Esri StoryMaps – Part II
Overview ArcGIS StoryMaps have emerged as one of the most powerful and popular classroom tools from Esri in K12 education. Join us for the second part of this two-part series […]
Overview ArcGIS StoryMaps have emerged as one of the most powerful and popular classroom tools from Esri in K12 education. Join us for the second part of this two-part series […]
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. […]