Mapping the African American Green Book
Summary The erasure of minority stories makes challenging the dominant reading of history important. The Green Book was an annual travel guide used by African American travelers from the 1930s […]
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Conference Room: Flannigan
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The geography of the Holocaust: Topics, geographical concepts, methods, and representation
Conference Room: LewisSummary In this presentation, I will explore how geographic principles enhance Holocaust education, emphasizing spatial thinking, geographic inquiry, and geospatial technologies. Drawing from professional development courses and curricula, I will […]
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Engaging local history through data literacy, storytelling, and digital scholarship
Conference Room: ClarkSummary Building on Ed Ayers’ 2021 essay, “All History is Local,” freely accessible digital scholarship tools and resources will be explored, allowing participants to drill down to local historical data, […]
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Citizenship, Identity, and Othering in the Nazi Camp System
Conference Room: NebraskaSummary This session focuses on a chapter from the forthcoming book, Teaching Holocaust Geographies in Middle and Secondary Schools. The camp system was the heart of Nazi terror and control, […]
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Case Studies and World Geography
Conference Room: IowaSummary This professional development session will explore the power of case studies in enhancing student learning in world geography. Participants will learn how to select and develop compelling real-world case […]
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Inquiry into Persecution, Scale, and Spatial Change with Holocaust Survivor Testimonies
Conference Room: WinnebagoSummary This presentation is based on our chapter in Teaching Holocaust Geographies in Middle and Secondary Schools, which offers a unique perspective on using geography to understand how this genocide […]
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Sovereignty, Territoriality, and the Zangezur Corridor
Conference Room: FlanniganSummary Participants will hear an overview of the debate over the Zangezur Corridor. Then in small groups, participants will read different viewpoints of the situation. Group members will discuss the […]
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When to Teach “Introductory” GIS? Evaluating Course Sequencing Across Institutions
Conference Room: WinnebagoSummary As GIS education continues to expand, it is essential to re-evaluate how introductory GIS courses are sequenced. Historically, introductory GIS was one of the few GIS-related courses available, often […]
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Pecans: The All-American Nut
Conference Room: LewisSummary The audience will be presented with a short history of the pecan nut. A slide show will follow the history of the pecan, touching on the Native Americans who […]
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Mapping the Geographical Theme of Movement on the GeoHistoGram
Conference Room: ClarkSummary From ancient civilizations to religions, technology, and even disease, the geographic theme of “Movement” plays an integral role in our understanding of the world. Participants will investigate the geographic […]
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Context, Input and Implementation Challenges on Learning Outcomes in Geography
Conference Room: IowaSummary Evidence has shown that some of the objectives of geography are hardly met. Research interests have been more on interventions especially on strategies to improve students’ learning outcomes in […]
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Exploring South Asia Through Literature: Using Award-Winning Books to Enrich Geography Education
Conference Room: NebraskaSummary The South Asia Book Award (SABA) celebrates outstanding literature that authentically portrays the cultures, histories, and lived experiences of South Asians, both in South Asia and across the globe. […]