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Welcome to ‘Geography Education’

Finding Materials: This site is designed for geography students and teachers to find interesting, current supplemental materials. To search for place-specific posts, browse this interactive map. To search for thematic posts, see https://geographyeducation.org/thematic/ (organized by the APHG curriculum). Also you can search for a keyword by clicking on the filter tab above.

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Seth Dixon, Ph.D.‘s insight:

I hope that you enjoy the content and materials that you find on this website. This represents the best news, materials and resources that I have found that can be used in geography (and other) classrooms.

See on www.arcgis.com

March 11, 2013 0

Central Place Theory

Central placetheory from Seth Dixon

Central Places:Theory and Applications produced by Ken Keller (kellek@danbury.k12.ct.us) adapted from Don Ziegler.

Seth Dixon, Ph.D.‘s insight:

The Central Place Theory is a model that is not used much today in academic geography, but given it’s explicitly spatial nature, it is used in many geography curricula (including AP Human Geography) to show systems thinking and spatial patterns. This powerpoint goes over the main ideas of the theory developed by Walter Christaller as well as some examples.

Tags: APHG, models, spatial.

See on www.slideshare.net

March 11, 2013 0

Education Around the World

“A glimpse inside the life of students from Senegal to Vietnam and China.”

See on www.takepart.com

March 11, 2013 0

Exploration

I have a longstanding obsession with J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit,’ starting with the great 1977 animated film that captured my young imagination. Hobbits are content to be intensely local and ignore the world beyond their neighborhood until Gandalf instills in Bilbo and subsequently Frodo to learn about the wider world. I’ve always seen that as push for all of us to get to know more about the world, and to experience it first-hand. Sometimes academic geographic forgets the explorer component of geographic inquiry and discovery and it is these geographic quotes from the movies and books that I wish to share.

See on geographyeducation.org

March 10, 2013 0

SimCity EDU

SimCityEDU – Create & Share SimCity Learning Tools

Seth Dixon, Ph.D.‘s insight:

I will confess that I have personally never played SimCity, but I do know educators that have tapped into that gaming experience to teach spatial thinking and some principles of urban planning. This link is designed with those teachers in mind.

Tags: urban, planning, spatial, unit 7 cities, edtech.

See on www.simcityedu.org

March 10, 2013 0

McDonald’s® Packaging

Seth Dixon, Ph.D.‘s insight:

The packaging on the McDonald’s fry box states, “Why are our fries the gold standard? Because only a select number of potato varieties make the cut. I’m lovin’ it®” This is a message is primarily aimed at millions of individual consumers. As geographers who analyze systems, we can look at this message for meaning beyond taste and quality control in how it affect both urban and rural places. Given that McDonald’s is the United States’ largest purchaser of potatoes, what are the economic and agricultural implications for their fry selection on the market(s)? How does this impact farmers, consumers, competitors and other groups?

See on mcdepk.com

March 10, 2013 0

In A Grain Of Golden Rice, A World Of Controversy Over GMO Foods

A rice enriched with beta-carotene promises to boost the health of poor children around the world. But critics say golden rice is also a clever PR move for a biotech industry driven by profits, not humanitarianism.

Seth Dixon, Ph.D.‘s insight:

This is a great podcast that emphasizes various geographic themes including agriculture, development and economics. This new genetically-modified rice was designed to provide vitamin A (something no natural rice provides) to impoverished diets. Skeptics point out that the history of the industry shows that the goal is to enrich a select number of corporations while some are hailing this as a major advancement that will benefit the poor. Where people side on this is often ideological, so those that are firmly against genetically modified foods find the flaw in the plan and vice versa. What do you think? How might this change food production and consumption worldwide and at a local scale?

Tags: GMOs, development, NGOs, Food, agriculture, agribusiness, unit 5 agriculture.

See on www.npr.org

March 10, 2013 0

South Sudan: The World’s Newest Country

Seth Dixon, Ph.D.‘s insight:

This infographic is a great introduction to the historical genesis of South Sudan and the political uncertainty and difficulties that it now faces as an independent country.

Tags: South Sudan, political, sovereignty, Africa, territoriality, states, unit 4 political.

See on latestinfographics.com

March 9, 2013 0

Where the Hell is Matt?

Seth Dixon, Ph.D.‘s insight:

I’ve seen other “Where the Hell is Matt” videos and this recent one is building on that tradition. These videos show some fantastic international icons and people around the world. Simultaneously, this video show the unique cultural elements seen around the world while showing the essential beauty of our common humanity. Who wouldn’t want to go to all the places that Matt has been?

Tags: geo-inspiration, worldwide, folk culture.

See on www.youtube.com

March 9, 2013 0