What do you think of when you hear the word literacy? Depending on what you teach, chances are geography is not the first thought that comes to mind. But believe it or not, geography and literacy naturally share many similarities. And you can deepen students’ learning in both geography and literacy when they are integrated in the curriculum. The Common Core State Standards in English … Continue reading The Geography and Literacy Connection
Show me a man whose favorite game is Risk, and I’ll show you a man who’s never played Settlers. With those words, my dear friend Colin kicked off a round of the board game, Settlers of Catan. I didn’t know this game existed until last year, when my former roommate Dan (also a geo-nerd) introduced it to me. I’m not sure how I managed to graduate … Continue reading A Resource Management Lesson: Settlers of Catan
In his 2012 book Why Geography Matters More Than Ever, geographer Harm de Blij tells us how he uses maps in the university classroom: “As I suggest to my students, please scrutinize a full-page map for at least as long as it would take you to read a page of the book of which it is part. Try to summarize what it tells you, … Continue reading Mapping Monday: Maps are for Reading
