GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION

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Conservation experts say ancient terraces and a Roman-era irrigation system in Battir, the West Bank, are threatened by Israel’s plans to build a section of its security barrier.

A site that many consider a cultural landscape worth international efforts to preserve it, are might be threatened by proposals to expand Israel’s Barrier Wall.  Culture, politics, landscapes, borders…this topic is full of geographic themes worth having students investigate.  

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Brace yourselves, East Coasters….

Thinking spatially, it’s important to remember that not all places will be impacted equally.  Even among the coasts, not all spots would receive the same sea level rise when the ocean’s systems are quite dynamic. 

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The author talks about her new book, Urban Farms, the difference between a farm and a garden, and how city farmers are moving beyond the trend factor.

Too often we teach about cities and urban systems one one side of a spectrum and agricultural and rural land use on the other.  Here is some fuel for the gristmill.     

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As immigration levels from Mexico have plunged, the number of new arrivals from Asia has increased.

Don’t listen to the election year rhetoric about immigration policies if you want to understand the shifting demographic profile of immigrants entering the United States.  For years now, immigration from Latin America has been at incredibly low levels mainly from 1) limited job market in the U.S. (weakening the pull factor), 2) increased deportation (weakening the pull factor) and 3) a sharp drop in Mexican birth rates (weakening the push factor).  What other push and pull factors are influences this change in the demographic profile of migrants?   Considering that Asian migrants are more highly educated that the rest of the American population (and Hispanics have less education than the general U.S. population), how will this change the labor market within the different sectors of the economy?

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Botswana sprinter Amantle Montsho trains in Senegal, thousands of miles from home, in hopes of capturing her country’s first Olympic medal.

While some countries routinely get dozens of medals at each Olympiad, other countries (like Botswana) have never received a medal.  World-class training facilities are not available everywhere, and youth participation in some sports is non-existant.  What are some other factors that contribute to this uneven global patterns of world-class athletics?

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“Saudi Arabia is to allow its women athletes to compete in the Olympics for the first time ever, a statement by the country’s London embassy says.”  In what is viewed as sensitive ‘baby steps’ towards inclusion for women in activities most in the West take for granted, females will be competing for the Saudi Olympic team in London, something that has been forbidden until very recently.  Allowing their participation also alleviates pressure from the entire team being disqualified due to gender discrimination.  (Apparently they can ride horses – will driving automobiles be far behind?) 

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Download KML FILE to BEST view this interactive map within Google Earth. My wife and I took a fabulous trip to the United Kingdom and Greece that was primarily for a writing project that she is wor…

I usually redirect readers to articles, lessons, materials and resources that other people have created.  I would like to deviate from that model and share something original that I have created in Google Earth to share photos, give tour guide commentary and give a geography lesson.  The sample is from a trip I was on about a month ago.  I envision my introductory mapping students to create one of these next semester. 

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Esri Press book provides insight for GIS implementation from indigenous sovereign nations.

“The book offers insight into how tribal governments and supporting organizations are employing GIS, from day-to-day operations to special projects for tribal leadership. Tribal GIS also highlights how GIS is being used to embrace a new movement in tribal governance toward improving citizen services, decision support for community leadership, sustained economic development, and the protection of tribal assets.”

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