BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//National Council for Geographic Education - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:National Council for Geographic Education
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ncge.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for National Council for Geographic Education
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20250309T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20251102T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20260308T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20261101T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20270314T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20271107T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T141500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T145500
DTSTAMP:20260531T193912
CREATED:20260528T145958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T150021Z
UID:24026-1792246500-1792248900@ncge.org
SUMMARY:Environmental Cooperation: Forging a Peaceful Path in the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nThis session examines some of the major environmental challenges in the Middle East\, particularly around water resources\, and the ways that Israelis\, Jordanians\, and Palestinians are cooperating to meet these challenges. Participants will develop pedagogic content knowledge about environmental challenges in the Middle East; regional cooperation among Israel\, Jordan\, and the Palestinian Authority to meet challenges; and environmental cooperation as a path to peaceful coexistence. Participants will also experience and apply critical pedagogy around social and environmental activism in the Middle East by focusing on case studies of three environmental groups. This presentation is particularly suited to high school social studies and history teachers; it is aligned with the common core and the resources emphasize 21st century skills such as using technology\, collaboration\, building consensus\, and analysis. \nSession Focus\nSecondary/High School | Physical & Environmental Geography | World/International \nConference Room\nCullen \nMeet the Presenter\nCasey Finch\, Educator with the Institute for Curriculum Services\, presents at conferences and facilitates professional learning for educators in the Northeastern region of the United States. Prior to joining ICS\, Casey spent 15 years teaching Social Studies. He taught in both public and private secondary schools in NH\, CO\, and MA. Most recently\, Casey worked for CFR Education developing teaching and learning materials about global civics. Casey holds a B.A in Political Science from the University of New Hampshire and an M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Denver. \nCasey facilitates professional learning for the following states: Maine\, New Hampshire\, Vermont\, Massachusetts\, Rhode Island\, Connecticut\, New Jersey\, Delaware\, Maryland\, West Virginia\, Pennsylvania\, Virginia\, and DC.
URL:https://ncge.org/event/environmental-cooperation-forging-a-peaceful-path-in-the-middle-east/
LOCATION:Conference Room: Cullen
CATEGORIES:Conference Sessions
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ncge.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2026_NCGE_Conference_Logo.png
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR