NCHE

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Virginia History, AP Human Geography, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, and AP U.S. I imagine the airport staff know him well by now. I wanted to hear about Dalton’s classroom experience first. He taught U.S. history, Oklahoma History, U.S./Virginia

Geography 279

Geography History Library Humanities 279

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

Living Geography

DECEMBER 14, 2024

I've blogged previously about a series of videos which are being made by Time for Geography in association with Rayburn Tours and Dr. Rhian Meara. They explore the eruption on Heimaey in 1973, which led to the evacuation of the island. There are now two more more available in the series.

Geography 52

Geography 52

Living Geography

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Two legends of international geography teaching, resource creation and training in the same virtual space: Richard Allaway and Matt Podbury have teamed up to offer some special support for teachers in international schools / teaching international qualifications. A new venture, and one I can certainly get behind.

Geography 52

Geography Teaching 52

Living Geography

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

A job has come up to coordinate the RGS's Choose Geography programme. Details of the job are here.

Geography 52

Geography 52

Living Geography

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

A cross-posting from my At the Home of Geography blog.

Geography 52

Geography Teaching 52

Living Geography

MAY 30, 2024

The ERAS tour is heading for the UK soon, and there's plenty of geography to be had in exploring the economic and environmental impact of the tour and associated music as well as the interesting cultural implications of the event: the demographics of a typical crowd etc.

Geography 132

Geography Cultures Economics 132

Geography Education

JULY 23, 2024

My presentation on spatial relationships in AP Human Geography is archived here with the slides available here on Google Drive or the PDF below. I’m very excited to be presenting in Las Vegas for the AP Annual Conference. APAC Spatial Relationships 2024 Download

Archiving 130

Archiving Geography Humanities 130

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's shared here without commentary or additional resources, which we've developed to help steer the lesson.

Geography 115

Geography Cultures Teaching 115

Geography Education

MAY 14, 2024

Not surprisingly, I’m especially interested in the AP Human Geography collection with 15 mapping activities that align with content and skills of the course. SOURCE: ESRI ESRI has produced GeoInquires for many diverse subjects , from American Literature to World History. Tags : mapping , geospatial , ESRI , APHG.

Geography 130

Geography World History History Humanities 130

Living Geography

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Time for Geography had worked with Rhian and Rayburn to produce some new resources telling this compelling story, and they are now starting to be available. She had just published her work on the legacy of the eruptions on Heimaey. An eruption on the island in 1973 led to the evacuation of its population. Many of them moved to Grindavik.

Geography 52

Geography Tutoring 52

World History Teachers Blog

JUNE 14, 2024

It's from Crash Course Geography so it may not be noticed by those of us who teach history. Here's an excellent overview of how different religions spread along the Silk Road.

Geography 130

Geography History Teaching 130

World History Teachers Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Their software includes story maps for over a dozen titles in World History, including the Age of Exploration, the First Crusade, Ancient Greece, and its geography, the Black Death, the Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire, Egyptian Funerary Practices, and many more. In addition to the Black Death, I looked at ancient Greece.

Primary Sources 130

Primary Sources Geography World History History 130

Geography Education

APRIL 17, 2023

Questions to Ponder: How has agriculture and urbanization modified your state’s geography? VIDEO#1: Limited geography, but a good 4 minute local news-type explanation. What are the positive impacts of these modifications? What are potential negative consequences of these modifications? Video #2: More in-depth (15 min.),

Geography 130

Geography 130

Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Example: 4th Grade Geography Watch this video: 4th grade NY State Geography Using masking tape, map the outline of New York on the floor. “The Dancers” – volunteers who are dancing on the ‘set’ and moving through poses. The Audience” – participates by dancing in their seats.

Geography 259

Geography Social Studies Pedagogy Library 259

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The University of Alaska System scaled back more than 40 , including earth sciences, geography and environmental resources and hospitality administration. The University of Alaska System scaled back more than 40 programs , including earth sciences, hospitality administration and geography and environmental resources.

Political Science 135

Political Science Geography Sociology History 135

The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2024

There is evidence that teaching such skills has some benefit, but what students really need in order to read with understanding is knowledge about history, geography, science, music, the arts and the world more broadly. Just about any student can decode the words “Berlin Wall,” but they need a knowledge of basic geography (where is Berlin?),

Teaching 143

Teaching Geography History Library 143

Living Geography

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Watching your parcel make its way to your door.

Geography 52

Geography 52

Living Geography

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

This is now available. An annual treat for as long as I can remember. Always a fixture of my final week before the Christmas break. Helen Young has provided your final lesson of term for you with a 12 question quiz. I use this with all my groups in the final lesson and it always goes down well.

Geography 52

Geography Teaching 52

Geography Education

APRIL 14, 2023

” SOURCE: Geography Geek Don’t be fooled by the click-bait nature of the embedded video title (of course the CIA didn’t make the island disappear), because this obscure topic is a nice entry into several geographic topics.

Geography 130

Geography Economics 130

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

ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Hillman says that he began looking at geography out of frustration with an emphasis during the Obama administration on providing consumer information about higher education as a solution to college access.

Geography 133

Geography Economics Education Policy Government 133

Living Geography

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Don't forget to visit my other blog that is getting a little bit of personal attention at the moment. In June this year I was announced as the Vice President: Education of the Royal Geographical Society. This has involved me in a range of activity, and I am blogging it all over the next four years over on the new blog. Come along for the journey.

Geography 52

Geography Education 52

Living Geography

APRIL 9, 2024

This was awarded an RGS-IBG Innovative Geography Teaching Grant in 2003-4. I also wrote an article for Teaching Geography about the project, which was published in the Autumn 2004 issue. I had a blog for my Presidential year called Quotidian Geographies, and there are over 500 books in my GeoLibrary.

Geography 78

Geography History Teaching 78

Living Geography

APRIL 30, 2024

In 2008, I was awarded their Ordnance Survey Award for excellence in Secondary Geography Teaching. Between 2008 and 2011 I worked closely with the RGS - particularly Steve Brace - who is now the GA Chief Executive of course, and Claire Wheeler (now Claire Brown) along with the rest of their APG team as part of the Action Plan for Geography.

Geography 86

Geography Teaching Education Research 86

Living Geography

MARCH 28, 2024

I've been involved in the creation of the Oak National Primary Geography resources for KS1 and 2. GA Chief Executive, Steve Brace, said: “The GA is delighted to have been selected to provide the KS3 Geography programme for Oak Academy. Again via the GA Newsletter. These are emerging over on the Oak site.

Geography 72

Geography 72

Living Geography

MARCH 14, 2024

Steve is already well known to the geography education community having previously been Head of Education and Outdoor Learning at the Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers) (RGS (with IBG)). There have been significant improvements in geography teaching across primary and secondary schools.

Geography 75

Geography Education Policy Teaching Education 75

Living Geography

APRIL 2, 2024

I'm sorry not to be there for Denise Freeman's Presidential lecture, and catching up with the whole geography community, and also a chance to congratulate Steve Brace in person for his recent appointment as Chief Executive of the GA. I'd prepared a session on Jay Owens' book 'Dust' for the Geography Book Club session on Thursday.

Geography 69

Geography 69

Living Geography

MARCH 6, 2024

Helens and Kobe as it happens) put to the Rick Astley song 'Never gonna give you up' (before his own current resurgence).

Geography 86

Geography Teaching Education 86

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. If I was still a high school senior,” said Witherspoon, who is scheduled to graduate in the spring, “I wouldn’t come here.”.

Political Science 134

Political Science Geography Sociology History 134

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-12 142

K-12 Ancestry Education Geography 142

Living Geography

APRIL 29, 2024

I was asked to put together a geography activity for them, which would take three lessons to complete. The Year 8 students at my school have a week on an adventure trip this week. A small group is not going along - many of them came along on the recent trip to Iceland that we ran instead.

Geography 72

Geography Research 72

The Hechinger Report

JULY 22, 2024

Based on its demographic profile and on geography, it would seem safe to assume that Magnolia Middle School in Arkansas is among the scores of schools across the country suffering from a teacher shortage. The school predominantly serves Black and Latino students and those from low-income backgrounds.

Middle School 124

Middle School Geography Tradition Teaching 124

Living Geography

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In our response we signal the value of a geographical education for all young people, the strengths of the current provision, and areas in need of attention for the geography curriculum. Geography is a subject that develops young people’s curiosity and helps them to apply that curiosity and learning in real-world contexts.

Geography 52

Geography Teaching Education Government 52

Living Geography

MAY 5, 2024

As the @tes says "the @Eurovision glamfest presents learning opportunities for #geography lessons" 4 ideas for #geographyteachers classrooms below [link] — Steve Brace (@SteveBraceGeog) May 1, 2024 David Morgan has tweaked some maps from ESRI. This was a more gentle time. Eurovision is coming up soon.

Geography 69

Geography 69

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In fact, the town library and school are linked by more than geography, since the school district’s two libraries became part of the Port Orford library system in 2017. Similarly to Garrett County in Maryland , the geography of this rural district makes broadband access inaccessible for many families.

Library 128

Library Geography High School Civics 128

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2021

There is a digital divide within areas that are geographically pretty proximate and they have real potential impacts for student’s geography of opportunity,” Skinner said. What no one talks enough about is that “we have a digital divide right within suburban and urban areas as well,” he said.

Research 142

Research Geography History Government 142