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LESSONS & 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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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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LESSONS & WORKSHEETS: Enclaves & Exclaves via ESRI Storymaps

ESRI Storymaps are a great way to grab students’ attention by visually explaining key concepts from class. ESRI takes students on a tour of the World’s Geographically Engulfed and Orphaned […]

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Consequent or Subsequent?

Update: My favorite online geography teacher, the GeoEcologist just dropped a video that hopefully helps some of us. When I first started teaching human geography, I quickly realized that there […]

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LESSONS & WORKSHEETS: Expansion Diffusion with McDonald’s

If you are teaching students about cultural diffusion within the Cultural Patterns & Processes unit, your students will enjoy this! Students will read about the three different types of expansion […]

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FRQ: Race and Ethnicity w/ Stimulus ~Rubric Included~

Need an FRQ with stimulus? This is an original focusing on race and ethnicity. There is one map stimulus included. If you don’t have access to a color printer, project […]

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LESSON PLAN: Recognizing Language Patterns: An Etymology Word Exploration

Where do our Words Come From?!?! Europe provides students with a wonderful opportunity to recognize the various patterns and groupings of its major language branches and families. In this activity, […]

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Lessons & Worksheets: Universalizing vs. Ethnic & Religious Hearths and Diffusion

With everyone talking about the new CED’s emphasis on teaching religion and language through the lens of diffusion, I’m revamping my lessons on the world’s main religions. Hearth -> Diffusion […]

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Lessons & Worksheets: *Free* Ethnicities & Building Blocks of Culture

If you’re jumping into Culture, why not have your students start with its building blocks. With this worksheet, have students read about what makes a culture, including artifacts, mentifacts, values, […]

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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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Pop Pyr World Country and Region Research Blank Worksheet THUMB-23

LESSONS & WORKSHEETS: Population Pyramids Across Time and Space

If you’re looking for opportunities for your students to work with population pyramids across the world, I created two clean worksheets. Students can either study population pyramids at the regional scale or […]

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Demographic Transition Model TpT Thumb

LESSONS & WORKSHEETS: Demographic Transition Model Printable

If you’re keen to have your students practice the Demographic Transition Model with guided lecture notes, feel free to download this blank worksheet for your students’ notebooks. I created a […]

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World Population Dot Density Map

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 PLAN: Refugee Case Studies of Syria & the Rohingya: A Gallery Walk

If you are looking for something for you walls during when discussing migration, you can use these Instagram-themed, Rohingya and Syrian crisis timelines I made using Adobe Illustrator. Some of […]

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US Immigration Charts

LESSON PLAN via TpT: Historical U.S. Immigration Maps & Charts for Coloring *6-Way Lesson Plan*

**Geography Coloring Book Series**  **History Coloring Book Series** U.S. Historical Migration Patterns & Processes: Explore the historical immigration patterns of the United States through a series of charts and maps […]

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INTERACTIVE via Metrocosm: Two Centuries of U.S. Migration

If you’re looking for an eye-catching, attention-grabber, this data visualization of two centuries of U.S. immigration is a fun one. You can toggle the date and pause the animation. It […]

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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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John Snow ArcGIS Map

RESOURCE: John Snow ArcGIS Map

This John Snow Cholera map is an ArcGIS version that lets you toggle layers on and off. It also gives a nice description of his process on the left. Snow’s […]

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America's Sources of Immigration (1850-Today)

Video: America’s Sources of Immigration (1850-Today)

America’s Sources of Immigration (1850-Today) A state-by-state look at the history of U.S. immigration by country of origin as President Trump blocks immigrants and refugees from Iraq, Syria, Iran, etc. […]

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Religion & Babies

Video: Religions and babies | Hans Rosling [13:20]

Religions and babies | Hans Rosling Excerpt: Hans Rosling had a question: Do some religions have a higher birth rate than others — and how does this affect global population […]

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What is a Pandemic Lecture Video

Video: Pandemics – a worrying global public health threat

Pandemics – a worrying global public health threat  Pandemics are one of the greatest existential threats facing humanity today. Over the last few centuries, we’ve seen outbreaks and epidemics kill […]

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