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Rethinking Food Security from the Americas to North Africa

Mission Palms Conference Room: Covetto 60 E 5th St., Arizona

Summary This workshop will feature two scholars Dr. Jessica Barnes from the University of South Carolina and Dr. Megan Carney from the University of Arizona, in conversation on their research at the intersections of critical food security, migration/refugee studies, and precarity. The workshop will explore how marginalized groups experience food insecurity and how it manifests […]

Crafting Effective AP Human Geography Lessons: Strategies, Skills Development, and Free Response Mastery

Mission Palms Conference Room: Covetto 60 E 5th St., Arizona

Summary This session will demonstrate how to develop lessons that align with the course and exam description, emphasizing the big ideas central to the curriculum. Participants will learn how to effectively utilize provided instructional strategies, prioritizing the planning of skills-driven lessons and activities. The session will focus on showing how to introduce and reinforce skills, […]

Encoding Geography: Integrating Computer Science into Geography Instruction

Mission Palms Conference Room: Covetto 60 E 5th St., Arizona

Summary In the Encoding Geography Researcher Practitioner Partnership, researchers and teachers work together to explore the benefits and opportunities related to the integration of computational thinking and computer science into geography instruction. The intersection of geography and computer science connects directly to important research topics and impactful careers in many fields. These fields are likely […]

Tales from the Crypt: AZ Cemeteries and More

Mission Palms Conference Room: Covetto 60 E 5th St., Arizona

Overview Cemeteries are a unique cultural landscape. In this session, educators will see a showcase of AZ cemeteries and how they can teach local geography and history. Educators will then be introduced to a field study where students explore the symbols and demographics found in this unique environment. After gathering their information in the field […]

Using an Atlas to Develop Multiple Literacies

Mission Palms Conference Room: Covetto 60 E 5th St., Arizona

Overview An atlas can be more than a reference book. See how a student atlas can be a tool for developing the information literacies and analytic skills necessary to conduct geographic inquiries. Attendees will engage with instructional materials created for an atlas designed to align with 4th grade History-Social Studies standards in California. Through this […]

Thriving in an Academic Career: A new resource for early career geography faculty and mentors.

Mission Palms Conference Room: Covetto 60 E 5th St., Arizona

Overview This session provides an overview and sample chapters from Thriving in an Academic Career: An International and Interdisciplinary Guide for Early Career Faculty, a book that will be published by Taylor & Francis in late 2024 or early 2025. Edited by geographers Michael Solem, Ken Foote, Shannon O’Lear, LaToya Eaves, and Jong Won Lee, […]

Siloed AI and the Creative Commons: Supporting Teachers in Lesson Adaptation for Geography Education

Mission Palms Conference Room: Covetto 60 E 5th St., Arizona

Overview Virtual field trips highlight topics of importance in field-based and place-based education and help students learn physical geography concepts. To ensure effective and intentional Virtual Learning Experiences (VLEs) rich in concepts relative to space and place, VLE development should follow a process to ensure both theory and learning objectives are well matched for the […]

Unite the APHG Curriculum with Six Place Processes

Mission Palms Conference Room: Covetto 60 E 5th St., Arizona

Overview Human geography courses tend to be compartmentalized into distinct topics, such as the geography of migration, religion, linguistics, politics, land use, agriculture, urbanization, and economics. This segmented approach, akin to a “grand tour,” can hinder learners’ abilities to recognize overlaps among geographic phenomena. Spatial thinking is frequently cited as a key tool for making […]

Double Displacement: Unlikely Intersection of Americans

Mission Palms Conference Room: Covetto 60 E 5th St., Arizona

Overview During WWII, President Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066 resulted in approximately 125,000 people of Japanese ancestry to be forcibly removed from their homes on the West Coast, then incarcerated in government-built concentration camps. Two of the ten War Relocation Camps were located in Arizona, notably on American Indian reservation lands. 13,000+ incarcerees were “relocated” to […]

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