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SUMMARY:Pecans: The All-American Nut
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nThe audience will be presented with a short history of the pecan nut. A slide show will follow the history of the pecan\, touching on the Native Americans who introduced the nut to the first Europeans exploring the Americas. The wonderful nutritious value and early farming techniques were used to enhance the plant and the pecan’s popularity with the founding fathers of our country. Introduction of several lessons to be used with middle school students of geography and American history. One lesson will be demonstrated with participants\, using maps to chart the spread of the pecans throughout the United States and the world. Visual aids will include a branch from a pecan tree\, nuts with the hard outer husk still attached\, along with native and soft- shelled pecans. We will discuss the different uses of pecans and how the nuts have been modified by improving size\, taste\, and yield. Our presentation will include products to show\, including items made from pecan wood\, pecans\, and pecan oil. \nSession Focus\nMiddle School/Junior High | U.S. History| America’s\, Indigenous\, Resource \n Conference Room\nLewis \nMeet the Presenters\nPamela Hamman was born and raised in Oklahoma and has always had a love for learning. She enjoys reading\, exploring new places\, and gaining new perspectives. Hamman attended the University of Oklahoma for her undergraduate studies and earned a master’s degree in education from East Central University. She is married to her high school sweetheart\, and has two children and two grandchildren. Family is a big part of Hamman’s life\, and they continue to be a source of joy and inspiration. She has worked in education for over twenty years and still find excitement in what she does. Every day brings new opportunities to learn—often from her students. She spent her entire teaching career in middle school\, and when she  first started\, someone said\, “You’ll either love it or hate it.” She can honestly say she does not hate it! Throughout the years\, she has taught a variety of subjects including Civics\, World Geography\, Western and Eastern Hemisphere Geography\, World History\, American History\, and Current Events. She has also coached high school swim. Her time at Prague Public Schools has been incredibly rewarding—the supportive community and strong connections make it a great place to work. Outside the classroom\, she loves working outdoors\, traveling\, and meeting new people. Hamman is a big fan of live music and tries to attend as many concerts as possible. She also has a deep interest in American History. She had the honor of seeing three U.S. Presidents in person\, and is proud to say there’s even an Olympian in my family! \nLousondra Waltz is from Oklahoma City\, Oklahoma where she grew up.  Waltz graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor of Arts in History (Go Pokes). She has two sons who graduated from the University of Oklahoma (Go Sooners)\, they are both happily married but no grandchildren yet.  Waltz has been teaching for 28 years in public schools in Oklahoma\, both in high school and middle school. She has taught US History\, World History\, World Geography\, US Government\, and Western Hemisphere Geography.  She loves teaching\, traveling\, National Parks\, history\, dogs\, and my family.  She has greatly enjoyed meeting teachers from all over the country and learning from others.
URL:https://ncge.org/event/pecans-the-all-american-nut/
LOCATION:Conference Room: Lewis
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SUMMARY:The geography of the Holocaust: Topics\, geographical concepts\, methods\,  and representation
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nIn this presentation\, I will explore how geographic principles enhance Holocaust education\, emphasizing spatial thinking\, geographic inquiry\, and geospatial technologies. Drawing from professional development courses and curricula\, I will highlight three key themes: the varying scales of the Holocaust\, the geographies of camps and ghettos\, and the spatial ideologies behind Nazi policies. Maps\, Geographic Information Systems (GIS)\, and visual tools will be essential for examining these topics. I will discuss the Holocaust within its geographic and historical contexts\, illustrating how geography frames the spatial organization of Nazi genocide— from ghettoization to extermination. I will also show how geospatial technologies and mapping reveal patterns and offer insights at both city and national levels. Finally\, I will address the role of spatial thinking in Holocaust commemoration\, connecting geographic education to civic engagement and historical reflection. \nSession Focus\nSecondary/High School | World History  | Geography of the Holocaust\, GIS \nConference Room\nLewis \nMeet the Presenter\nAlberto Giordano is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Texas State University. He has served as President of UCGIS\, the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science and is the current Interim Director of the Gilbert M. Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education at Texas State University. Alberto is a founding member of the Holocaust Geographies Collaborative\, a network of researchers and scholars interested in bringing geographical approaches\, methods\, and perspectives to the study of the Holocaust and other genocides.
URL:https://ncge.org/event/the-geography-of-the-holocaust-topics-geographical-concepts-methods-and-representation/
LOCATION:Conference Room: Lewis
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251018T151500
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SUMMARY:How Do We Define Regions?
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nIn this presentation\, I demonstrate a mini-lecture and in-class activity I use in my undergraduate World Regional Geography course to introduce students to the concept of a region. On an outline map of U.S. states\, they draw the boundaries of “the Southwest” and list physical and/or human characteristics that define the region. They compare their results with those of classmates in a follow-up discussion and learn that the boundaries and characteristics of perceptual regions can vary. This lesson becomes the foundation for asking what characteristics the textbook authors used to draw the boundaries of each world region that we study throughout the course. It challenges students to think about “Why?” rather than just accepting world regional boundaries. The lesson is a thought-provoking way to begin the semester. I have also used it in a high school world geography classroom with similar success \nSession Focus\nHigher Education | World Geography | Engaging\, Strategies \nConference Room\nLewis \nMeet the Presenter\nDr. Susan Hume is a Professor in the Department of Geography & GIS at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She previously taught 9th grade World Geography and 12th Economics and has been an APHG Reader. Susan served on the NCGE Board of Directors as VP for Research from 2012-2014\, President in 2015\, and Past President in 2016.
URL:https://ncge.org/event/how-can-students-apply-their-geographic-knowledge-to-current-events/
LOCATION:Conference Room: Lewis
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SUMMARY:Geography Teaching for the Future: Leveraging New Ideas
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nIn a rapidly changing educational world filled with AI\, social media\, loosening teacher requirements\, and curriculum concerns across states\, what can we do in geography education to ensure our existence beyond all the unnecessary noise? In this presentation we will share ways to keep geography relevant and get students engaged in the classroom. We will discuss the tools needed to motivate students through the creation of transformational educational experiences. This begins with getting to know who our students are\, what they are interested in\, and what they aspire to become. Geography is in everything that we do\, and what better opportunity than in the classroom to showcase to students all the things they can do with an understanding in geography? We will talk about how to leverage AI and social media to create everlasting learning opportunities that will shape the future generation of geographers! After this\, your principal will see the value of investing in geography and in you! \nSession Focus\nSecondary/High School | Curriculum and Instruction | Pedagogy\, Student Motivation\, Authentic Learning \nConference Room\nLewis \nMeet the Presenters\nJoann Zadrozny\, PhD. is the senior research associate for the Gilbert M. Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education at Texas State University. Her research agenda involves tracking the status of geography and social studies standards across every state\, including analyzing the alignment among national and state geography standards. She also focuses on improving K-12 geography curriculum through the implementation of Powerful Geography\, and empowering teachers by leading professional development opportunities with the Texas Alliance for Geographic Education. \n  \nNamed a top modern-day explorer by Canadian Geographic and a top innovator in education by The Science Coalition\, Dr. Aaron Doering is an online learning\, design\, and adventure-learning pioneer. He has skied\, trekked\, and dogsledded the most remote regions of the world while delivering unique online learning experiences to students worldwide. Aaron is a laureate of the prestigious Tech Awards that honors innovators applying technology to benefit humanity\, a fellow for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society\, as well as the International Explorers Club. Aaron’s work and adventure learning projects have been featured on CNN International\, the Weather Channel\, CBC\, CBS\, the Wall Street Journal\, NPR\, and more. \n 
URL:https://ncge.org/event/geography-teaching-for-the-future-leveraging-new-ideas/
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SUMMARY:Box\, Box\, Box! Fostering pre-service elementary teachers’ geographic lens  through global F1 and STEM
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nIn this session\, we share experiences of our collaborative\, three-year pedagogical project that focuses on building elementary pre-service teachers’ geographic awareness and geographic lens with a purposeful eye towards connecting social studies\, geography\, science and STEM engineering processes that contribute to geographic thinking. Engaging the most popular global sport on the planet\, Formula 1\, a high-speed and thrilling racing series that encompasses 21 countries and 5 continents over the course of a year\, we will share with participants how we foster an inquiry-based\, experiential\, and curiosity-driven “race week” experience that showcases vast geographical locations\, diverse cultures\, elements of human-environment interaction\, a geography-informed student built foldable\, codable Ozobot robots\, and integrated STEM learning standards for our students and the young learners they will teach. Participants will leave the session with materials\, handouts\, examples\, and resources to help them consider their own Formula 1 exploration connected to global sport and popular culture for both young learners and pre-service teachers. While we worked from an elementary viewpoint\, we think there are opportunities for all grade levels and related disciplines given the spatial\, ecological\, historical\, economic\, and technological perspectives possible. \nSession Focus\nAll Grade Levels | Curriculum and Instruction | Pre-Service Teachers\, Elementary\, Formula1 \nConference Room\nLewis \nMeet the Presenters\nLori Meier is a Professor in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at ETSU. Her teaching and research interests include elementary social studies education with a specific focus on elementary geography and building pedagogically innovative moments of “global connections” with pre-service teachers. She also leads the M. Ed. In Curriculum and Instruction graduate program with an eye towards incorporating curriculum studies and foundations. \n  \n  \nLaura Robertson is an Associate Professor of Science Education at East Tennessee State University. Her teaching and research interests include integrating science with other content areas\, STEM education\, and collaboration between pre-service and in-service teachers. She has 11 years of experience as a middle school math and science teacher and 11 years of experience teaching science and STEM education courses in higher education.
URL:https://ncge.org/event/box-box-box-fostering-pre-service-elementary-teachers-geographic-lens-through-global-f1-and-stem/
LOCATION:Conference Room: Lewis
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SUMMARY:The Fate of Research in Geography Education: A Look Back to Plan Forward
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nResearch in geography education – Where are we now? This session begins a dialog to evaluate the current state of geography education and to determine concrete steps for the future. Guided by published research agendas and The Roadmap for 21st Century Geography Education project\, we will examine the geography education community’s progress tackling issues and conducting meaningful research. Come join us explore challenges and success as we discuss practical plans for the future. \nSession Focus\nAll Grade Levels | Research | Geography Education \nConference Room\nLewis \nMeet the Presenter\nMary Curtis
URL:https://ncge.org/event/the-fate-of-research-in-geography-education-a-look-back-to-plan-forward/
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SUMMARY:Teaching with Primary Sources: Analyzing the Holocaust through a  Geographic Lens
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nIn this session\, the presenters demonstrate how analyzing primary sources through a geographic lens differs from an historical lens while providing a more critical understanding of time\, place\, and events when juxtaposed with teaching history. Throughout the session\, the presenters share a series of activities related to the Holocaust\, which model how geographic inquiry can be used with a variety of primary sources\, such as photographs\, oral histories\, maps\, and political cartoons. The session will be interactive with attendees investigating primary sources to learn how geographic inquiry can produce a more nuanced understanding of the Holocaust when juxtaposed with teaching history. \nSession Focus\nSecondary/High School | Inquiry  | Primary Sources\, Holocaust \nConference Room\nLewis \nMeet the Presenter\nKen Carano is a professor of social science education in the division of education & leadership at Western Oregon University and programs coordinator for the Center for Geography Education in Oregon. Prior to joining higher education\, he taught high school social studies in Sarasota\, Florida and spent time living in Suriname\, South America as a Peace Corps Volunteer with his wife. Ken’s scholarship has long focused on issues of diversity\, equity\, and inclusion on both a local and global scale.
URL:https://ncge.org/event/teaching-with-primary-sources-analyzing-the-holocaust-through-a-geographic-lens/
LOCATION:Conference Room: Lewis
CATEGORIES:Conference Sessions
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SUMMARY:Enhancing Capabilities Through Racially Literate Curriculum Making
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nThrough a Spencer-funded research project\, 14 social studies teachers from the Midwest and 3 teacher educators collaborated with the goal of enhancing teachers’ racially literate curriculum making in the social studies. The eighteen-month endeavor draws from the international GeoCapabilities project and the recent book “Race\, Racism and the Geography Curriculum” (Morgan & Lambert\, 2023). \nThis session will summarize what was learned about racial literacy in geography teaching and about expanding teacher and student capabilities in the current political climate. Session participants will explore conceptual and practical tools\, including sample curriculum artifacts and vignettes developed by geography teachers. By the end of the session\, it is hoped that participants have a vision for how they might adapt and adopt the presented tools for contexts ranging from secondary geography classrooms to initial teacher preparation. \nSession Focus\nAll Grade Levels | Curriculum and Instruction | Racial literacy\, Curriculum-making\, Teacher-agency \nConference Room\nLewis \nMeet the Presenters\nKelly León is an Assistant Professor of Social Studies Education at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (UWGB). Prior to moving to UWGB\, she worked for nineteen years as a social studies teacher in a large urban school district in southern California. She led efforts to reconceptualize and update her district’s required 9th grade human geography course and also taught human geography for many years. Kelly completed her undergraduate degree\, bilingual teaching credential\, and M.E.d in Policy Studies in Language & Cross-Cultural Education at San Diego State University and her PhD in Education for Social Justice at the University of San Diego. Kelly is passionate about the role geography can play in a young person’s education and issues related to educational justice.
URL:https://ncge.org/event/enhancing-capabilities-through-racially-literate-curriculum-making/
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CATEGORIES:Conference Sessions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251017T151500
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SUMMARY:Beltrami on Expedition: Exploring Minnesota in 1823 in search of the  Headwaters of the Mississippi River
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nThroughout the 1800’s\, as the United States expanded north and west after the Louisiana Purchase\, there were numerous explorers who came to northern Minnesota searching for the headwaters of the Mississippi River. Though the mouth was well known and much of the lower and middle river well charted\, it proved to be difficult to find and map the ultimate source of the river which was though to be in the new northern territory of Minnesota. Members of the Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education have been engaged in researching this history and creating a documentary series reenacting these various important expeditions\, and the Italian explorer Giacomo Beltrami’s expedition of 1823 is the first to be completed. The hour long documentary will be shown\, followed by hands-on activities on a giant NGS classroom floor map of Minnesota to learn experientially why the river’s source was so difficult to determine. Why is the “True Source” of the Mississippi River still a scientific and geographic question today? Where\, Why There\, Why Care? Join us to explore and learn more about this exciting topic in US historical geography\, and learn how you too can use the film and associated activities with your students. \nSession Focus\nAll Grade Levels | U.S. History | Cartography\,  Exploration\, Headwaters \nConference Room\nLewis \nMeet the Presenters\nDr. Janet Rith-Najarian is a biogeographer and educator living in the northwoods of Minnesota\, among the “Sky-Blue Waters” of her home state’s storied 10\,000 lakes. Along with her past work doing surveys and research for various natural resource agencies\, she is a certified National Geographic educator and teacher-consultant who has served many years on the steering committee for the Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education. \nShe is also a Minnesota Master Naturalist\, a “Teacher-Ranger” with the National Park Classroom program\,  a naturalist and instructor  with the international Wild Wonder Foundation\,  and a mentor with the “Take Me Outside” Outdoor Learning Project. With an interest in historic cartography and scientific illustration\,  she has recently become an active member of  the “Arts in Exploration Collective” of the RGBS. In her free time\, she loves to go camping with her family and explore new places with her adventurous Geo-Dog. \nAlong with her colleague and fellow explorer and filmmaker Norwood Hall\, Janet’s most recent work is as a geographic and environmental storyteller.  Janet and Norwood are in the process of creating several documentaries\, podcasts\, and presentations about expeditions and famous explorers and natural scientists of the past\, with a special focus on Minnesota explorers on the Mississippi River. Today’s NCGE workshop will include a screening of their documentary about early Minnesota explorer Giacomo Beltrami\, along with inviting workshop participants to join in on an experiential expedition of Minnesota using an NGS Giant map and models of plants\, animals\, climate and more to build 3-D GIS layers of Minnesota’s landscapes and watersheds. \n 
URL:https://ncge.org/event/beltrami-on-expedition-exploring-minnesota-in-1823-in-search-of-the-headwaters-of-the-mississippi-river/
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SUMMARY:Geography: The Key to Our Global System of Agriculture
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nThis workshop explores the critical role of geography in shaping agricultural production and its impact on food\, clothing\, and shelter. Participants will connect these concepts to the Big Ideas of AP Human Geography (APHG)—Patterns and Spatial Organization\, Impacts and Interactions\, and Spatial Process and Societal Change—and gain strategies for engaging students in analyzing geographic influences on agriculture. The session introduces the SPEED model (Social\, Political\, Economic\, Environmental\, Demographic) as a framework for understanding these impacts. Attendees will also explore strategies for facilitating student discussions and conducting risk assessments on bioengineered foods\, organic vs. conventional farming\, food sustainability\, and antibiotic use in dairy production. \nPresenters will share free\, standard-aligned lesson plans linked to the National Geography Standards\, Common Core\, and National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes. \nSession Focus\nSecondary/High School | Curriculum and Instruction | Agriculture\, APHG\, Population \nConference Room\nLewis \nMeet the Presenters\nBrooke Carpenter serves as the Director of Education for the Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation\, where she leads a team of educators\, oversees the development of educational programs\, and coordinates statewide initiatives aimed at advancing agricultural literacy among students and teachers. She also represents Nebraska as the State Contact for the National Agriculture in the Classroom program. Brooke holds a B.S. in Agricultural Education from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
URL:https://ncge.org/event/nurturing-curiosity-with-earth-observation-day-games/
LOCATION:Conference Room: Lewis
CATEGORIES:Conference Sessions
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