I finally finished my Covid lockdown project. I’m glad to finally clear this one from my plate, though I am proud of the finished product. CLICK HERE TO READ! There […]
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Illustrated Textbook
The Human Imprint’s Illustrated Human Geography Primer
As we begin to prep for the new year, I wanted teachers and students to be able to access the Human Imprint’s Illustrated Primer to Human Geography more easily than […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Eight Pages of Geopolitical Goodness
If you’ve ever wanted to see Mackinder and Spykman dual, the U.S. with pectoral muscles, or Nazi Germany as an embryonic state, you’re in for a real treat. Check out […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Boundary Dispute Types & Frontiers
In this episode we learn about boundary dispute types: definitional, locational, allocation, and operational. Our sherpa finds out you can’t get a proper GPS signal on Everest, and we learn […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Voices for Environmental Change: Oh Greta, My Greta
In the last episode: Greta Thunberg gives voice to change, the Imprints remind us that EVERYone can make a difference, and Dex Tweets out a Snap. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THIS […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Alternative Energies, the Pros & Cons
In this episode, we peruse a few popular alternative energy options including, BIOMASS, WIND, SOLAR, and GEOTHERMAL. And on a side note, can someone tell Elon Musk to speed up […]
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Lessons & Worksheets: Seeds of Suicide & The Failures of the Green Revolution
If you’re looking for a good activity that discusses the drawbacks of the Green Revolution, there is a documentary that I’ve used since 2009, though the story is still the same. […]
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LESSONS & WORKSHEETS: Rural Settlements & Dwellings-Illustrated Text and Wksts
If you’re looking for a fun way for students to explore rural land patterns and traditional housing styles, here is a set of 5 Illustrated Textbook pages on the topic, […]
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Illustrated Textbook: George Perkins Marsh & Political Ecology
In this episode: We find out how to make GEORGE PERKINS MARSH smile, learn about POLITICAL ECOLOGY, and harken back to a time when credentials mattered. Click to Read!
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Illustrated Textbook: The Tssssss….of Acid Rain
In this episode, Dex and Middleton try to explain GLOBAL WARMING, the OZONE LAYER, and ACID RAIN through a haze of air pollution. We also get a bonus blip about […]
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Illustrated Text: Global Warming … and Fireballs too
In this episode: We get all sciencey with GREENHOUSE GASSES, C02, CFC’s, and experiment with a spray can to a volcano. Click to enjoy!
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Illustrated Textbook: Rock that Trash-Cradle to Grave, Cradle to Cradle
In this edition; find out why Susie hates her dolly, learn the difference between CRADLE-to-GRAVE and CRADLE-to-CRADLE, and what will win you Dad of the Year. Click to read:
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Illustrated Textbook: Anthropocentrism and You…and Me. ….and Them.
In this edition;Â find out about ANTHROPOCENTRISM, why humans are caught between a rock and a hard place, and what made the turtle and kangaroo so sad. Click to read:
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Illustrated Text: Natural Resources
In this episode: Learn what FOSSIL FUELS, UNCHECK GROWTH, and NON-RENEWABLE ENERGIES have to to with global warming. What? There’s a correlation? Ack! Click to read!
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Illustrated Textbook: Our Environment, An Introduction
In this update, we remind ourselves why Earth is such a unique and magnificent place, marvel at my attempts of children’s book art, and ask yourself, “who really made Earth […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Ellen Churchill Semple; One Determined Determinist
In this edition, we learn about Anglocentrism, the role of Ellen Churchill Semple, and the counterargument to environmental determinism…possibilism. Click to Read!
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ILLUSTRATED TEXTBOOK: Huntington’s Environmental Determinism
Environmental determinism is on display in this edition of the Human Imprint’s Illustrated Textbook. Find out what environmental determinism, the Panama Canal, and a couple of maps all of have […]
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Illustrated Textbook: The Parents of Modern Geography
In this update, we learn about the parents of modern geography for the Western world; find out why you can’t use an equation to understand people; and are introduced to […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Geo Perspectives’ Eratosthenes, Ricci, & Blaeu
Discover that two of the most famous mapmakers were contemporaries, find out what a gnomon is, and learn how Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth (well, mostly). Read this […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Human-Environment Interaction
Join us as we begin our final geographic theme, Human-Environment Interaction! Meet geography’s Claudius Ptolemy (he wears many hats) as we introduce the fundamental concept that the environment impacts humans, and […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Time-Distance Decay
Impervious to TIME-DISTANCE DECAY, join the Professor as she tele-transports to Earth. Join us as we continue with the geographic theme of movement and find out how FRICTION OF DISTANCE […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Cultural Diffusion-Slowing it Down
In this episode: Find out how time and space can slow CULTURAL DIFFUSION, how SOCIAL DISTANCE acts as a CULTURAL BARRIER, and what a giant meat wall has to do […]
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Illustrated Textbook: Time-Space Compression
In this edition, we speed up technology with TIME-SPACE COMPRESSION, see how fast humans are “improving,” and yet how far we’ve come in terms of smoke signals. Click to Read!
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Illustrated Textbook: Cultural Diffusion-Speeding It Up
In this episode: With his Snapchat in hand, Dex gets a lesson in the speed of transmission of expansion and relocation diffusion. Click to read!
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Illustrated Textbook: Relocation Diffusion-The Jumping Kind
In this edition: find out what Sikh Dastaars and La Catedral de San Juan Bautista have in common, and why every American needs to know a little Puerto Rican history. […]
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