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On-Demand Webinars

Not able to join the live webinar? We have you covered. We know how busy educators are and that is why NCGE’s Webinar program includes on-demand access to all of the webinars. In order to best serve you, webinars have been organized by school year.

2024 - 2025 Webinar Series

Developing Religious Literacy in the Social Studies Classroom

The Cost of Borders

Toxic Supply Chains of War in Iraq

Spaceship in the Desert

Displacement and Belonging

Hidden in Plain Sight: How to Use Your Local Geographic Landscape in Class

Environmental Cooperation as a Path to Peace in The Middle East

Environmental Cooperation as a Path to Peace in The Middle East

Global Population Trends

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2023 - 2024 Webinar Series

Connecting Globally, Educating Locally: Empowering Students through Virtual Exchange with Reach the World

Jewish Immigration to America: 1880-1924

5 Ways to Teach About Scale with Interactive Maps

Digital Storytelling in the Geography Classroom

The Global History of the Tomato: A Perspective from the Middle East

The Forgotten Genocide: Armenia Then and Now

The Adventures of Mo: A geography resource for educators

Maximizing geographic inquiry: Question formulation, connecting to standards, and civic engagement

Economic Impact of Black Cowboys: Yesterday & Today

Hands-on Play Saves the Day: Play-Doh® and LEGO® in the Middle School Classroom

Urbanization Speed Dating

From Population to Migration: Discover Geography Classroom Resources with the U.S. Census Bureau

Project Based Learning in the World Geography Classroom

Teaching About Judaism

Imagination Land - Using Imagination to Teach Abstract & Difficult Concepts

APHG Essentials: Dive into Population and Migration

APHG Bellringers: Mastering and Strategies

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2022 - 2023 Webinar Series

Teaching students to think spatially requires key components of spatial thinking to be integrated into the curriculum, instruction, and assessments in an explicit manner. In this Webinar, Injeong Jo and April Bannert will share tips and tools for incorporating the three components of spatial thinking into your instructional plan systematically. A lesson created to teach students about diffusion while also practicing spatial thinking skills will be used as an example.

Asylum Seeking at the US-Mexico Border

Basics of Cartography: Mapping Infrastructure in the Occupied West Bank

Strand: APHG

Teaching Success on the FRQ

iScore 5 All Year Long

AP Review

Strand: Full Spectrum

Electoral Maps and Legislative Elections: Resources for teaching about redistricting

GeoCamp Iceland: Professional Development in the Land of Fire and Ice

Geography Activities for a World of 8 Billion

Students Using Participatory Mapping

Beyond Reading the Definition From a Slide: Teaching Sense of Place and Place Making

Agriculture in APHG: Making Connections to Food, Land & People

Your State in 5 Maps

Interactive Clickable Maps for K-12 Geography

AP Human Geography: Tricks and Tips for Unit 6, Urban Patterns

Embedding Outdoor Learning into Everyday Geography Lessons

APHG StoryMaps – The Travels of a T-Shirt

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2021 - 2022 Webinar Series

Strand: Elementary

Geography At Home, In the Car, and At School

K-2 Geography Part I: Treasure Hunts, Classroom Models, and Playground Maps

K-2 Geography Part II: Treasure Hunts, Classroom Models, and Playground Maps

Collaborative Adventures in Elementary Social Studies through Mystery Skypes

Strand: Middle School

Using the Geo-Inquiry Process for Student-Led Field Experiences...

Virtual Field Trips: Exploring the World with Your Classroom

Understanding COVID and Public Health Policy in the U.S. and Iceland Using Maps

Strand: High School

The Resilience Project: Transformation in Sustainability Community Engagement Projects

The 1964 Freedom Schools as a Neglected Chapter in Geography Education

Geospatial Tools that Empower Student Humanitarianism

A Step Toward Decolonization: Understanding Indegenous Culture Place Names

CARTOONING IN A GEOGRAPHY CLASSROOM

Audio Storytelling for Impact

COVID-19 & Health Equity: How can we slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus to protect our communitiesTitle

Mapping Vending Machines: Bring GIS Into Your Classroom

Exploring Sense of Place: Student-led Virtual and IRL Independent Studies

Invitations to Inquiry with FieldScope: Engaging Students with Community & Citizen Science Data

Geography, Student Outcomes, and Educational Equity: Future Needs

Bug Appétit: How Insects are Creating Globally Sustainable Foods

MAPPING AND MAKING - GEO MAKER INSTITUTE

GIS AND STUDENTS' SPATIAL THINKING SKILLS: COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL IMPACT

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT THE SDGS

Writing Name, Reading Hip Hop: Igniting a “True School” Hip Hop Pedagogy in the Classroom

Strand: APHG

Engaging Human Geography Students Through Inquiry-Based Projects

Scale Analysis: Using Geographic Scale to Explain Spatial Relationships

Verbal FRQing

Integrating OpenStreetMap into the Classroom

Strand: Higher Education

Tried and pretty true! Tactics for highly effective teacher professional development with GIS

Making Geographic Thinking Stick

Building Geographic Voice in Reluctant Learners

Strand: Full Spectrum

Raising the Visibility of Geography in STEM and Other Disciplines

Contested Landscapes-Mapping Inequality from Redlining to COVID-19

The Anthropocene: How Social Studies Teachers Should Respond

Teacher Leadership in Geo-STEMSS

USING PERSONAL TRAVEL TO ENRICH GEOGRAPHY LESSONS

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