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Using Human Rights Education to Teach about the Israel-Hamas War

Mission Palms Conference Room: Colonnade 60 E 5th St., Tempe, Arizona

Summary Explore how human rights education (HRE) can help teachers frame sensitive/controversial topics, including the Israel-Hamas war. This interactive session will begin with a discussion of human rights issues commonly addressed in geography and/or social studies classrooms. Following this think-pair-share activity, I will provide participants with a brief history of human rights concepts and outline […]

Crafting Effective AP Human Geography Lessons: Strategies, Skills Development, and Free Response Mastery

Mission Palms Conference Room: Covetto 60 E 5th St., Arizona

Summary This session will demonstrate how to develop lessons that align with the course and exam description, emphasizing the big ideas central to the curriculum. Participants will learn how to effectively utilize provided instructional strategies, prioritizing the planning of skills-driven lessons and activities. The session will focus on showing how to introduce and reinforce skills, […]

A Taste of “Salsa”

Mission Palms Conference Room: Dolores

Summary Come join us in creating and tasting a local favorite, of the Southwestern United States, Salsa. Participants will experience how to take a topic like “Salsa” and cook up a day of fun in the classroom that addresses all academic content areas; Social Studies (geography and history), Reading, Writing, Math, and Science. Participants will […]

NCGE Past Presidents’ Roundtable

Mission Palms Conference Room: San Pedro 60 E 5th St., Tempe, Arizona

Overview NCGE’s Past Presidents are vital sources of institutional knowledge.  Contributors to this roundtable will address the following questions:  (1) What recommendations do Past Presidents have for future NCGE leaders, (2) What meaningful lessons can be gleaned from geography education’s history, and (3) What ‘big questions’ remain for geography education? Session Focus Future of Geography […]

Poster Session: Teachers Collaborating Across Borders: Connecting Teachers and Students

Mission Palms Ballroom Prefunction

Overview Since 2020, the Teachers Collaborating Across Borders (TCAB) program has connected 20 K-12 teachers and their students in the US with 20 counterparts across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) each year for joint virtual exchange projects. Participants can teach any subject or grade, and are chosen from a range of schools and […]

Poster Session: The Forgotten Art: Why Retrieval Practice of Geographical Facts is Essential to Lowering Cognitive

Mission Palms Ballroom Prefunction

Overview The study of Geography is a key component to understanding the World, developing Global Citizenship along with Cultural Awareness and promoting Critical Thinking Skills; however, Educators across America have often forgotten the foundation for this level of understanding begins at the bottom of Bloom’s Taxonomy: Recall of facts and basic concepts (Mcdaniel, R.,1970). For […]

Poster Session: Bridging Cultures: The Amazon

Mission Palms Ballroom Prefunction

Overview This poster session compares and contrasts the factors of the six themes of the AP World History curriculum with an emphasis on geography, climate, culture, economy, and the indigenous populations of the people of Peru, specifically the Loreto region, to students in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Conference Room: Palm Ballroom Pre-function Area Meet the Presenter […]

Poster Session: ESD program considering regional vitalization through tourism resources

Mission Palms Ballroom Prefunction

Overview This poster session compares and contrasts the factors of the six themes of the AP World History curriculum with an emphasis on geography, climate, culture, economy, and the indigenous populations of the people of Peru, specifically the Loreto region, to students in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Conference Room: Palm Ballroom Pre-function Area Presenter Nagata Shigefumi […]

Poster Session: Unveiling Geographical Dynamics of California Coastal Bottlenose Dolphins: A Multifaceted Exploration

Mission Palms Ballroom Prefunction

Overview Marine biological research provides a rich source of opportunities for the development of geographical and related STEM education activities for pre-K to adult learners. In this poster, the geographic perspective is focused upon research about the California coastal bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), a common cetacean species in very nearshore Pacific waters off northern Baja, […]

Poster Session: Tales & Travels: First Chapter Friday

Mission Palms Ballroom Prefunction

Overview One of my many passions in life is reading so I wanted to incorporate books into my curriculum; First Chapter Friday was born through this vision. FCF is when I read the first chapter of a new book that has a setting in the region we are currently studying in World Geography class. I’m […]

GeoCivics Education During An Election Year: Lessons for Teachers by Teachers

Mission Palms Conference Room: Xavier

Summary GeoCivics engaged teachers from across the United States in a place-based professional development in Washington DC. The K-12 teachers discussed with National Parks Rangers current changes happening within the parks to "tell the true history" of the parks, engaged with Black American historians about the history of Washington DC and it's direct connection to […]

Beyond the Description of Place: Building Geographic Vocabulary and Schema in the Classroom

Mission Palms Conference Room: Dolores

Summary Beyond the Description of Place: Building Geographic Vocabulary and Schema in the Classroom. This hands-on, 45-minute session will provide multiple activities to help teachers encourage students to engage with academic texts as well as fiction and creative nonfiction as a means of refining geographic concepts and skills. Examples will be targeted to middle and […]

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