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Summary<\/h4>\n

High on engagement, this session will showcase a medley of \u201ckid-tested and teacher-approved\u201d classroom activities that allow students to tap into their place-based knowledge, leverage their cultural capital, and share their geography connections with one another. Participants will engage in a sampler of experiential activities, that foster cultural responsiveness (Multicultural Bingo), build map skills via collaboration (the \u201cABC\u2019s of . . . \u201d), and develop geoliteracy skills via personalized learning (Geographize Your Name). Educators will leave this session with \u201ctried and true\u201d classroom-ready lessons that DO solid geography.<\/p>\n

Session Focus<\/h4>\n

Middle School\/Junior High | Curriculum and Instruction | Geoliteracy, Place-based, Cultures<\/p>\n

Conference Room<\/h4>\n

Flannigan<\/p>\n

Meet the Presenter<\/h4>\n

\"\"Jeannine Kuropatkin<\/strong> has taught World History, AP Human Geography, World Geography, US History, and Holocaust Studies at the junior high and high school levels for the past 35+ years. She currently teaches World History\/Geography and coaches the Model UN Team at Red Mountain High School in Mesa, Arizona. Jeannine has been a long-standing Teacher Consultant with the Arizona Geographic Alliance, received the NCGE K-12 Distinguished Teaching Award, is a three-time recipient of the NCGE Nystrom Award for Exemplary Classroom Lessons and has been published twice in The Geography Teacher. She is currently serving her second term as Vice President of the Arizona Council for the Social Studies, is a former recipient of the ACSS Isadore Starr \u201cOutstanding Social Studies Teacher\u201d Award and has received the ACSS \u201cGreat Moments in Teaching\u201d Award on four occasions.<\/p>\n

Jeannine had the opportunity to participate in educational study programs and fellowships in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Mexico, South Korea, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands, as well as two Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad in Morocco and Indonesia. She is an education consultant and has written curriculum for The Arizona Geographic Alliance, National Geographic Society Education Foundation, The GeoCivics Project, Japanese American National Museum, and the Fred T. Korematsu Institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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