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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GAME: Geoguessr
Geoguessr uses StreetView images that drops the player in a random location and challenges them to work out where they are. Highly addictive and a lot of fun.
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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 […]
Read MoreGAME: TravelPod Travel IQ
To this day, it remains one of my all-time favorite video games. Not iPad friendly yet as your finger is “too fat” to hone in on one location, best played […]
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GAMES: Smarty Pins with Google
This game gives you clues and a zoomed in regional map to drop a pin in the correct location. Some of the clues might be a bit advanced for high […]
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VIDEO via TEDed: Why do competitors open their stores next to one another? – Jac de Haan
A perfect video clip to have students watch after lecturing Hotelling’s principle of locational interdependence. Click the picture to view the video.
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INTERACTIVE via Visual.ly: 2014 World Population Data Visualizer
LESSON PLAN: Types of Cultural Diffusion
Human Imprint Notes: I have my students complete this assignment to apply their understanding of the different types of diffusion to real world scenarios that they choose. By the end […]
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VIDEO RESOURCE: The Most Complex International Borders in the World
Message from the creator: In this video I look at some of the most complex international border. Of course, there are more complex borders in the world, but this video […]
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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: Sample Pacing Chart
As the upcoming school year begins, I wanted to draft a visual representation of my pacing chart that I used for the 2013-2014 school year. A couple of things to note […]
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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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RESOURCE: Human Geography FRQ Writing Commands
After creating the Visual.ly infographic based upon AP’s previous FRQ exams, I created a more user-friendly guide for teachers and students to use in preparation for their exams. I would […]
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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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Lessons and Worksheets: Spacial Distribution: Pattern, Concentration, Density
Teacher’s Notes: This is the lesson that I use for my students to teach them about the concept of spatial distribution and density. I am sure that you can implement a few […]
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