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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INTERACTIVE via ESRI: Language & Religion Geoinquiry
Note: The ESRI Geoinqueries that ESRI produce are amazing, the problem is that you can’t edit their PDFs to remove the pre-written answers for students. Here is a formatted version […]
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LESSONS & WORKSHEETS: Language Tree Kahoot
Here is a language Kahoot for the major families and branches. USE OR REFUSE! 21 questions, 20 seconds, all maps.
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INTERACTIVE: European Word Translator
This is a neat site that one of my students found after I had them do the work the “long” way using Google translate. I gave my students a map […]
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INTERACTIVE via Localingual: Listen to Voices Around the World
Localingual is an interactive map that allows users to zoom in and hear voice samples from all over the world. Users can also submit their own samples to add to […]
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INTERACTIVE via Qz.com: Can you guess where people are from based on their accents?
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 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 […]
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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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NEWS via CNN: Plugging China’s talent pool
Plugging China’s talent pool By Zarina Banu for CNN March 20, 2014 — Updated 0603 GMT (1403 HKT) Many are leaving China for reasons like education, food and wealth security and air […]
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NEWS via Christian Science Monitor: Why African-Americans are moving back to the South
After decades of moving north, thousands of blacks are returning to their Southern roots for economic and cultural reasons. By Carmen K. Sisson, Correspondent / March 16, 2014 Artist Kia Darceo left Milwaukee […]
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INFOGRAPHIC via Drew Skau: Vaguely Rude Place Names of the World
Click on the info graph above to interact with place names. Totally inappropriate, totally hilarious. Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually. […]
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RESOURCE: Conlangs: What in the…
The CONSTRUCTED LANGUAGES (aka CONLANGS) that are used in Game of Thrones’ Dothraki, Avatar’s Na’vi, Star Trek’s Klingon and LOTR’s Elvish are all fictitiously constructed languages used for the purpose […]
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INTERACTIVE: Pinpoint your Location via Dialect Map
The New York Times posted a 25 question survey that asks the participant questions about their DIALECT-the vocabulary/LEXICON that they use to speak various terms and phrases. With the information, the […]
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INTERACTIVE: Pop Vs. Soda Interactive Survey
This interactive website created by PhD candidate, Alan McConchie allows for you to participate in an ongoing mapping project to see where people are saying “pop”, “soda”, and “coke.” Enter […]
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LESSON PLAN: Dialect Surveys of the United States
Topics: Language, isogloss, dialect, accent, regional dialect, thematic maps Time: 50 minutes Purpose: To make a visual connection/understanding of isoglosses within the United States and see regional variations in the […]
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RESOURCE: 22 Maps That Show The Deepest Linguistic Conflicts In America – Business Insider
Topics: Language, dialect, pronunciation, accent, isogloss, thematic map Everyone knows that Americans don’t exactly agree on pronunciations. Regional accents are a major part of what makes American English so interesting […]
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DEBATE: Whole Foods Faces Boycott Over English-Only Work Policy
Whole Foods faces boycott over English-only work policy – NBC News.com. Fact: The United States does not declare an official language. So what’s the big deal anyway? Do you think […]
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