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GeoInquiries for APHG

Geography Education

“ GeoInquiries are short, standards-based inquiry activities for teaching map-based content found in commonly used textbooks. SOURCE: ESRI ESRI has produced GeoInquires for many diverse subjects , from American Literature to World History. Collections of 15–20 activities per topic enhance your curriculum throughout the year.”

Geography 130
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How Did Religion Spread Along the Silk Roads

World History Teachers Blog

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
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Amy Livingston’s Unexpected Vocation: Teaching America’s Story

Teaching American History

Amy Livingston never expected to find a vocation in teaching America’s story. She never expected to teach at all. The next semester, she took two more US history classes, then realized she’d found her major. When a position teaching geography to ninth graders at a private high school opened, she took it.

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Activist students go to summer camp to learn how to help institute a ‘green new deal’ on their campuses

The Hechinger Report

Its goal is to teach students the skills they will need to launch an effort this fall using schools as a lever for slowing greenhouse gas emissions and accelerating the green energy transition. For 10 days this August, some 150 high schoolers from across the U.S. It’s difficult to acknowledge, until you see it,” she said.

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Worksheet Packets for Civics, World, & US History

Students of History

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.

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Civil Conversation Protects Our Civil Rights

Teaching American History

Two graduates of the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program submitted essays on how they teach these skills to the Bill of Rights Institute’s 2023 National Civics Teacher of the Year Award , placing among the top ten finalists. They teach self-government as a cooperative activity. Yet both go further.

Civics 52
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Lose the Breadth, Keep the Depth: How to Make Learning Meaningful with Inquiry-Based Lessons

Leah Cleary

I discuss some of these in my Teaching Gen Z series.) They’re what students should know by the end of the school year in a perfect world. But we don’t teach in a perfect world. We teach in a world where students have varying backgrounds and ability levels. The standards are an ideal.