Geography Education Resources
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Course Materials
"Geography Beyond Boundaries: Teaching Redistricting as an Entry Point to the Broader Discipline of Geography", Chris Fowler, The Geography Teacher, Published online 24 July 2024
Resources
- American Association of Geographers
- American Geographical Society
- AP Human Geography Classroom Resources
- Seth Dixon - Scoop.it
- Education for Spatial Citizenship
- GeoInquiries
- 2892 Miles to Go
- Educator guide for social justice education program centered on amplifying local community stories about justice, race, and equity
- National Council for Geographic Education
- Native Land Digital, mapping Indigenous territories, treaties, and languages across the world
- Open Street Map Teen Maptivists
- Original Geographer - Thomas Larsen
- YouTube Channel: Studying the interface between nature and culture
- Statistics and Mapping
Perspectives
- The Question Formulation Technique for Primary Source Learning in a Nevada 4th Grade Classroom - fourth graders are curious about maps!
- The Golden Age of Geography
- Jack Dangermond, Forbes, September 15, 2022
- Ethics of Redistricting: How Geography Represents Us
- Alex Griffin, EthicalGEO, June 15, 2022
- Independent Commissions Alone Can't Create Fair Maps
- Chris Fowler, Democracy Works, October 11, 2021
- DIY Redistricting Allows Public to Draw Maps in More States
- Kristian Hernandez, Stateline, August 31, 2021
- Why 'deepfake geography' presents significant risks - and how researchers are detecting it
- Richard Yonck, GeekWire, April 26, 2021
- Teaching Inquiry-based STEM Education in a Post-Pandemic World: Using STEM for Social Good
- Dr. Carol O'Donnell, Smithsonian Science Education Center, March 2001
- Why Geography Should be Part of Every 21st Century Education
- Vicki Phillips, Forbes, August 31, 2020
- Who's in charge of lifting lockdowns?
- David Swindell, The Conversation, May 15, 2020
- How 13 Rejected States Would Have Changed the Electoral College
- Ella Koeze, FiveThirtyEight, July 22, 2019
- These maps show how the decline in American birth rates will affect each state
- Rina Raphael, Fast Company, January 10, 2019
- Researchers are trying to make U.S. elections more reliable — using maps
- Benjamin Freed, STATESCOOP, December 21, 2018
- What’s Stronger than a Blue Wave? Gerrymandered Districts.
- Maggie Astor and K.K. Rebecca Lai, The New York Times, November 29, 2018
- Political Bubbles and Hidden Diversity: Highlights From a Very Detailed Map of the 2016 Election
- Upshot Staff, The New York Times, July 25, 2018
- What Would a Good Electoral Map Even Look Like?
- Garrett Dash Nelson, CityLab, March 6, 2018