Geography Education Resources

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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

  • Mapping the Midterms: Visualizing the Intersection of Demographics and Elections

  • The 10 Most Populous U.S. Cities Every Decade since 1790

Perspectives

• 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