{"id":17292,"date":"2024-08-07T11:37:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T15:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=17292"},"modified":"2024-08-07T11:37:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T15:37:09","slug":"tales-from-the-crypt-az-cemeteries-and-more","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/event\/tales-from-the-crypt-az-cemeteries-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales from the Crypt: AZ Cemeteries and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Overview<\/h4>\n<p>Cemeteries are a unique cultural landscape. In this session, educators will see a showcase of AZ cemeteries and how they can teach local geography and history. Educators will then be introduced to a field study where students explore the symbols and demographics found in this unique environment. After gathering their information in the field study, students then present their findings in charts, graphs, and written communications. All materials needed for the field study are free and online. The concepts learned in this session can be applied to cemeteries in any location.<\/p>\n<h4>Session Focus<\/h4>\n<p>Middle School\/Junior High | Field Study | Local Geography and History<\/p>\n<h4>Conference Room<\/h4>\n<p>Covetto<\/p>\n<h4>Meet the Presenter<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14856 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Ekiss.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Ekiss.png 300w, https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Ekiss-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/>In the past 30 years, <strong>Gale Olp Ekiss<\/strong> has continually showcased the application of K-12 geography<br \/>\nskills and content at local, state, and national social studies conferences.\u00a0Gale is a past Co-<br \/>\ncoordinator of the Arizona Geographic Alliance (AZGA). During her 18 years as Co-coordinator, she<br \/>\nwas the Project Manager for three National Geographic Society Education Foundation grant projects:<br \/>\nGeoLiteracy, GeoMath, and GeoLiteracy for ELLs.\u00a0 Gale helped secure consistent funding for the<br \/>\nArizona Geographic Alliance making this alliance one of the most visible supporters of geography<br \/>\neducation in the nation. She taught for Mesa Public Schools (Mesa, Arizona) for 28 years before<br \/>\nmoving to the university level.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Cemeteries are a unique cultural landscape. In this session, educators will see a showcase of AZ cemeteries and how they can teach local geography and history. Educators will then [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[89,114],"tribe_events_cat":[107],"class_list":["post-17292","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tag-annual-conference","tag-saturday-morning-session","tribe_events_cat-conference-sessions","cat_conference-sessions"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/17292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/17292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17293,"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/17292\/revisions\/17293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17292"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=17292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}