I just updated my site and situation worksheet for my students. Topics cover SITE, SITUATION, ABSOLUTE LOCATION, and RELATIVE LOCATION. Some of these are good for debate’s sake. If you […]
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LESSONS AND WORKSHEETS: Enclaves and Exclaves-ESRI Storymap
If you haven’t checked out ESRI’s collection of story maps yet, now is the time! These are great little interactive stories that are fun to scroll through-including this one on […]
Read MoreThe Art of Making Globes
What I really like about this collection of short video clips is seeing how much art is incorporated in the creation of something that requires such precision. Art and science […]
Read MoreResource: All Models are Wrong
Thanks to a Facebook poster, Betsy Smalley for posting the original article. This is very relevant to all of us who teach Human Geography and teach all of the geographic […]
Read MoreNEWS via Marketplace: Small-scale manufacturing is on the rise in American cities
Time: 3 min. 36 sec. Have students listen to a contemporary example of how one Rust-Belt city is making it’s comeback (Duluth, Minn.) This would be a great story to […]
Read MoreINTERACTIVE: Compare Map Projections via Map-projections.net
If you’re looking to show your students the quick difference between conic, cylindric, and planar-look no further. This great website by Tobias Jung compares 150+ different map projections. Remember that […]
Read MoreProfessional Development Night at the 2017 AP Human Reading
If you haven’t had the chance to grade hundreds (for some of you thousands) of AP exams, I highly suggest that you do it at least once. While the reading […]
Read MoreGoogle Doc: 2017 Collaborative FRQ Rubric
If you would like to discuss the FRQs with your students today, here is a collaborative rubric to share/review ideas. Try not to delete the questions themselves and just add […]
Read MoreLESSON 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.
Read MoreWEBCOMIC: Themes and Traditions of Geography
This page is the first of many within this section of the chapter. On this page, we learn the difference between cultural geography and physical geography, why math is still important, and […]
Read MoreWEBCOMIC: Human Geography in Practice-Collecting the Data
These pages address the marriage of the humanities and the sciences, and how we get and use data. Vocab includes: Data aggregation, primary data, secondary data, satellite imagery, remote sensing, […]
Read MoreWEBCOMIC: What is Human Geography?
The first page addressing “What is Human Geography” is now up. Vocabulary terms include: Human Geography, Why of Where, and Geographic Models. Click to enjoy!
Read MoreVIDEO via The Atlantic: How the World’s First Cities Got Started via The Atlantic
This short video explains where and why the World’s first cities emerged. It touches on the birthplace of agriculture and how it led to the formation of complex institutions and trade. […]
Read MoreLESSONS & WORKSHEETS: Climate Migrants via ESRI Storymaps
The ESRI storymap on climate refugees does a phenomenal job sampling locations in the world that experience migration effects as a result of climate change. Though many times, there are […]
Read MoreLESSON 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.
Read MoreLESSON 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.
Read MoreINTERACTIVE via Localingual: Listen to Voices Around the World
Localingual is an interactive map that allows users to zoom in and hear voice samples from all over the world. Users can also submit their own samples to add to […]
Read MoreLESSON PLAN: Global Migration Flow & Data Visualization
Description: This worksheet is inspired by the Global International Migration Flows website by the Wittgenstein Centre. It uses migration data over the course of 5-year periods in a circular-flow chart. […]
Read MoreLESSON 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.
Read MoreMC QUESTIONS: Volume 1 Edition 6
This week’s MC questions are inspired by US interregional migration shifts, folk culture & video games, cultural dispositions towards the sciences, and boundary disputes between Timor and Australia. Download Below! Human Questions […]
Read MoreNEWS via theguardian: Moana: progressive paean to Polynesia – or another of Disney’s cultural blunders?
Moana: The Progressive Paean to Polynesia or another of Disney’s Cultural Blunders? This is an article that discusses whether Moana, the Disney movie, is an example of cultural appropriation or […]
Read MoreARTICLE via VOX: 15 before-and-after images that show how we’re transforming the planet
15 Before and After Images that Show How We’re Transforming the Planet This article includes fifteen aerial images of the Earth and it’s physical transformation as a result of human […]
Read MoreINTERACTIVE via New York Times: Where Is America’s Heartland? Pick Your Map
Where is America’s Heartland? Pick your Map This short interactive has users choose a map that they feel best represents the “American Heartland.” After voting, they will see a tally and […]
Read MoreVIDEO via New York Times: A Conversation With Asians on Race
A Conversation with Asian-Americans on Race This video shows Asian Americans confronting stereotypes about their own community. Human Geography Application: This would be a great clip to show while discussion ethnicity. […]
Read MoreInteractive via PBS: Can You Tell Someone’s Race by Looking at Them?
Race: The Power of Illusion Via PBS: How easy is it to group people into “races” based on appearance? What about using individual traits? Does everybody classify the same way? […]
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