How Do We Define Regions?
Conference Room: LewisSummary In this presentation, I demonstrate a mini-lecture and in-class activity I use in my undergraduate World Regional Geography course to introduce students to the concept of a region. On […]
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Count Me In! Using Labs to Teach Population Geography
Conference Room: ClarkSummary 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 […]
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The Student Atlas of Nebraska – Ten Years in Practice
Conference Room: NebraskaSummary The creation of a dedicated student atlas for use in Nebraska elementary grade classrooms will be discussed. This teaching tool began with an initial 2016 limited edition and came […]
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Exploring the Complex Geography of the Balkans
Conference Room: IowaSummary This lecture will present the findings of two geographers who recently conducted field research in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in preparation for leading professional development in the region. […]
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Opportunities in Non-Formal Education to Enhance Girls’ Motivation Toward Learning Geography, Geospatial Technologies, and Related Careers
Conference Room: WinnebagoSummary Join Lisa Elikan, NCGE 2025 Salvatore J. Natoli Dissertation Award recipient as she shares her dissertation that was conducted under the Department of Geography, Texas State University, San Marcos […]
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Mapping the African American Green Book
Conference Room: FlanniganSummary 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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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 […]