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LESSON PLAN: The Sixth Epoch

Students will have the opportunity to predict what a sixth urban epoch would have looked like to John Borchert. Students will read about Borchert’s Five Stages of North American Urban Development and then consider how technology and transportation improvements will morph North American cities in the future.

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LESSON PLAN: Explaining Ernst Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration

Students will annotate John Corbett’s (UC Santa Barbera) short article that breaks down Ernst Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration.

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LESSON PLAN: United States Immigration History Chart

The objective is to show students that instances in history and various immigration policies result in various ebbs and flows among U.S. immigrants.

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LESSON PLAN: Diverted to Delhi Documentary & Video Guide

The synopsis provided by ABC TV Documentary: Diverted to Delhi looks at the Indian call centre phenomenon. It looks at how India, with no tradition of customer service, trains call centre workers to provide quality service to overseas customers. It follows university graduates attending two training courses. The graduates employed by Delhi’s cal centres have to put aside their cultural identity, modify their accent and change their name so they can converse with international customers. Most of the call centre business comes from USA and Britain but Australian interest in India is growing and an Australian training course is up and running, where Indians are introduced to the Australian vernacular courtesy of The Castle on video, It’s only a matter of time before tens of thousands of Indians will be saying “g’day mate” when they answer the phone.

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NEWS via NewYorkTimes: Some Who Fled Cuba Are Returning to Help

Some Who Fled Cuba Are Returning to Help By DAMIEN CAVEMARCH 4, 2014 At Atelier, foreigners and Cubans find food and service that had disappeared from Havana for decades. Credit […]

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NEWS via Telegraph: The maps which explain the Ukraine crisis

The maps which explain the Ukraine crisis As Russia and Ukraine come ever closer to blows over Crimea, we explain, using maps, the issues at stake 10:35AM GMT 04 Mar […]

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NEWS via NBCNews: First Americans May Have Been Stuck in Beringia for Millennia

First Americans May Have Been Stuck in Beringia for Millennia BY ALAN BOYLE WILLIAM MANLEY / IAAR / UNIV. OF COLO. This map shows the outlines of modern Siberia (left) […]

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INFOGRAPHIC via Drew Skau: Vaguely Rude Place Names of the World

Click on the info graph above to interact with place names. Totally inappropriate, totally hilarious. Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually. […]

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NEWS via HeritageDaily: 17th- and 18th-century risk of disease through Migration

17th- and 18th-century risk of disease through Migration HERITAGE March 3, 2014 – No comments The fate of migrants moving to cities in 17th- and 18th-century England demonstrates how a single pathogen could […]

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MAP via Sentencing Project: How Felon Voting Policies Restrict the Black vote

Cartogram of disenfranchisement rates, 2010. (Sentencing Project) In Florida, more than one in five black adults can’t vote. Not because they lack citizenship or haven’t registered, but because they have, […]

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NEWS via HinduBusinessLine: ‘Agriculture dependent population in India grew by 50% during 1980-2011’’

‘Agriculture dependent population in India grew by 50% during 1980-2011’’ According to a report of the Worldwatch Institute, the economically active agricultural populations of China and India grew by 33 […]

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NEWS via Gizmodo: Mapping the Geographical Digital Divide

Mapping the geographical digital divide This Gizmodo map of average Internet speeds by congressional district shows how disparate access to the web is.

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NEWS via Time: This Map Shows Where in the U.S. You Have the Highest Chance of Getting Struck by Lightning

This Map Shows Where in the U.S. You Have the Highest Chance of Getting Struck by Lightning PSA of the day By Olivia B. Waxman @OBWaxFeb. 28, 2014 Today, Atlantic Cities points out that […]

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Map via WashingtonPost: Where long-term Unemployment is at Historic Highs

Where long-term unemployment is at historic highs Before the recession smashed the record, long-term unemployment peaked at 26 percent thirty years ago. But in 2013 it was higher than that in 41 […]

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RESOURCE via GoogleMapsMania: Google’s Population Explorer-TRY THIS!

Monday, February 24, 2014 Population Mapping Population Explorer is a Google Maps based tool that can estimate the population of any area on Earth, down to an area of 1km2. Draw […]

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NEWS via National Geographic: Behind the Headlines: History and Geography Help Explain Ukraine Crisis

Behind the Headlines: History and Geography Help Explain Ukraine Crisis The country rests precariously between East and West. A woman wipes away tears as she walks away from a memorial […]

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Map via WashingtonPost: Where people are moving to and from

Where people are moving to and from The map above comes from Atlas Van Lines and shows where their customers were headed last year. Most states had a steady balance of people […]

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NEWS vía Global Times: Island Migration – Canada Closes it’s Doors

Island migration Recently, Canada announced that it would end its investor program, closing off another path for Chinese immigrants. However, as Canada closes the door, island countries such as St […]

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