A Taste of JAHM: The Jewish American Experience
Overview Join us as we celebrate 20 years of Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM)! That’s right! It’s been 2 decades since President George W. Bush announced that May 2006 would […]
Overview Join us as we celebrate 20 years of Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM)! That’s right! It’s been 2 decades since President George W. Bush announced that May 2006 would […]
Overview As spring continues and summer approaches, let's get the students outside. Join us for a casual discussion about how to teach spatial thinking out in the field (outside) with […]
Overview Have a great lesson idea or trying something new in teaching geography that you would like to share? Consider publishing with the Journal of Geography or The Geography Teacher. […]
Geography on the Fall Line Form a spatial cluster with educators, researchers, and leaders in the discipline to network, learn about new trends in educational practice and research, and explore […]
Summary This strategy is especially powerful in Human and Cultural Geography because it mirrors the way geographers analyze patterns, relationships, and spatial organization. In human geography, students are constantly asked […]
Summary Death Valley National Park, CA may be the most diverse geographically in the country. Death Valley is the hottest place on earth, the driest and lowest place in North […]
Summary U.S. history meets Human and Environmental Geography in this hands-on workshop that examines 250 years of America demography, land and natural resource use, and ecological milestones. After a brief […]
Summary This workshop is designed to bring a lesson to a larger, teaching professional, audience. The Family Geography Project transforms the well-worn family tree into a more critical and more […]
Summary Examining the Holocaust spatially positions students to think about genocide in new ways. In documenting the Holocaust following World War II, war crimes investigators from the state and the […]
Summary In this session, we will discuss how to use laboratory assignments to teach population geography. Population geography connects diverse topics including sustainability, economics, politics, and culture. Using labs to […]
Summary As instructional time for social studies continues to shrink in many K–12 settings, geography educators face increasing pressure to demonstrate the relevance, rigor, and interdisciplinary potential of the discipline. […]
Summary This presentation focuses on an upcoming book - International Perspectives on Geography Education (Edward Elgar, 2026) - that highlights the actions taken by geography educators who work to improve […]