Geography of Mudejar Spain & Portugal

ESRI Map Competition

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Summary 2022-23 Competition Meetup Series A quartet of meetups (=webinars) for state leaders and educators. These are aimed at adults who want to help students participate effectively. (Hint: There are instances where you can see "the power of one," but best success "takes a village.") Meetups will be recorded and available to the public. Each […]

AP Review

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Summary In partnership with College Board, this webinar will provide strategies and ideas to help prepare your students for the AP exam. There will be McQ strategies, review of the FRQ task verbs and an overview of the exam itself. Presenters: Lisa Benton-Short, David Valdez,  and Julie Wakefield Webinar Access #Open Access | Join HERE

AP Review News You Can Use

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Summary Do you need advice on how to prepare students for the AP exam? Or do you have a great strategy you want to share? Then come to the AP REVIEW webinar question and answer session where expert teachers (insert names here) will share their strategies and offer advice on the best way to prepare […]

Teaching Food and Famine

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SUMMARY This seminar will offer an overview of Middle East food studies and tools for teachers to implement in the classroom. We will work with an exercise that incorporates recipes for active student learning that bridges theory and practice. Questions of nationalism, class, and gender will be at the center of our inquiry. PRESENTER INFORMATION […]

Teaching Food and Famine

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SUMMARY This seminar will offer an overview of Middle East food studies and tools for teachers to implement in the classroom. We will work with an exercise that incorporates recipes for active student learning that bridges theory and practice. Questions of nationalism, class, and gender will be at the center of our inquiry. PRESENTER INFORMATION […]

Explore the new MapMaker

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Summary Learn about the newly updated National Geographic MapMaker powered by ArcGIS Online. We’ll start at the beginning, covering the tools and a subset of data packaged within the MapMaker. All software and data used are free, accessible without login, and work on tablets and laptops. About the Presenters: Tom Baker is an education manager […]

Using Primary Sources to Examine Impacts on the Environment

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Summary Looking for middle school resources to explore hot-topic issues? Want to incorporate primary sources and practice real-world data analysis? Join Barbara Huth from Population Education in this interactive webinar that jumps into analyzing current and historic sources to make sense of how people are changing the world. Start with climate change: examining a variety […]

ArcGIS Map Viewer Create or Modify Maps

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Summary Are you creating storymaps? Engaging students in the Esri-NCGE student storymap competition? Then this webinar is for you!  Part of a 3-part series by Esri designed to support educators who are looking to engage their students in the world of geography.  In this webinar, Tom Baker and Charlie Fitzpatrick will discuss the map viewer […]

Creating great ArcGIS Storymaps

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Summary Do you want to teach with storymaps? Maybe you want to have students create them – even participate in competitions? Join us for this fast-paced introduction to ArcGIS Storymaps, including how to get started, latest features, and tips and tricks.  Learn how to quickly create immersive, multimedia stories with maps, narrative text, images, videos […]

Getting ready for the 2024 ArcGIS Competition for US Students (grades 6-12)

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Summary Students are building skills in geographic exploration, mapping, analysis, and presentation! The ArcGIS Online Competition for US High School and Middle School Students is a good next step: students in grades 4-12 research a topic of interest in their state and craft a StoryMap about their findings. Students can dive into a personal, custom project, enter it […]

APHG Exam Prep with iScore5!

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Summary Come hang out with iScore5 and get all of your questions answered about the AP Human Geography exam. The session will focus on your questions about best practices to prepare for the exam. For example, reviewing the structure of the exam - types of MCQ questions; types of FRQ questions; recent trends of FRQs. […]

Geography of Mudejar Spain & Portugal

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Summary After the fall of Zaragoza, the first taifa kingdom to be conquered by the kingdom of Aragon, the muslim & jewish population of Al Andalus became "mudayyan" (mudéjar): they lived under Christian rule. There is a progressive loss of rights but nevertheless the mudayyan population remained in their lands beyond the final disintegration of […]