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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Summary Tips and Tricks from classroom teachers on how to use the Bell Ringers in your AP Human Geography class. Bellringers can also be used in any on-level World Geography course. About the Presenters Laura Kmetz currently teaches AP Human Geography, AP Psychology and Sociology. She is the lead APHG teacher in Dallas ISD and […]
Overview How can engagements with the past both consolidate and challenge the power of state authorities? This presentation answers that question through a survey of monuments and memory across the contemporary Middle East. Drawing on case studies from places including Turkey, Egypt, Israel/Palestine, Algeria, and Saudi Arabia, this talk describes the many forms that memory […]
Overview Many communities across the globe are facing severe disruptions from climate-change. Large-scale projects like solar farms and seawalls often dominate the headlines, but bottom-up, community-based adaptations to climate emergencies are just as critical. Local mobilizations drawing on traditional knowledge and bonds of solidarity can help populations across the globe to mitigate the harsh consequences […]
Overview 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. Audience Focus AP Human Geography and High School Meet the Presenter Charlotte Haney has been […]
Summary Tips and Tricks from classroom teachers on how to use the Bell Ringers in your AP Human Geography class. Bellringers can also be used in any on-level World Geography course. About the Presenters Laura Kmetz teaches APHG in Dallas, TX at Booker T. Washington High School, where she is the Social Studies Department Chair. […]
Overview Poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality: the world faces many great and terrifying problems. It is these large problems that our work at Our World in Data focuses on. The goal of our work is to make this knowledge accessible and understandable to empower those working to build a better […]
Overview As thousands of geographers are preparing to gather in San Francisco in a few months, this is an opportunity to explore and understand how this city came into existence and how historic places can serve as sites of engagement and even reconciliation. The 250th anniversary of the Anza Colonizing Expedition of 1775-76 provides a […]
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