Thermal Delight Excerpt: In the summer of 1902, the Sackett and Wilhelms Lithography & Printing Company in Brooklyn, New York had a problem. They were trying to print an issue of […]
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Article via BigThink: The Joy of Sad Place Names
The Joy of Sad Place Names The scattered toponyms that delight us by their unvarnished expression of downheartedness, defeat and despond. Excerpt: Victors don’t just write the history books. They […]
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Article via WorldAtlas: The Five Themes In Geography
The Five Themes In Geography Definition and examples of the 5 themes in Geography. In 1994, a decade after the “five themes of geography” concept became highly popularized, the National […]
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Article via Geoawesomeness: Leveraging Geospatial Tools and Technology to Document the Land Rights of Vulnerable Communities
Leveraging Geospatial Tools and Technology to Document the Land Rights of Vulnerable Communities Making a positive difference to society through the use of geospatial technology Everyone deserves to be recognized […]
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Article via PennStateNews: Why is the Census Important?
Probing Question: Why is the census important? Every ten years, the U.S. Census Bureau undertakes a mammoth task: tallying up all the people living in the United States and recording […]
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Article via Metrocosm: Your World Map is Hiding Something
Your World Map is Hiding Something There is also another point supporting the view that Mercator is culturally biased. Often the top and bottom of the map are clipped unevenly, giving more space to the […]
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Infographic via BrilliantMaps: Mercator Vs The True Size of Each Country
Map Projections: Mercator Vs The True Size of Each Country November 11, 2018 While it’s well known that the mercator projection distorts the world, the maps here show very clearly […]
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Article via MotherNatureNews: Why we still need paper maps
Why we still need paper maps GPS may be handy, but there are some serious downsides. Whether you use a GPS device in your car or Google Maps on your […]
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Article via TimeandDate.com: Time Zone News-Countries That Change Their Clocks
For class: You can use this during your discussion on Greenwich Mean Time, the Prime Meridian, and how the natural environment and political geography impacts people’s daily lives. Time Zone […]
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Article via BBC: The Epic Story of the Map that gave America its Name
Article via BBC: The Epic Story of the Map that gave America its Name Excerpt:A few hundred years ago, when much of the world was mysterious and unknown, a […]
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ARTICLE via Newsweek: Alabama has the Worst Poverty in the Developed World, U.N. Official Says
Human Imprint: This short article could be presented at the beginning of the year to have kids conduct a Why of Where investigation into the reason for Alabama’s poverty, and it’s […]
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NEWS via Marketplace: Small-scale manufacturing is on the rise in American cities
Time: 3 min. 36 sec. Have students listen to a contemporary example of how one Rust-Belt city is making it’s comeback (Duluth, Minn.) This would be a great story to […]
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NEWS via CNN Money: Venezuela brain drain: I miss mom, but don’t want to go back
Human Geography connection: This article hits on multiple topics including brain drain, migration, immigration visas, refugees, and political corruption within Venezuela. Alejandro Nava is leaving his home in Venezuela, and […]
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NEWS via theguardian: Moana: progressive paean to Polynesia – or another of Disney’s cultural blunders?
Moana: The Progressive Paean to Polynesia or another of Disney’s Cultural Blunders? This is an article that discusses whether Moana, the Disney movie, is an example of cultural appropriation or […]
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NEWS & RESOURCE via Washington Post: Germany reunified 26 years ago, but some divisions are still strong
This 2016 article highlights how effects of border changes are still evident today. The article uses choropleth maps to highlight some of the biggest difference between East and West Berliners. […]
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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 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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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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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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NEWS via psMag: Ironic Gentrification and the Migration of Globalization
Ironic Gentrification and the Migration of Globalization BY JIM RUSSELL • March 20, 2014 • 2:00 AM Cherry blossom trees in Buffalo, New York, in bloom. (Photo DragonFire1024/Wikimedia Commons) Higher education and […]
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PHOTOJOURNALISM: Shannon Jensen-A Long Walk-Sudanase Migration in their Shoes
This is a beautiful photojournalist website of Shannon Jensen that highlights the life of Sudanese migrants after the the country. Other stories are included, but choose A Long Walk for […]
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NEWS via TheAtlanticCities.com: America’s 1,000 Richest Neighborhoods
America’s 1,000 Richest Neighborhoods RICHARD FLORIDA MAR 13, 2014 Carolyn Williams/Flickr America’s “one percent” are a privileged bunch. It takes an adjusted gross income of almost $400,000 to be counted among those […]
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