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

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

Life and Landscapes

OCTOBER 20, 2024

is knowledgeable about history, geography, geology, archeology, plants, animals, and much else. “Surrounding Fort Knox Including Southern Indiana is an extraordinary book. Its brilliant author, Ronald R. Van Stockum, Jr.,

Geography 52

Geography History Cultures 52

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

The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2024

Over time, I pieced together the idea that my students would benefit most from a teaching model that emphasized shared readings of challenging works of literature; memorization of poetry; explicit grammar instruction; contextual knowledge, including history; and teacher direction — not time practicing skills.

Teaching 139

Teaching Geography History Library 139

Living Geography

JULY 27, 2024

The blog I set up in January 2023 to prepare for the (hopefully before not too long) introduction of the GCSE Natural History has just passed a small milestone of 25000 page views. checks notes) everyone teaching GCSE Natural History. Check out the Facebook group too.

History 52

History Teaching 52

Living Geography

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

A cross posting from my 'At the Home of Geography' blog. As you'd imagine, we are preparing to submit evidence and support the consultation for the new curriculum review to discuss what we hope to see in a future curriculum with respect to the geography entitlement and the nature of what is studied. (PDF

Geography 52

Geography Government History Education 52

Living Geography

JUNE 14, 2024

A cross-posting from my GCSE Natural History blog, which has over 300 posts. A new article in 'Teaching Times' by Mary Colwell gives a bit of an update into the state of the GCSE Natural History, and its possible introduction in 2026. Textbooks will need to be written and teacher training and resource provisions put in place.

History 52

History Teaching Government 52

Living Geography

MARCH 21, 2024

A cross-posting from my GCSE Natural History blog. A new post on the OCR website from Professor Sylvia Knight. She talks about the connections between the proposed specification and climate literacy.

History 52

History 52

Life and Landscapes

OCTOBER 13, 2024

is knowledgeable about history, geography, geology, archeology, plants, animals, and much else. “Surrounding Fort Knox Including Southern Indiana is an extraordinary book. Its brilliant author, Ronald R. Van Stockum, Jr.,

Geography 52

Geography History Cultures 52

Becoming a History Teacher

JULY 19, 2024

There is a shortage of physics, maths, geography teachers (add or delete as appropriate) therefore we need to recognise the market forces at work that draw them away from choosing teaching as a career. In my role as Co-Chair of HTEN (the History Teacher Educators Network) I have heard this story time and time again.

Geography 85

Geography History Teaching Tradition 85

Living Geography

OCTOBER 6, 2024

I like the sound of this new book - out in October. What makes a high street? It's certainly not just about the shopping; these thoroughfares are often the beating heart of our towns and cities and, by extension, of the people who use them.

History 52

History Cultures 52

Living Geography

APRIL 12, 2024

it's called GEOGRAPHY. In it, she suggests we already have a suitable subject for this. Geographers never lose sight of the interconnectedness of everything – across space and through time. There is simply no better discipline for this.

Geography 52

Geography History 52

Living Geography

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

My Twitter notifications have been growing over the last few days because I was copied into a tweet from Jo Coles regarding challenges facing geography. What would you say have been the biggest challenges to geography’s place in education, or to geog’s curriculum, in the last 20 years? Many thanks. back in 1987. A few thoughts: 1.

Geography 64

Geography Government History Teaching 64

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 90

Geography Government History Cultures 90

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. The final session of the conference was by Emily Davies who talked about her work bridging geography and history. Then it was me.

Geography 52

Geography Pedagogy History 52

Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Tracing Ancient Interactions: The Role of Geography Scientists have examined the geographical distribution of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals in Southwest Asia and Southeast Europe during the Late Pleistocene. New evidence 1 now suggests a specific geographic location where these two species met and interbred: the Zagros Mountains.

Humanities 90

Humanities Archaeology Geography History 90

Living Geography

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

billion - more than any other music tour in history, and that's without all the associated money that is spent on accommodation, travel etc. There are lots of ideas in its contents to use as a stand alone look at cultural geography. This links with our Year 8 work on Consumption and the geography of our stuff.

Geography 52

Geography History Cultures 52

Living Geography

MAY 18, 2024

When I started out on my GA Presidential journey, I started a blog which now has over 850 posts on it, and includes a biography of every GA President to date as well as much more on the history of the Association and its activities. 1 Kensington Gore is known as "the Home of Geography".

Geography 52

Geography History Education 52

Moler's Musing

AUGUST 28, 2024

A Step-by-Step Guide to Designing a 5-6 Day Unit on Native American History: A Collaborative Journey with AI Introduction: As educators, we constantly strive to create units that not only align with educational standards but also address the specific needs and skills of our students—especially those with IEPs.

American History 59

American History Geography Local History History 59

Living Geography

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

A lot of effort has gone into this from the English team, and the geography team will be offering their support. In the Geography department, we are going to be running two Fantasy Mapping workshops. It is mostly about history, the mind, and the curriculum - but it is also a little bit about dragons. What are your favourites?

Geography 52

Geography History 52

Living Geography

JULY 19, 2024

. - blogging - a wide range of other blogs in addition to LivingGeography - work writing and reviewing for Oak National Academy as they develop their geography specifications for KS3 (having previously worked on the KS2 offering which is taking shape nicely - check it out!) - textbook authoring - which will be ongoing into 2025 - GCSE Natural History (..)

Geography 75

Geography Library History Teaching 75

Living Geography

JULY 12, 2024

The exception above referred to is the instilling of those rudimentary facts which are to geography what the multiplication-table is to arithmetic. The why of geography cannot come till considerable portions of history and science have been answered." Halford MacKinder, 1889 Source: Science , Dec. 13, 1889, Vol. 13, 1889), pp.

Geography 40

Geography History Teaching 40

Strange Maps

MAY 28, 2024

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. Call it the curse of history, but fears are easier realized than hopes.

History 107

History Geography Government Cultures 107

Living Geography

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

My GCSE Natural History blog was started over a year ago. Some of you may know that I have a number of blogs in addition to this one. You can see them listed on my profile page in the right hand column of this page.

History 52

History 52

Living Geography

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

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

Geography 52

Geography Government History 52

Moler's Musing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Using a Mnemonic Device The map we used came from Howson History, and it featured a helpful mnemonic device for remembering the colonial regions. It was simple but effective, reinforcing both geography and historical knowledge. I scrapped the Iron Chef and Sketch and Tell, deciding to focus solely on the map and some Wordwall practice.

Primary Sources 92

Primary Sources Geography History Lesson Plan 92

Anthropology.net

AUGUST 3, 2024

With this study, we have seen that Arabs and Imazighen have not separated recently due to geography, culture, or language," says David Comas. Conclusion The study conducted by the IBE and UPF marks a significant advancement in our understanding of the genetic history of North African populations. 1 Serradell, J. Lorenzo-Salazar, J.

Archaeology 52

Archaeology Geography History Humanities 52

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. Calling for more civics and history instruction is nothing new. A September 2020 study from the Thomas B. Credit: Jason Bachman/Flickr.

Social Studies 144

Social Studies Civics Geography Elementary School 144

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?” I recently reflected after a tough week. My 9th and 11th grade students alike kept forgetting to make the pencil and binder they recently shoved into their backpack reappear on their desk.

World History 52

World History Geography History Middle School 52

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2024

The institutes featured below are a few of the ones that could be of interest to people’s history educators.

K-12 52

K-12 Geography American History History 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

ACRE

JUNE 19, 2023

The tour highlights the architecture and design of the home, information about some of the collected pieces (like a grand piano in the entry room and a large collection of hand-made quilts), and history of the Pfeiffer family and other Piggott residents who were living through the Great Depression era in Arkansas.

Museum 52

Museum K-12 Geography History 52

Doing Social Studies

JANUARY 27, 2022

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.

Social Studies 67

Social Studies Primary Sources Geography Economics 67

ED Surge

APRIL 3, 2024

Different Solutions for States Researchers say that solutions to inequality problems that have a long history will have to vary based on the needs within each state. For too many years, students have had their educations defined by geographies of exclusion and difference,” researchers conclude. It’s time to draw the line.”

Research 120

Research Economics Geography Government 120

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

Geography 52

Geography K-12 Economics Civics 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.

Ancestry 131

Ancestry K-12 Education Geography 131