particular: We know that many in education feel the geography curriculum at GCSE is overloaded. We believe fieldwork is an essential element of geography in schools.

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Curriculum and Assessment Review - we want your views.

Living Geography

The Government has launched an open call for evidence to inform its curriculum and assessment review for England, which is being chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE. In particular: We know that many in education feel the geography curriculum at GCSE is overloaded. We believe fieldwork is an essential element of geography in schools.

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Navigating Numbers - new from the ONS

Living Geography

These toolkits are free for teachers to reuse, subject to the Open Government Licence. This toolkit explores important economic indicators and trends in the UK economy. Students can use the World trade explorer and access a range of raw data about different economic indicators. And finally a Business, Industry and Trade toolkit.

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Researchers Have Identified the Starkest Cases of School District Segregation

ED Surge

This large economic and racial divide between two adjacent districts in Michigan shows that school segregation persists in the 21st century. But some district pairs revealed far higher levels of economic segregation, like Frankenmuth and Saginaw, whose poverty rates differ by about 45 percentage points. Its poverty rate is 50 percent.

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Baltoscandia: The geopolitical ghost that may just have a future

Strange Maps

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. You’ve probably never heard of Baltoscandia. Credit : Giedrius S.,

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2022 Kansas Social Studies Conference (Did I mention it’s free?)

Doing Social Studies

So whether you’re wanting to dive deeper into learning about indigenous Identity with Dr. Brandon Haddock, explore geography through the lens of a zombie apocalypse, dive into economic policy, or attend a wide variety of other breakout sessions with teaching strategies to help you “take it up a notch,” we’ve got something for you.

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Possible Sentences Vocab Strategy

Studies Weekly

Categories Corporate Educator Spotlight English Language Arts Lesson Plans Press Professional Development Science Social Studies Studies Weekly Online Summer School Teacher Tips Thinking on Education Tutorials Uncategorized Well-Being Recent Posts Possible Sentences Vocab Strategy February 26, 2024 Lesson 4: How Does Our Government Work?