The GeoSpatial Zone
The Geospatial Room located in the Halsey Family Hall, offers a full day of sessions dedicated to bringing the power of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) into today’s classrooms. Designed for […]
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Events
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Conference Room: Halsey Family Hall
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Learning Along the Fall Line: Building an OER State Atlas for All Learners
Conference Room: Reynolds Leadership CircleSummary Imagine a free, comprehensive digital atlas designed specifically for K–12 educators — one that connects geography, history, science, ELA, and math in a single resource. The Virginia Geographic Alliance […]
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Crossing the Conceptual Fall Line: Scaffolding AP Human Geography FRQs
Conference Room: LacySummary AP Human Geography students often possess strong content knowledge but struggle to translate that understanding into effective Free-Response Question (FRQ) responses. This interactive workshop focuses on practical, classroom-tested strategies […]
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The Unruly Rio Grande: How A Meandering River Re-shaped the US-Mexico Line
Conference Room: Robins Family Forum TheaterSummary Rivers flood and change over time which can cause major issues regarding political boundaries between nations. What happens when this directly impacts people’s homes, cultural beliefs, and economic zones. […]
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Reawakening the Stealth Geography Approach in a Persistent Battleground: Elementary Education
Conference Room: ByrdSummary In the early 2000s, integrating geography and literacy at the elementary level garnered attention (Gandy, 2006; Holloway, 2015) in the wake of NCLB and the College and Career Readiness […]
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Places of Service and Sacrifice: Teaching Through National Cemeteries
Conference Room: LacySummary AP Human Geography students often possess strong content knowledge but struggle to translate that understanding into effective Free-Response Question (FRQ) responses. This interactive workshop focuses on practical, classroom-tested strategies […]
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From Maps to Mandates: Teaching the Arab-Israeli Conflict with Primary Sources
Conference Room: CullenSummary Explore the history and background of the Arab-Israeli conflict through primary source documents and teaching strategies that support critical analysis of texts. Major historical developments in the Arab-Israeli conflict […]
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Yippy-Ki-Yay, Morphin’ Culture!: Teaching Holiday Traditions and Cultural Change Using Die Hard
Conference Room: Robins Family Forum TheaterSummary The “Die Hard as a Christmas movie” debate offers an entry point for engaging students in learning about culture and its interpretation. As classroom practice shifts toward an emphasis […]
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Cultivating Civic Stewardship Through StoryMaps: Narrative Mapping of Coastal Displacement
Conference Room: Reynolds Leadership CircleSummary This interactive workshop models how ArcGIS StoryMaps can be used to support geographic thinking and civic stewardship through narrative mapping in secondary classrooms. Participants will engage with a classroom-ready […]
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Demography 101: Understanding Population Trends through Hands-on Activities
Conference Room: LacySummary Population dynamics have been in the news, especially related to falling birthrates and what that might portend for future generations, economics and the environment. This session engages participants with […]
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Environmental Cooperation: Forging a Peaceful Path in the Middle East
Conference Room: CullenSummary This 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 […]
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An Ecocentric Approach to Teaching Geography
Conference Room: Reynolds Leadership CircleSummary Human-led exploitation of our planet has resulted in an enormous environmental crisis. Anthropocentrism, the belief that the world was made for humans and everything in it is meant for […]
