{"id":21961,"date":"2025-07-11T15:45:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T19:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=21961"},"modified":"2025-10-16T22:40:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T02:40:05","slug":"count-me-in-using-labs-to-teach-population-geography","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/event\/count-me-in-using-labs-to-teach-population-geography\/","title":{"rendered":"Count Me In! Using Labs to Teach Population Geography"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Summary<\/h4>\n<p>In this session, we will discuss how to use laboratory assignments to teach population geography. Population geography connects diverse topics including sustainability, economics, politics, and culture. Using labs to teach this topic allows students to use real world data to deepen their understanding of population geography concepts. In this session, we will begin with an overview of teaching population geography, connecting it to geography and social studies standards. In the second part, examples of labs will be introduced, including the topics of international censuses, population policy campaigns, age specific fertility rates, and migration patterns. While the session is geared toward the college classroom, the content is easily adaptable to middle and high school grades. Lab assignments will be shared with attendees.<\/p>\n<h4>Session Focus<\/h4>\n<p>Higher Education | Inquiry | Population Geography, Labs<\/p>\n<h4>Conference Room<\/h4>\n<p>Clark<\/p>\n<h4>Meet the Presenter<\/h4>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-21962 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GAcheson-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"98\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GAcheson-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GAcheson-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GAcheson-768x1076.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncge.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GAcheson.jpg 914w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 98px) 100vw, 98px\" \/>Gillian Acheson<\/strong> is a professor in the Department of Geography &amp; GIS at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She teaches a variety of courses including World Regions, Human Geography, Population Geography, Spatial Thinking &amp; Behavior, Geography of Food, and Geography and Social Justice. Her research interests are in geography education and the cultural landscape with publications ranging from map reading and comprehension to representation of women in introductory geography textbooks to the cultural landscape of cemeteries. She is a past recipient of NCGE\u2019s Higher Education Distinguished Teaching award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary In this session, we will discuss how to use laboratory assignments to teach population geography. Population geography connects diverse topics including sustainability, economics, politics, and culture. 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