Update: Fixed broken QR Code. 9/15/18 6:02am If you’re eager to show your students how GIS is applied to real jobs and the real world, this is a great story […]
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Resources: Human Geography Fundamentals: Nature and Scope
Lesson plans: Human Geography Fundamentals: Nature and Scope
Lessons & Wksts: The Values of Location and Place
Purpose This lesson aims to help students understand the differences between geographic LOCATION and PLACE. If you’ve been trained in geography or have an old textbook laying around, you probably […]
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Lessons & Wksts: The Need for S.P.E.E.D.S. – A Parking Lot Observation
SOCIAL~POLITICAL~ECONOMIC~ENVIRONMENTAL~DEMOGRAPHIC~SPATIAL 🌎 The original inspiration for this introductory activity is credited to Zach Taylor from the AP Human Geography Teachers Facebook page. The link to the original post is HERE. The […]
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LESSONS & WKSTS: Mental Mapping a Sense of Place
*MENTAL MAPS* *SENSE OF PLACE* *TRAVEL NARRATIVE* *RELATIVE LOCATION* *FLOW LINES* *ACTIVITY SPACE* This enrichment activity aims to have students apply multiple concepts across the course, particularly Unit 1. By […]
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INTERACTIVE: College Board’s World Regions on WordWall.net
Wordwall.net was one of those web-based apps I picked up during remote learning and is worthy of keeping around. These are web-based, drag-and-drop games that you create and can be […]
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VIDEOS & LESSONS: C-Span Classroom by APHG Unit
Monday morning? No lesson plan? Try C-Span Classroom . What a mini gold mine this resource is! I had no idea C-Span Classroom existed until Julie W. posted it onto […]
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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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INTERACTIVE via Luminocity3d: World Population Density Interactive Map
Explore the detailed geography of population across the globe with interactive mapping. Identify global megacity regions and the growth and diversity of urban forms. This is the closest thing that […]
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LESSON & WORKSHEET: Arithmetic, Physiological, Agricultural Densities: Crunching the #’s & Mapping them
Ability to download PDF of this full post is above. (sans worksheets) UPDATED 9/19/19: I deleted the countries of Egypt, South Korea, and Russia and left the United States so […]
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Infographic via BrilliantMaps: Land Reclamation in the Netherlands 1300 Vs 2000
Land Reclamation in the Netherlands 1300 Vs 2000 The map comparison above shows what the land area of what makes up the Netherlands today, looked like in 1300 compared to […]
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INTERACTIVES: Esri Geoinquiries
As you get more comfortable and efficient with teaching content, you might find more time for enrichment activities. As the company Esri puts it, “Esri’s GIS mapping software is the […]
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INTERACTIVE via Metrocosm.com: Map Projections
For a quick map projection morph, send your students to Metrocosm.com’s, Eight Ways of Projecting the World. Let them draw some quick conclusions about the differences and similarities between the […]
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INTERACTIVE via ESRI: Alexander von Humboldt’s Whole Earth Vision
If you have some time, this ESRI Storymap of Alexander von Humboldt is a good reading assignment or a down-time article if they finish an in-class activty early. And though […]
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INTERACTIVE: The Carbon Map
This fun site is easy to use and visually appealing for users. A quick video gives a tutorial about CARTOGRAM MAPS and how to read it’s information. There are eleven […]
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INTERACTIVE: Boomtown Flood Town
If you want an opportunity to show how GIS can help solve real world problems and discover correlation, look no further! Boomtown, Flood Town is an interactive article with map […]
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Lessons & Worksheets: The Five Themes of Geography and Current Events
If you want your students to start engaging with new sources and happen to be studying the five themes of geography, here is a worksheet for you. Step 1: Have […]
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Lessons & Worksheets: Site & Situation Factors
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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The 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 […]
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Resource: 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 […]
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INTERACTIVE: 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 […]
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WEBCOMIC: 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 […]
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WEBCOMIC: 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, […]
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WEBCOMIC: 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!
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ARTICLE 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 […]
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INTERACTIVE 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 […]
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