Living Geography

JANUARY 4, 2025

Lent term means it's time for our 'People as Consumers' unit. Maybe we wouldn't buy light fittings, but we'd pay for the service of light, and the manufacturers would recover the materials and change the light fittings when we had more efficient products. What if packaging was so nontoxic it could dissolve in water and we could ultimately drink it? It would never become waste.

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C3 Teachers

JANUARY 4, 2025

It was fantastic to read this recent article published by NCSS, Teaching to a Better Test: Using the Inquiry Design Model to Reframe State-Mandated Assessment in Social Studies , which describes Virginias innovative spirit when it comes to state required testing in social studies. My excitement flows from multiple origin points. First, I was happy to see that Beau Dickinson, social studies specialist for Rockingham County, Virginia, was among the authors of the article.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 4, 2025

Unveiling the Genetic Mosaic of Yemen The Arabian Peninsula, with Yemen at its southern end, has long been a focal point of migration, trade, and cultural exchange. While much attention has been paid to early human dispersals out of Africa, Yemen’s role in shaping human history remains understudied. A new study published in Scientific Reports 1 takes a closer look at Yemen’s genetic landscape, uncovering millennia of human movement, intermixing, and adaptation.

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