GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION

Look Here! is a site-specific, outdoor, public history exhibition on the streets of Over-the-Rhine.

Source: www.cincinnati.com

This article is to announce (and explain) the new public art project in Cincinnati’s gentrifying neighborhood, Over the Rhine.  The exhibition will “include historic photographs of Over-the-Rhine ranging in time from the late nineteenth century through the 1940s. The exhibit will turn Over-the-Rhine into a museum of the streets that will provide an historic and cultural experience for all comers, any time, day or night. The exhibition will run from November 2015 to March 2016.”

Tags: neighborhood, landscape, gentrification, urban, place,  APHG, Cincinnati. 

With Saudi Arabia’s execution of a Shiite cleric inflaming tensions in the Middle East, here is a primer on the differences between the two branches of Islam.

Source: www.nytimes.com

Knowing the geography of the Sunni-Shiite division is incredibly important for a good understanding of world regional geography as well as modern geopolitics (see a detailed map of the spatial distribution here). This 5 minute video (as well as this NPR podcast) examine the historical and religious aspects of this split to then analyze the political and cultural implications in the Middle East today.  Additionally this Pew Research article highlights the 5 countries where the the majority of Muslims are Shiite, with some good demographic data to add to the analysis.  Take this quiz to test your knowledge on the differences between the two major branches of Islam.   

Tags: MiddleEast, Islam, religion, historical, culture.

Mandatory helmet laws and glow-in-the-dark spray paint just show who really owns the roads.

Source: www.washingtonpost.com

This op-ed is good discussion fodder to discuss the urban planning preferences embedded within our transportation choices. 

Tags: op-ed, urban, transportation, planning.

Tags: borders, political, territoriality, sovereignty, CGP Grey.

Discuss this episode: https://www.reddit.com/r/cgpgrey

Source: www.youtube.com

If there is one thing that the modern political order can’t stand it is letting unclaimed land remain unclaimed…even if it covered in frozen ice.

Tags: borders, Antarctica, political, territoriality, CGP Grey.

For decades to come, Antarctica is supposed to be protected as a scientific preserve. But an array of countries are eager to assert greater influence.

Tags: Antarctica, climate change, political, resources, sovereignty.

Source: www.nytimes.com

Well, this is kind of crazy. Only 5 per cent of the world’s population lives in the regions of this map shaded blue. Another 5 per cent lives in the area shaded red. Yoinks.

Tags: population, density, South Asia.

Source: www.citymetric.com

“The Chinese government has introduced unprecedented measures aimed at shaping the behavior and beliefs of China’s 10 million Uighurs.” http://wp.me/p2Ij6x-60y

Source: www.nytimes.com

This NY Times article is a good update on the situation of Xianjiang.  I wish this was available when I wrote this article with teaching resources for the National Geographic Education Blog is on the always simmering tensions in the China’s westernmost province.  

Tags: Central Asia, culture, political, conflict, governance,China, East Asia, religion, Islam, landscape.

Tags: K12, map, map archives.
It’s time to present the most interesting interactive maps that came to our attention in 2015

Source: visualoop.com

There is bound to be something that you will find useful/insightful in this year-end list.

Tags: map, map archives.