Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

It also offers a YouTube channel on which historians discuss their work , making history come alive for contemporary youth. The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. government as well.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Living Geography

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The speaker was Tim Marshall - best-selling author of 'Prisoners of Geography' - and a fellow Leeds United fan. He told us that 'Prisoners of Geography' had now passed the three million mark in terms of sales. The final Monday night lecture for this term was held at the RGS on Monday night this week.

Geography 52

Geography History 52

Anthropology.net

MARCH 13, 2025

Leopard cats, roughly the size of modern house cats, are adaptable predators with a long history of interaction with human societies. The Cultural Shift: How China Embraced the Domestic Cat The arrival of Felis catus was not merely a biological event; it marked a cultural shift in how Chinese society interacted with felines.

Archaeology 59

Archaeology Humanities Museum Geography 59

Living Geography

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Cross posting from my 'At the Home of Geography' blog. Details of two new update events have been added to the RGS website. This is important because their impacts are likely to be a partly a function of the deprivation history of an area (e.g., Details here of the first one.

Geography 52

Geography Government History 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

No matter whether elementary teachers return to physical or virtual classrooms, this will be a year for the history books. What’s less clear is how prepared elementary school teachers are to put these seismic events into context. At most of these institutions, the deficiency is not about a lack of sufficient credit hours.

K-12 126

K-12 Civics Social Studies Geography 126

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

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

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. Using Connect, Extend, Challenge at the Secondary Level Literary Analysis Connect: Have students relate a theme or character trait from a novel to current events or personal experiences.

Geography 133

Geography Economics Critical Thinking Cultures 133

Students of History

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

They took a long while to create, but I now have packets for every unit in Civics/Government , World History , and US History. Each one features an introductory reading, standards-based Essential Questions to guide the unit, and then 9 pages dedicated to vocabulary, geography, people, timelines, key concepts, and image analysis.

Civics 52

Civics History Primary Sources Geography 52

Living Geography

JULY 19, 2024

All of these external events feed into, and enrich my teaching as well as providing me with what Michael Storm called 'professional zest'. If you think you have something that would be of interest to me, whether it's some writing or an event that you'd like my input into that takes place on a Wednesday, please get in touch.

Geography 75

Geography Library History Teaching 75

Moler's Musing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

They discovered how geography—land and sea routes—was integral to understanding exploration. The Thick Slide provided a perfect opportunity for students to creatively showcase their understanding and articulate the big picture of why exploration was such a significant period in European history.

Primary Sources 128

Primary Sources Artifacts Geography Lesson Plan 128

Living Geography

MARCH 28, 2025

It's a light box with coloured panels offering an A-Z of Empire with some alternative facts and rhymes about places and events linked with colonialism. It would certainly make a talking point with groups.

Museum 52

Museum History Humanities Geography 52

Living Geography

MARCH 7, 2025

I'd like to be there, but it clashes with family events. of recorded history. Sandi Toksvig is giving a Monday Night Lecture in April at the RGS-IBG. She is talking about a project which she describes in this Cambridge alumnus newsletter/journal: which is called Mappa Mundi. It's time for a change.

History 52

History 52

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

During the interview for her learner profile, she reported that her family emigrated from a refugee camp after fleeing the Democratic Republic of Congo, and that her formal education in her home country was interrupted by events beyond her control. What mattered most to Esther was that she felt understood.

Geography 129

Geography World History Teaching Social Studies 129

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

Living Geography

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Nicola Warren-Lee led a session on the GA's Curriculum Framework for School Geography , and Sophie Wilson presented on a virtual fieldwork project completed with Maria Angeles-Rodriguez Domenech. They are hosting IGU events later in the year as well. The session was chaired by Emily Rotchell. Her work was excellent. Then it was me.

Geography 52

Geography Pedagogy History 52

ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2024

Additionally, social studies encompasses a wide range of disciplines, including history, geography, civics and economics, each with its own set of disciplinary practices. Swan We understood that a set of standards in social studies would be tricky due to the names, dates, places and events that people fight about.

Social Studies 114

Social Studies Civics Pedagogy Geography 114

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2023

This past winter, she attended a precursor event to the camp in Philadelphia, at which students got an introduction to the Sunrise Movement and climate advocacy. In his freshman world geography class, he said, students sometimes felt overwhelmed by the climate catastrophe, leaving them depressed and despairing. “It

Advocacy 88

Advocacy K-12 Geography High School 88

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. Because people often reserve overtly racist behaviors for special events, we have to look for other signs. These issues are concrete goals for a political campaign.

Economics 84

Economics Geography Civics History 84

Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

For example, at Spirit Lake High School , students learn about Yamazumi charts, Kaizen events, elemental spaghetti diagrams, and other lean engineering techniques with Polaris, the local snowmobile manufacturer. They examine the history of rock and roll and write their own rock anthems.

Project-Based Learning 66

Project-Based Learning Geography American History Middle School 66

Moler's Musing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

This analysis helped students build context and draw connections between geography and colonization strategies. By the end of class, they had a strong foundation to start digging deeper into the history of the English colonies. What geographic trait did these colonies have in common?

Geography 122

Geography Critical Thinking Tradition Middle School 122

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

Ashleigh's Education Journey

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Social Studies Interactive Notebook-Geography Some of the geography activities in the social studies interactive notebook include types of maps, landforms (shown below), the seven continents, and hemispheres (shown below). Students share major events from the beginning, middle, and end of the war.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Geography Government Economics 52

ACRE

JUNE 27, 2023

Students can tour Fort Curtis & Battery Park and see how the natural geography of the Arkansas Delta influenced how battles could be fought there during the Civil War. DCC even offers an interactive Escape Room exhibit, where students answer questions about Arkansas history while racing to solve puzzles and escape the room.

Cultures 52

Cultures Heritage K-12 Museum 52

Social Studies Success

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

By Lisa Sutterer Geography, World History and Early High School Teacher Littleton High School “Why is starting class so difficult each day?” Many middle school teachers are aware of the strength of this “straight down the middle” current events news source, and show it religiously. I recently reflected after a tough week.

World History 52

World History Geography Middle School History 52

ACRE

JANUARY 17, 2023

Analyzing world, continent, and country maps, students consider how natural resources and natural geography influence economies. Adam Smith’s Pin Factory & Division of Labor Pipe Cleaner Activity Adam Smith ’s Pin Factory is one of the most famous examples in the history of economics. Constitution Geography: WSP.2.G.2

K-12 52

K-12 Geography Economics Civics 52

Living Geography

MARCH 13, 2025

Plans are in place to ensure community engagement and public access to the tree through organised garden open days, artist events, tours, and participation in Heritage Open Days. I t is also the largest London Plane in the UK at around 42m high.

Heritage 52

Heritage Community Engagement History 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

Living Geography

AUGUST 26, 2024

This year's Paris Olympics saw an event which took place the furthest from the location of the games in Olympic history. As part of The Guardian's coverage of the games, they published a very useful article exploring some of the controversy around this event, and the potential impact on local people and the reef itself.

History 52

History 52

Let's Cultivate Greatness

JULY 5, 2023

I also love my 3D relief United States map , which is really helpful in explaining events and helping my students study for their semester-long US geography test series. Founding Document Posters – Post poster-sized replicas of key founding documents related to your US History and Civics classes.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Civics History Sociology 52

Living Geography

OCTOBER 6, 2024

It explores how successive periods of history in a city leave some traces of the past, but most of them are hidden, or removed in the process of regeneration. Basements and Cellars: Many modern buildings have basements that were originally designed for different purposes, like storage or workshops, echoing the city’s industrial history.

History 52

History Cultures 52

Dr. Shannon Doak

MAY 28, 2024

For instance, in a history class, instead of merely memorizing dates and events, students could analyze historical patterns and their impact on current societal issues. This approach not only makes learning more relevant but also equips students with the skills they need to thrive in a world where the only constant is change.

Education 58

Education Project-Based Learning Critical Thinking Geography 58

Living Geography

JANUARY 14, 2024

A free event will take place to launch these. SUNDAY 21 JANUARY 2024, 7pm to 9pm This free online event launches a year-long rollout that will offer opportunities to schools in Britain, and elsewhere, first-hand knowledge of the late Sam King’s seminal work. A cross posting from my teaching blog: GeographyTeacher2.0

History 52

History Teaching Research Education 52

Moler's Musing

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

” Map & Tell: Geography & Political Shifts Next, we tied Jacksons election to geographic and political changes through a Map & Tell activity. With so many connected historical events, I had to be intentional about how each piece flowed together while keeping students engaged.

Government 122

Government History Geography Leadership 122

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. The Dom community living next to my college campus mainly performs daily wage sanitation work for the local municipality, educational institutions, and weddings and events among the neighboring non-Dalit communities.

Anthropology 64

Anthropology Economics Geography Cultures 64

Strange Maps

JANUARY 31, 2024

Zooming out from individual casualties to the overall death toll, the dead of Everest start to form a morbid geography of sorts, which does more than simply horrify. Credit: pointofnoreturn.org) This first map shows the geography of the mountain, with a flag planted for each place where one or more climbers died.

Geography 121

Geography Humanities History 121