MC questions this week are inspired by topics including the Chinese airpocalypse, Slovakian bathtub fish, chaupadi, the city of Orania, the winner of the Google Science Fair, and shadows cast by […]
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MC Questions: Volume 1 Edition 2
Multiple choice questions for the news week of December 5th-11th, 2016. human-questions-edition-2 As always, if you have constructive criticism or would like to discuss the questions, comment or post via […]
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LESSON & VIDEO: The Geospatial Revolution Video and Worksheet
I recently revisited the Geospatial Revolution episodes created by Penn State Public Broadcasting and created a new worksheet for the series. I was reminded how good they are. If you […]
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VIDEO: Historical World Population (5:46)
This video clip provided by Population Education shows the geography distribution of the global population with a growing dot-density map. As the timeline progresses, the exponential growth makes the population […]
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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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RESOURCE: What History Teaches us About Walls
This photo article created by the New York Times is great for the Political unit when talking about barriers, walls, and superimposed boundaries.
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VIDEO: How the “ghost map” helped end a killer disease
Author Steven Johnson takes us on a 10-minute tour of The Ghost Map, his book about a cholera outbreak in 1854 London and the impact it had on science, cities […]
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VIDEO: Travel in La Paz Bolivia
This sure beats sitting in rush hour traffic. In La Paz, the sky rail take commuters where they need to go. This is the ultimate example of humans changing their […]
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The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Explained
VIDEO: Where are the World’s Worst Slums?
This short 2:46 second vide clip presented by TestTube News describes how the United Nations categorizes an urban slum and also where are the most populated urban slums in the […]
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VIDEO: Voices of Cabrini
Voices of Cabrini: Remaking Chicago’s Public Housing Voices of Cabrini: Remaking Chicago’s Public Housing, follows families and a small business owner as they are moved out of Chicago’s most “notorious” […]
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RESOURCE: AP HuGe Recommended Texts
The following list is taken from the AP Human Geography Teacher’s Guide. The list looks a little dated, nevertheless, the authors have updated versions of their texts. ———————– Textbooks de […]
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RESOURCE: Almaz’s Story-Human Trafficking, Slave Labor
Human Imprint: This is a short, illustrated story based upon real events. Topics: Modern slave labor, human trafficking, migrant workers Source: BBC News
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VIDEO via Yahoo Travel: Welcome to Myanmar’s Empty Capital City, President Obama!
A good article and video clip that deals with forward capitals.
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VIDEO via TedTalk: How Containerization Shaped the Modern World
Ted Talk: How Containerization Shaped the Modern World
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VIDEO via NGS: Food by the Numbers: Feeding Our Hungry Planet
By 2050, the world’s population will likely increase 35 percent. But is growing more food the only option—or even the best? National Geographic investigates the challenges and solutions to feeding everyone […]
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AUDIO via NPR: In ‘1493’ Columbus Shaped a World To Be
This 37 minute story is great for kids in a 1:1 environment, or for a different homework assignment. The author Charles C. Mann discusses Christopher Columbus docking in the ‘New World’ […]
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INFOGRAPHIC via USGS: Map Projections
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: China’s Territorial Disputes
This video clip is useful for the political unit and the discussion of boundary disputes and UNCLOS.
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INTERACTIVE: Map Projection- Google and Jason Davies
Thanks to the Vsauce video, What Does the Earth Look Like, we can use a few other helpful sites to interact with map projection. The first one is Google’s Mercator Map Puzzle […]
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ARTICLE via NPR: ‘Columbusing’: The Art Of Discovering Something That Is Not New
‘Columbusing’: The Art Of Discovering Something That Is Not New by BRENDA SALINAS July 06, 201412:39 PM ET In this promotional photo shot for SC Johnson, TV star Jennie Garth sprays […]
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ARTICLE via NGS: The Pyres of Varanasi: Breaking the Cycle of Death and Rebirth
The Pyres of Varanasi: Breaking the Cycle of Death and Rebirth One river, 18,000 feet, 1,500 miles. In the fall of 2013, photographer and videographer Pete McBride, along with professional […]
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INFOGRAPHIC via TheWeek: Leading Causes of Death within a Nation
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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