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I am a geography professor at Rhode Island College.

Cities where homebuying is most (and least) affordable

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Looking for an affordable home? Here are 5 cities that are good bets, and 5 cities where owning is tough.

This is an intriguing set of lists.  What geographic factors explain why some cities are on either of these lists?  In related news on housing in the United States, many of the so-called “McMansions” of the 1990s and 2000s were virtually unsellable during the height of the recession.  They are now being sold, but for around half of what they were selling for at their peak.

See on money.cnn.com

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Stories Displayed on Maps

On myHistro you can create advanced geolocated timelines that you can play as presentations. Pin your events, videos and photos to the map and share them with friends and family.

This new resource, myHistro, combines interactive maps with timelines to organize stories, journeys or historical events as the move over time and place.  By embedding photos, videos and links this creates an incredibly dynamic platform for telling historical and geographic stories.  By combining these features, this is a powerful tool to create customized resources for you students.  Pictured above is a sample timeline that shows the spatial and temporal journey of the Olympic torch for the 2012 Games.

See on Scoop.it – Geography Education

See on www.myhistro.com

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A Look into the Causes of Poverty in the U.S.

“Are more and more people in the western world dropping off the radar and becoming the invisible poor or is the opposite happening?  We recently heard that an astounding 46 million Americans are officially below the poverty line (That’s $23,050/year for a family of four according to the official sources).  That number really caught our eye and as such we decided to do a little more digging to help put some more facts and figures around it.  Above is a nice visualization of the results we came up with.”

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See on www.paydayloan.co.uk

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Saudia Arabia To Build Women-Only City

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In a bid to reconcile strict gender-segregation laws with a desire to increase employment opportunities for women, Saudi Arabia is planning to construct a new industrial “city” exclusively for female workers, Russian news agency RT reports.

 

The idea is mind-blowing to say the least.  More women would be able to be a part of the workforce and move freely about women-only cities in Saudi Arabia than they could in ‘regular’ cities. 

Question to ponder: would the implementation of this idea represent a cultural step forward for Saudi Arabia towards gender equality or would it be a step that further isolated women and is repressive?  What do you think of the idea given the ingrained gender norms of Saudi Arabia? 

See on www.huffingtonpost.com

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A History of Conflicts

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Browse the timeline of war and conflict across the globe.

This database of global wars and conflicts is searchable through space and time.  You can drag and click both the map and timeline to locate particular battles and wars, and then read more information about that conflict.  This resource would be a great one to show students and let them explore to find what they see as interesting.  This site is brimming with potential.

See on conflicthistory.com

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Happy Victory Day, an only-in-Rhode Island institution since ’75

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The end of World War II was undoubtedly a massively important global event with many repercussions. Yet today the event is only memorialized in the smallest and arguably the most provincial state.  This article nicely summarizes some for historical factors behind the holiday remaining in Rhode Island, where it has fallen by the wayside everywhere else.  Question to ponder: Will this still be a holiday in 2030?

See on blogs.wpri.com

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Extreme Weather and Drought Are Here to Stay

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It is increasingly clear that we already live in the era of human-induced climate change, with unprecedented weather and climate extremes.

I don’t delight in sharing the bad news.  So is this drought just a freak anomaly or a sign of a new normal?

See on www.nytimes.com

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Back to School with Google Earth

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Amazing things about Google Earth – news, features, tips, technology, and applications…

If you’ve never seen the Google Earth Blog, this post is a good primer to the educational possibilities that this technology opens up to teachers.  It is not just for geography teachers; it can be a visualization tool for any subject that has real-world applications that take place somewhere.

See on www.gearthblog.com

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Posts Organized by APHG Units

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I’ve added a two new drop-down menu tabs to this website for my geography education resources; one that is organized thematically (this one) and well as another that is regionally focused.  T…

I’ve recently overhauled THIS website in ways that will hopefully help teachers find specific resources for any given unit during the school year. I love this Scoop.it site for showing the latest materials that I’ve found. The “filter” function will also a teacher to search a specific topic as I’ve generated numerous “tags” to organize my posts. Still, if a teacher is searching for specific materials in a lesson on particular unit, there are many applicable “tags,” but they are arranged alphabetically.  So I’ve added a drop-down tab entitled “thematic.” Under this drop-down menu are pages dedicated to all the units of AP Human Geography (and environmental and physical geography as well) with links for the pertinent sub themes organized by the AP Human Geography course outline. Additionally, I’ve included approximately 10 of my favorite resources for each unit to the corresponding page. I’ve also added a post slider where I’ll organize the most important posts of the last few weeks. Best of luck in the new school year!

See on geographyeducation.org

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