David Hanauer has created sumptuous rugs that are inspired by Google Earth images. These images in repeating patterns creates a stunning visual effect. Paired with Persian styling to create unique, geography inspired carpets, this gallery has 6 different pieces in this art gallery.
See on www.davidhanauer.de
A United Nations report cites widespread shortages of food, water, electricity, jobs, hospital beds and classrooms amid an exploding population in an area of Gaza.
While most slums are symptomatic of issues that would be addressed by an economic and urban geography analysis, the slums of Gaza are different. Many slum issues are tied to city politics, but in Gaza these slums are also connected to some of the larger geopolitical issues of the region.
Tags: Political, urban, squatter, poverty, MiddleEast, economic, place, unit 4 political, unit 7 cities.
See on www.nytimes.com
We suggested ways to teach about Election 2012 and included links to lesson plans and Times features, and we’ll be updating the page regularly as the march to the White House proceeds.
The Learning Network has partnered with the NY Times to produce lesson plans for all ages (and all disciplines) on how to teach using the 2012 United States Presidential Election.
Tags: Political, K12, training, education.
See on learning.blogs.nytimes.com
Who says you can’t integrate geography and real world applications into the math curriculum? Paul Bouke has scoured the Earth searching for fractals in natural environment and created this amazingly artistic remote sensing gallery (with KMZ files for viewing in Google Earth as well).
Tags: Remote sensing, art, math, google, physical, landforms, geomorphology.
See on paulbourke.net
When African states gained independence, the continent’s new leaders agreed to respect the old colonial borders to avoid endless wars.
This interactive map shows the major conflicts on the African continent where the combatants have geopolitical aspirations to separate from the state and create a new, autonomous state. Click on the red arrows and you can read about the warring factions and the current situation in that region.
Tags: political, governance, Africa, unit 4 political, war, conflict, colonialism.
See on www.guardian.co.uk
Print your own customized, place-based envelopes using Google Maps imagery.
See on www.mapenvelope.com
To understand today’s global conflicts, forget economics and technology and take a hard look at a map, writes Robert D. Kaplan.
This is a timely article that shows the importance of geography in understanding current events throughout the world. Also included in this link are videos and pictures connected to an interactive map that highlights a few global conflicts. Students would benefit from reading this article in preparation for completing a news article assignment. Geographic context always matters; it might not tell the whole story but it will certainly shape it.
Tags: Geography, GeographyEducation, Unit 1 GeoPrinciples.
See on online.wsj.com
Any cartographic fine-tuning of borders that you would suggest? What truths does this map obscure?
Tags: regions, sport, mapping.
See on i.imgur.com
This is the truly global project that asks the children of the world to introduce us to the people of the world. We’ve seen videos and resources that ask the question, “if there were only 100 people in the world, what would it look like?” This takes that idea of making demographic statistics more meaningful one step further by asking student in schools for around the world to nominate some “representative people” and share their stories. The site houses videos, galleries from each continent and analyze themes that all societies must deal with. This site that looks at the people and places on out planet to promote greater appreciation of cultural diversity and understanding is a great find.
Tags: Worldwide, statistics, K12, education, comparison.
See on www.100people.org
