A’ndrea Fisher facilitated a video call with a class in Canada to help her first-grade students in Texas gain diverse perspectives. Students shared state and national symbols during the call as well as symbols they created to represent their class. Continue reading Educator Spotlight: Finding Similarities Across Cultures
ENVIRONMENT They’re more venomous, more aggressive, and “Holy crap. I have never, in my entire career as an ant researcher, seen *anything* like this.” (The Atlantic) What are fire ants? Teachers, scroll down for a quick list of key resources in our Teachers Toolkit. Discussion Ideas Take a look at some of the jaw-dropping photos of fire ant colonies floating in the floodwaters of the … Continue reading Floating Fire Ants Mess with Texas
WEATHER Several factors have combined to make the storm wetter than most, with potentially deadly consequences for the Texas coast. (Nat Geo News) Use MapMaker Interactive’s precipitation layer to put Harvey’s rainfall in perspective. Teachers, scroll down for a quick list of key resources in our Teachers Toolkit. Discussion Ideas The Nat Geo News article reports that up to 50 inches of rain will fall … Continue reading Harvey May Become the Rainiest Storm in U.S. History—and Here’s Why
Here’s an advance look at some of the “This Day in Geographic History” (TDIGH) events coming up this week. For each date, we’ve matched it with a map or visual, background information, and a classroom activity so you can plan ahead. Monday, January 30 TDIGH: Tet Offensive The 1968 surprise attacks carried out by communist-affiliated troops against South Vietnamese and American forces shifted public opinion … Continue reading This Week in Geographic History, January 30 – February 5
EDUCATION Following online criticism, publisher McGraw-Hill admitted that it glossed over the history of the slave trade in its 9th-grade geography textbook. (Washington Post) Join our Network of Alliances for Geographic Education for discourse on understanding the best practices for teaching human and historical geography. Teachers, scroll down for a quick list of key resources in our Teachers’ Toolkit. Here is the original complaint lodged … Continue reading ‘Workers’ or ‘Slaves’? Geography Textbook Updated After Online Complaint
