This is a fun introduction for your students when discussing accents. This is iPad friendly. If they have headphones, they can work at their own pace. Can you guess where […]
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VIDEO: China’s Territorial Disputes
This video clip is useful for the political unit and the discussion of boundary disputes and UNCLOS.
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GAME: Geoguessr
Geoguessr uses StreetView images that drops the player in a random location and challenges them to work out where they are. Highly addictive and a lot of fun.
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INTERACTIVE: Map Projection- Google and Jason Davies
Thanks to the Vsauce video, What Does the Earth Look Like, we can use a few other helpful sites to interact with map projection. The first one is Google’s Mercator Map Puzzle […]
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ARTICLE via NPR: ‘Columbusing’: The Art Of Discovering Something That Is Not New
‘Columbusing’: The Art Of Discovering Something That Is Not New by BRENDA SALINAS July 06, 201412:39 PM ET In this promotional photo shot for SC Johnson, TV star Jennie Garth sprays […]
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ARTICLE via NGS: The Pyres of Varanasi: Breaking the Cycle of Death and Rebirth
The Pyres of Varanasi: Breaking the Cycle of Death and Rebirth One river, 18,000 feet, 1,500 miles. In the fall of 2013, photographer and videographer Pete McBride, along with professional […]
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INFOGRAPHIC via TheWeek: Leading Causes of Death within a Nation
VIDEO via FreeBase: Charting Culture by Mapping Migration
Video: Thousands of Years of Human Migration in Five Minutes By Lisa Raffensperger | July 31, 2014 2:00 pm It’s enough to put an old-fashioned family tree to shame. A visualization […]
Read MoreGAME: TravelPod Travel IQ
To this day, it remains one of my all-time favorite video games. Not iPad friendly yet as your finger is “too fat” to hone in on one location, best played […]
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GAMES: Smarty Pins with Google
This game gives you clues and a zoomed in regional map to drop a pin in the correct location. Some of the clues might be a bit advanced for high […]
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VIDEO via TEDed: Why do competitors open their stores next to one another? – Jac de Haan
A perfect video clip to have students watch after lecturing Hotelling’s principle of locational interdependence. Click the picture to view the video.
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INTERACTIVE via Visual.ly: 2014 World Population Data Visualizer
LESSON PLAN: Types of Cultural Diffusion
Human Imprint Notes: I have my students complete this assignment to apply their understanding of the different types of diffusion to real world scenarios that they choose. By the end […]
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VIDEO RESOURCE: The Most Complex International Borders in the World
Message from the creator: In this video I look at some of the most complex international border. Of course, there are more complex borders in the world, but this video […]
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NEWS via Governing: Florida Lawmakers to Redraw Congressional Maps but on Their Own Terms
Florida Lawmakers to Redraw Congressional Maps but on Their Own Terms BY MCCLATCHY NEWS | AUGUST 5, 2014 By Mary Ellen Klas Florida legislators indicated Monday that they will meet in special session […]
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RESOURCE: Sample Pacing Chart
As the upcoming school year begins, I wanted to draft a visual representation of my pacing chart that I used for the 2013-2014 school year. A couple of things to note […]
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RESOURCE URL: Blank Map Website
For all of you out there who scour Google images for a good base map, I am happy to let you in on a little secret: http://d-maps.com This independant map […]
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RESOURCE: Human Geography FRQ Writing Commands
After creating the Visual.ly infographic based upon AP’s previous FRQ exams, I created a more user-friendly guide for teachers and students to use in preparation for their exams. I would […]
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VIDEO INFOGRAPHIC via Visual.ly: Modern Iraq Explained: ISIS, Syria, and War
A great 5 minute clip on how Iraq got into the contemporary problem that it is in with ISIS. You could also use this to help explain briefly the Shia/Sunni […]
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NEWS via NPR: Map Of Native American Tribes You’ve Never Seen Before
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/06/24/323665644/the-map-of-native-american-tribes-youve-never-seen-before The Map Of Native American Tribes You’ve Never Seen Before by HANSI LO WANG June 24, 2014 4:03 PM ET Listen to the Story All Things Considered 3 min 36 sec […]
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Lessons and Worksheets: Spacial Distribution: Pattern, Concentration, Density
Teacher’s Notes: This is the lesson that I use for my students to teach them about the concept of spatial distribution and density. I am sure that you can implement a few […]
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Observations from the 2014 AP Human Geography Reading
Once again the AP Human Geography reading was a success. I still firmly believe that this group pf 500+ teachers and professors have GOT to be the most extraordinary and interesting […]
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NEWS via WHO: Air pollution caused one in eight deaths
WHO: Air pollution caused one in eight deaths By Arshiya Khullar, for CNN March 25, 2014 — Updated 1417 GMT (2217 HKT) Poor women and children who spend time at home are […]
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NEWS via DeccaChronicle: Aged population to be 2 billion by 2050 in India
Aged population to be 2 billion by 2050 in India DC CORRESPONDENT | March 19, 2014, 06.03 am Picture for representation purpose. Chennai: The elderly population grows at a faster rate and […]
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NEWS via NBCNews: With Migration, Indigenous Languages Going Extinct
With Migration, Indigenous Languages Going Extinct BY CARMEN SESÍN HOMESTEAD, FL – Her name is Spanish in origin, but for Juana Sales, a migrant farm-worker from the Guatemalan high lands, it […]
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