The challenge: to write 7 questions per week that connect current events to course content. This week’s questions include topics from: The Indonesia air crash Georgia state election results Echo-chambers […]
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TPT Lessons & Worksheets: Mapping Inequality – Housing Segregation & Redlining Policies
As you enter into the Urbanization unit, why not have students learn how maps were used to achieve demure segregation using the HOLC maps of the 1930’s? This is a […]
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: The Multi-Step Approach to Stimuli Analysis
*UPDATE: February 6th, 2021. New segments in italics. I am a “HuGe” (get it?) fan of our online PLT and the ingenious methods and procedures that help weave in course […]
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ILLUSTRATED PRIMER: Residential & Commercial Segregation
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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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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LESSON PLAN: Remote Learning Nat’l Geo Puzzle
A couple of years ago I edited the numbers out of the National Geographic map provided by their MapKit website to make a giant floor map puzzle for the first […]
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Teaching the UnderRepresented Voice through Graphic Novels
I’ve always embraced teaching the tough topics in my Social Studies classroom, but for a lot of students (and adults), starting the discussion can be tough to jump-start. In my […]
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EXAM PREP: FRQ Generator Activity
After my students responded to a TON of FRQs in preparation for their big exam day, I’ve decided to change things up and have them jump into the minds of […]
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Professional Development: Leveraging Peergrade.io for FRQs
For the remainder of my AP review season, I am leveraging a new platform called Peergrade.io and it allows just what it says. In a regular class setting, my students […]
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Protected: Crowdsourced: FRQ a Day Password Page
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Crowdsource Opportunity: An FRQ a Day…
You know what they say… an apple a day, keeps the doctor away. So I’m doing my part to keep ’em inside with FRQ’s! I wrote original FRQ-styled review questions, […]
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Why I’ve Sent My Last Covid-19 Article to Students
Before you proceed: I am posting my opinion about addressing Covid-19 in the classroom (eClassrooms), and if you don’t agree, I gladly welcome a professional dialogue. We are all coping […]
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VIDEO via WSJ: How a Steel Box Changed the World: A Brief History of Shipping
As the container shipping industry continues to boom, companies are adopting new technologies to move cargo faster and shifting to crewless ships. But it’s not all been smooth sailing and […]
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VIDEO: Segregated by Design
‘Segregated By Design’ examines the forgotten history of how our federal, state and local governments unconstitutionally segregated every major metropolitan area in America through law and policy. Prejudice can be […]
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VIDEO via Quartz: NAFTA explained by avocados. And shoes.
Everyone hates NAFTA. But what was NAFTA actually supposed to do? Did it deliver on its promise? To understand that, you have to look at America’s relationships with two goods: […]
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VIDEO via NGS: Revolutionizing the Way We Grow Food
Topics: Hydroponics, Aeroponics, Food Security, Agriculture, Green Revolution, Water Conservation, Famine, Farming, Third Agricultural Revolution, Via NGS: As the climate changes and water becomes scarce in many parts of the […]
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INTERACTIVE: Atlas of Urban Expansion
Check out the Atlas of Urban Expansion for a quick interactive website concerning urban sprawl. Assign one city per student and have them compare. From the website: The NYU Urban […]
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VIDEO via VOX: Why Chinese Manufacturing Wins
Topics: GDP, Containerization, Shenzhen, Foreign Investment, Special Economic Zones, Tax Incentives, Free Market, Cheap Labor, Currency Manipulation, Supply Chain, Cultural Difference, Geographic distance, Manufacturing, Middle-Class, Secondary Sector, Automation, Outsourcing, neocolonialism,
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VIDEO via VOX: China’s trillion dollar plan to dominate global trade
China’s Belt and Road Initiative is the most ambitious infrastructure project in modern history. It spans over 60 countries and will cost over a trillion dollars. The plan is to […]
Read MoreLESSONS & WORKSHEETS: Human Development Index: Map Coloring Book Pages
If you’ve never checked out the annual United Nation’s Human Development Index Report, it is a rather fun report to skim through. Check out the 2019 report here. I finally […]
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LESSONS & WORKSHEETS: Supranational Organizations
If you are teaching students about supranational organizations, intergovernmental work, geopolitics, alliances, and the role of sanctions, this is a great place to start. Students will first read about the […]
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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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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Scale vs. Scale of Analysis vs. Scale of Inquiry
Scale is a MASSIVE concept for the social sciences. Is phenomenon occurring at local levels? Is it regional? Is it global?
Do epidemics occurring at a local level have global implications?
How does war occurring at a regional level effect local economies?
Do global treaties impact national policies?
In Human Geography, scale is an extremely important concept that requires threading throughout the entire course.
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LESSONS & WORKSHEETS: 198 Country Digital One-Pager Templates
Expose your students to 198 countries through independent research using digital case studies. Each digital one-pager is itching for your students to complete. Included on each page are the seven […]
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Smithsonian Folkways Holiday Music via ESRI
If you’re looking for some holiday music (school permitting) to get you through the week, enjoy an ESRI Storymap with 56 samples. They are around 40 seconds a piece. The […]
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