TEST Amazon Awaits: Your Front Row Seat to the Rainforest, Live!

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Overview Get ready for an extraordinary virtual field trip deep into the Amazon Rainforest! Join Jackie McCann from Jamazon Journey as she goes live from the Napo lodge, bringing you an immersive look at the heart of the jungle. This interactive webinar offers a real-time glimpse into the Amazon’s incredible biodiversity, its vibrant ecosystems, and […]

TEST Art as Cartography: Using Creative Mapping in the Classroom

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Overview Come explore how arts-integration and methodologies can be used in the geography classroom! From classroom quilts, place-based drawings, mental maps, and other mediums are all ways in which students can show their understanding of geographic concepts while also practicing and exhibiting their geographic skills. Explore practical ways in which students can integrate art into […]

The AP Exam: Tips and Tricks to Prepare Students

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Overview In partnership with College Board, this webinar will provide strategies and ideas to help prepare your students for the AP exam. There will be McQ strategies, review of the FRQ task verbs and an overview of the exam itself. Audience Focus AP Human Geography and High School Meet the Presenter Charlotte Haney has been […]

Experiential Learning

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Overview In this webinar we will travel through time and understanding to examine the ideas of Experiential Learning: What is it? Who defined it? Where do I find it? How do I apply it in my teaching? We will examine two examples that the speaker has been involved in and how they might help you […]

Canceled Climate & Community: How Local Knowledge and Power Asymmetries Influence Climate Adaptations in Sudan and the American Southwest

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Overview Many communities across the globe are facing severe disruptions from climate-change. Large-scale projects like solar farms and seawalls often dominate the headlines, but bottom-up, community-based adaptations to climate emergencies are just as critical. Local mobilizations drawing on traditional knowledge and bonds of solidarity can help populations across the globe to mitigate the harsh consequences […]

Importance of Narratives: Incorporating AAPI Voices into the Classroom

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Overview According to the Pew Research Center, the Asian population in the United States nearly doubled from 2000 to 2019 and yet only about 24% of those surveyed felt well informed about AAPI history in this country. Many cite the internet or social media being the primary platform of information. Without a doubt, there is […]

Memory & Monuments Across the Contemporary Middle East: Empires, Nations, and Environments

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Overview How can engagements with the past both consolidate and challenge the power of state authorities? This presentation answers that question through a survey of monuments and memory across the contemporary Middle East. Drawing on case studies from places including Turkey, Egypt, Israel/Palestine, Algeria, and Saudi Arabia, this talk describes the many forms that memory […]

Teaching About the physical World Using Interactive Mapping Tools and Inquiry

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Overview Join Joseph Kerski, geographer and educator, for a lively hands-on workshop where we explore web based maps, layers, curricular resources, and strategies for you to more effectively and engagingly teach about weather, climate, ocean chemistry, landforms, river systems, ecosystems, natural hazards, coastal processes, and other themes in physical geography. Audience Focus All grade levels […]

Teaching About the Cultural World Using Interactive Mapping Tools and Inquiry

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Overview Join Joseph Kerski, geographer and educator, for a lively hands-on workshop where we explore web based maps, layers, curricular resources, and strategies for you to more effectively and engagingly teach about demographic characteristics, population change, land use, human health, consumer behavior, business locations, and other themes in cultural geography. Audience Focus All grade levels […]

Developing Religious Literacy in the Social Studies Classroom

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Overview Exposure to world religions is critical for students to become global citizens. This session explores legal foundations in the U.S. for teaching about religion, uses case studies to consider challenges involved in teaching this topic, and provides guidelines for classroom instruction. Audience Focus All grade levels Meet the Presenter Throughout her 28 years in […]

GeoCircle: Spatial Patterns of Ethnicity – Exploring Neighborhoods and the Legacy of Redlining

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Topics for discussion: Bring your idea, applications and questions Mapping Tools: How can we use mapping tools like Google Maps and Mapping Inequality to better understand ethnic neighborhoods and the legacy of redlining? How can these tools support students in visualizing spatial patterns of ethnicity and migration? Redlining’s Impact: How do we effectively teach students […]