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SUMMARY:Learning Along the Fall Line: Building an OER State Atlas for All Learners
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nImagine 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 has built exactly that with An Atlas of Virginia\, offering 40 full-page maps\, interactive online resources\, nonfiction text\, charts\, and a teacher guide aligned to state standards in one dynamic resource. \nIn this session\, participants will explore the features and instructional potential of An Atlas of Virginia and discuss what it takes to build something similar in their own states. We’ll examine the components that make this atlas an effective classroom tool — from cross-curricular connections and literacy support to interactive maps and standards alignment — and brainstorm how state geographic alliances\, university partners\, and educators can collaborate to bring similar projects to life digitally.\nWhether you teach in Virginia or anywhere across the country\, you’ll leave with inspiration\, a replicable model\, and practical next steps for advocating for — or building — a state atlas resource your students deserve \nSession Focus\nAll Grade Levels | America250 through a Geographic Lens | Curriculum and Instruction \nConference Room\nReynolds Leadership Center \nMeet the Presenter\nAnnie Evans\, Director of Education and Outreach\, has spent over half her life teaching history and civics in Virginia’s K-12 public schools. She collaborates with a network of educators\, museums\, and cultural institutions nationwide to create learning resources that inspire the next generation of educators\, public historians\, and community leaders. Her work emphasizes inquiry-based and place-based learning\, connecting local history to broader topics for secondary and post-secondary audiences while fostering vibrant communities among educational groups and institutions. Annie is the recipient of the National Council for History Education’s Sarah Drake Brown Leadership in History Award\, recognizing her dedication to history education and collaborative approach to curriculum design.
URL:https://ncge.org/event/learning-along-the-fall-line-building-an-oer-state-atlas-for-all-learners/
LOCATION:Conference Room: Reynolds Leadership Circle
CATEGORIES:Conference Sessions
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SUMMARY:Crossing the Conceptual Fall Line: Scaffolding AP Human Geography FRQs
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nAP 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 for scaffolding FRQs while maintaining AP-level rigor and alignment with the APHG Course and Exam Description. \nParticipants will analyze common student breakdown points\, unpack FRQ task verbs\, and practice using scaffolds that support geographic reasoning\, vocabulary\, and evidence-based explanation. Emphasis will be placed on helping students move from description to analysis across human and cultural geography topics such as population\, migration\, urbanization\, and development. \nAttendees will actively engage with and share a variety of strategies and will leave with adaptable resources that can be implemented immediately. This session is designed for APHG educators seeking to improve student writing\, equity of access\, and confidence with FRQs while strengthening core geographic thinking skills. \nSession Focus\nAPHG Educators | Human and Cultural Geography | Curriculum and Instruction \nConference Room\nLacy \nMeet the Presenter\nAllison Cecil is a National Board Certified Teacher and social studies educator at duPont Manual High School in Louisville\, where she teaches AP Human Geography and Dual Credit courses in business and personal finance. She serves as an Assistant Chief Reader for the College Board AP Human Geography Exam. Allison develops inquiry-based curriculum and professional development focused on strengthening students’ geographic reasoning and evidence-based writing. Her recent projects include contributing as an author to History of Korea: Course Companion for IB History Paper 3 and leading classroom and community-based initiatives through the Korean War Legacy Foundation Veterans Legacy Project.
URL:https://ncge.org/event/crossing-the-conceptual-fall-line-scaffolding-ap-human-geography-frqs/
LOCATION:Conference Room: Lacy
CATEGORIES:Conference Sessions
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SUMMARY:From Rapids to Rivets: Mapping the Fall Line as the Strategic Backbone of the Arsenal of Democracy
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nWhile World War II is often taught through the lens of distant battlefields\, the domestic war of mobilization was won through a landscape shaped millions of years prior. This presentation demonstrates how the Fall Line—the geomorphologic boundary between the Piedmont and the Coastal Plain—served as the primary spatial determinant for American mobilization in the 1940s. \nBy analyzing historical cartography and industrial density maps\, we explore how the Fall Line’s “break-of-bulk” points evolved from 18th-century trading posts into the 20th century’s most vital logistics hubs. This session will provide educators with a framework for using primary sources\, including maps\, to show students that the locations of WWII-era munitions plants\, shipyards\, and embarkation points in cities like Richmond\, Baltimore\, and Philadelphia were not coincidental. They were the direct result of a geological transition that provided the hydropower\, rail connectivity\, and deep-water access necessary for total war. Attendees will leave with access to FREE high-quality resources from the National World War II Museum\, including a lesson plan on the Arsenal of Democracy that uses primary sources to bridge the gap between physical geography and global conflict\, proving that the road to Berlin and Tokyo began at the waterfalls of the Eastern Seaboard. \nSession Focus\nSecondary/High School | Human and Cultural Geography | U.S. History \nConference Room\nCullen \nMeet the Presenter\nJosie Perry is a National Board certified teacher in Social Studies-History. She teaches US History\, Contemporary World Studies\, and Advanced Placement Human Geography at Rising Sun High School in Maryland. She is a Teaching Ambassador for the National World War II Museum and leads professional development sessions for the museum around the country. She was a co-host of the Museum’s Electronic Field Trip World War II: Legacy\, which explored the end of the war and the postwar period\, and a lesson contributor to the new Holocaust Curriculum Guide. She is a 2026 Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation Fellow. In 2024\, she completed a fellowship with the Genocide Education Project\, including a field experience in Armenia and led multiple professional development sessions on the Armenian Genocide and its lasting impact. She has participated in the Choices Program Fellowship at Brown University with a focus on human rights\, Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Fellowship\, the NEA Foundation Global Learning Fellowship\, and the National World War II Museum Liberation and Legacy Fellowship.
URL:https://ncge.org/event/from-rapids-to-rivets-mapping-the-fall-line-as-the-strategic-backbone-of-the-arsenal-of-democracy/
LOCATION:Conference Room: Cullen
CATEGORIES:Conference Sessions
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SUMMARY:The Unruly Rio Grande: How A Meandering River Re-shaped the US-Mexico Line
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nRivers 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. This session focuses on the shifting Rio Grande border with Mexico due to significant flooding in the 19th century and the changes that resulted in a 100 year dispute over a stretch of land in El Paso\, Texas. During a time period of heightened Cold War tensions\, a peaceful negotiation was reached that ended the dispute and permanently altered the course of the Rio Grande River in this area. Various materials and resources will be provided along with lessons that can be used in U.S. History courses or AP Human Geography classes. \nSession Focus\nHigher Education | Physical & Environmental Geography | U.S. History \nConference Room\nRobins Family Forum Theater \nMeet the Presenter\nDawn Schmidt teaches in Tempe\, Arizona at Corona del Sol High School. This is her 30th year and she is teaching Honors World Geography to 9th graders\, AP Human Geography\, an elective for 10th-12th graders\, and Honors United States History to 11th graders. Schmidt currently serves as a board member of the Arizona Council for Social Studies and she is also Teacher Consultant for the Arizona Geographic Alliance. She was awarded the K-12 Distinguished Teaching Award by NCGE in 2021\, the Isidore Starr Outstanding Social Studies Teacher by ACSS in 2016\, and the Flinn Foundation Outstanding Teacher Award in 2013 and 2008. Schmidt has had the opportunity to participate in educational study tours in Taiwan\, Japan\, Tajikistan\, Honduras\, Germany\, and the United Arab Emirates.
URL:https://ncge.org/event/the-unruly-rio-grande-how-a-meandering-river-re-shaped-the-us-mexico-line/
LOCATION:Conference Room: Robins Family Forum Theater
CATEGORIES:Conference Sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T100500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T104500
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SUMMARY:Reawakening the Stealth Geography Approach in a Persistent Battleground: Elementary Education
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nIn 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 Standards. The need for such calls further intensified in the wake of recent nationwide science of reading initiatives and persistent standardized testing. Consequently\, elementary teachers’ time constraints further marginalize elementary-level geography. As a result\, a stealth approach that integrates Geography with literacy is required to provide meaningful geography instruction in elementary grades (Sekeres & Gregg\, 2008). As noted in the Road Map for 21st Century Geography Education\, “Geography should be taught wherever it is found – whether in math\, science\, social studies\, literature\, technology\, or the arts” (Bednarz et al. 2013\, p. 10) \nThis presentation will provide a threefold approach to address marginalization in elementary-level geography. First\, reviewing previous scholarly advances in integrating geography and children’s literature offers a clear way forward. Second\, examples of effective integration of literature with the Geography for Life Six Essential Elements will be demonstrated. Third\, participants will receive an introductory list of elementary geography children’s books and additional resources to empower teachers and teacher educators to integrate elementary geography into quality children’s literature. \nSession Focus\nEarly Childhood/Elementary | Geography for Life | Literacy \nConference Room\nByrd \nMeet the Presenter\nJayson Evaniuck \n 
URL:https://ncge.org/event/reawakening-the-stealth-geography-approach-in-a-persistent-battleground-elementary-education/
LOCATION:Conference Room: Byrd
CATEGORIES:Conference Sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T100500
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SUMMARY:Places of Service and Sacrifice: Teaching Through National Cemeteries
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nAP 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 for scaffolding FRQs while maintaining AP-level rigor and alignment with the APHG Course and Exam Description. \nParticipants will analyze common student breakdown points\, unpack FRQ task verbs\, and practice using scaffolds that support geographic reasoning\, vocabulary\, and evidence-based explanation. Emphasis will be placed on helping students move from description to analysis across human and cultural geography topics such as population\, migration\, urbanization\, and development. \nAttendees will actively engage with and share a variety of strategies and will leave with adaptable resources that can be implemented immediately. This session is designed for APHG educators seeking to improve student writing\, equity of access\, and confidence with FRQs while strengthening core geographic thinking skills. \nSession Focus\nSecondary/High School | America250 through a Geographic Lens | U.S. History \nConference Room\nLacy \nMeet the Presenter\nAllison Cecil is a National Board Certified Teacher and social studies educator at duPont Manual High School in Louisville\, where she teaches AP Human Geography and Dual Credit courses in business and personal finance. She serves as an Assistant Chief Reader for the College Board AP Human Geography Exam. Allison develops inquiry-based curriculum and professional development focused on strengthening students’ geographic reasoning and evidence-based writing. Her recent projects include contributing as an author to History of Korea: Course Companion for IB History Paper 3 and leading classroom and community-based initiatives through the Korean War Legacy Foundation Veterans Legacy Project.
URL:https://ncge.org/event/places-of-service-and-sacrifice-teaching-through-national-cemeteries/
LOCATION:Conference Room: Lacy
CATEGORIES:Conference Sessions
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SUMMARY:From Maps to Mandates: Teaching the Arab-Israeli Conflict with Primary Sources
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nExplore 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 will be discussed. Participants will develop content knowledge\, experience student activities\, and receive ready-to-use resources and links to digital resources with detailed lesson plans including primary source documents\, maps\, and all necessary student materials. Curricular resources emphasize informational texts with text-dependent and document-based questions to support close\, analytic reading and evidence-based responses\, new literacy strategies\, and best practices in the use of technology in the classroom. Participants will be able to deliver rigorous\, standards-based instruction\, meeting state social studies content standards. High School World History and Global Politics teachers\, and their colleagues who seek to enrich their general content knowledge\, will benefit from this workshop. \nSession Focus\nSecondary/High School | Human and Cultural Geography | World/International \nConference Room\nCullen \nMeet the Presenter\nCasey Finch is an Educator for Institute for Curriculum Services and 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/from-maps-to-mandates-teaching-the-arab-israeli-conflict-with-primary-sources/
LOCATION:Conference Room: Cullen
CATEGORIES:Conference Sessions
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SUMMARY:Yippy-Ki-Yay\, Morphin’ Culture!: Teaching Holiday Traditions and Cultural Change Using Die Hard
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nThe “Die Hard as a Christmas movie” debate offers an entry point for engaging students in learning about culture and its interpretation. [JE1.1]As classroom practice shifts toward an emphasis on human geography and the use of geo-literacy skills\, understanding how to engage students with complexity of geography is increasingly important. Because social studies teachers do not receive adequate geography education in their preservice education programs (Bednarz et al.\, 2013)\, we developed and taught a series of mini-lessons focused on cultural change to preservice teachers in a social studies methods course. Using Die Hard as a throughline\, we developed lessons on (1) elements of culture\, (2) folk and pop culture\, (3) the impact of technology (e.g. film\, home video\, internet\, etc.) and diffusion on culture\, and (4) how virtual spaces are a cultural landscape. Though developed for preservice teachers\, this session will address how the lessons can be easily adapted for middle and secondary classrooms. While the Die Hard debate is fun to have\, we concluded with discussions about how cultural change is a normal\, yet invisible\, process. \nSession Focus\nSecondary/High School | Human and Cultural Geography | Inquiry \nConference Room\nRobins Family Forum Theater \nMeet the Presenter\nJeff Eargle is a clinical associate professor at the University of South Carolina where he serves as the Secondary Social Studies Program Coordinator in the College of Education. He is the coeditor of the forthcoming two-volume book Teaching Holocaust Geographies in Middle and High School from Palgrave Macmillan. \n  \nVernon Turner is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina\, where he teaches social studies methods in the Department of Teacher Education. His work focuses on social studies education and teacher preparation\, with particular attention to inquiry-based instruction and classroom practice. Prior to joining USC\, he taught high school geography\, including Advanced Placement Human Geography. \n  \nBethany M. Sanders is a doctoral student in the College of Education at the University of South Carolina and a high school social studies teacher in the South Carolina public school system. She received NCGE’s K–12 Distinguished Teaching Award in 2024\, and her doctoral studies focus on teaching geo-literacy in the secondary classroom.
URL:https://ncge.org/event/yippy-ki-yay-morphin-culture-teaching-holiday-traditions-and-cultural-change-using-die-hard/
LOCATION:Conference Room: Robins Family Forum Theater
CATEGORIES:Conference Sessions
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