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This is the truly global project that asks the children of the world to introduce us to the people of the world. We've seen videos and resources that ask the question, "if there were only 100 people in the world, what would it look like?" This takes that idea of making demographic statistics more meaningful one step further by asking student in schools for around the world to nominate some "representative people" and share their stories. The site houses videos, galleries from each continent and analyze themes that all societies must deal with. This site that looks at the people and places on out planet to promote greater appreciation of cultural diversity and understanding is a great find. Tags: Worldwide, statistics, K12, education, comparison.
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This Google Map is database for some highly educational virtual tours that can be used in social science classrooms. Included are 60 markers which represent more than 60 webcams and virtual tours. This list of 'online field trips' becomes a powerful way to open up the world to your students. Sample locations: Pryamid at Giza, Yellowstone Nat'l Park, Stonehenge, Great Barrier Reef and many more.
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I've posted one of these before, but this Google Earth puzzle comes with multiple choice options and instant feedback. Looking at the world via Google Earth offers striking images of the diversity of our planet and the impact that humans have had on it. This multiple-choice puzzle based on 25 Google Earth images is part 2 of a series (part 1 doesn't have the multiple choice options).
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More people left Phoenix in 2009 than came. The map above visualizes moves to and from Phoenix; counties that took more migrants than they sent are linked with red lines. Counties that sent more migrants than they took are linked with blue lines. I've sent this link out before, but Forbes now has four articles attached to interactive mapping tool that analyze the data (including one by geographer Michael Conzen). Also the new data has been added and the visualization has also been improved...very cool features with tremendous amounts of teaching applications.
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This is a video introduction to www.historypin.com which might just prove to be a very useful and important project. It's historical geography powered by collaborative mapping that is infused with social media dynamics. Backed by Google, they are geo-tagging old photos to recreate the historical geographies of all places and comparing them with current street view images. You can search by topic, place or date...this has the potential to be very big.
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"Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest."
Among the many compelling cartograms on this site is this one showing the prevalance of HIV.
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"The Power of Place: Geography for the 21st Century teaches the geographic skills and concepts that are necessary to understand the world. Geography educators and content experts from around the globe shed light on the physical, human, political, historical, economic, and cultural factors that affect people and natural environments. Maps, animation, and academic commentary bring into focus case studies from 50 sites in 36 countries." A well-known resource for geography teachers, but the list would feel incomplete without this great archive of 26 videos from around the world.
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"Google Fusion Tables is an excellent way to create and share visualizations of data in map, chart, and tabular formats. Today we’re starting a new series of blog posts designed to get you up to speed with using this fantastic platform. We’ll also be releasing a free e-learning course called Bringing Data to Life with Google Fusion Tables to all our newsletter subscribers."
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Find ideas for any age student and a handful of virtual tours that will not only help you instruct your students, but might even teach you something along the way. Ideas for all grade levels, ages and abilities.
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"The WomanStats Project is the most comprehensive compilation of information on the status of women in the world. The Project facilitates understanding the linkage between the situation of women and the security of nation-states. We comb the extant literature and conduct expert interviews to find qualitative and quantitative information on over 310 indicators of women's status in 174 countries. Our Database expands daily, and access to it is free of charge." With assistance from the Geography Dept. at Brigham Young University, the WomanStats Project provides important data and maps regarding issues of gender, access and equity with a spatial perspective.
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If you need reading guides/study guides for the Rubenstein textbook, the AP Human Geography link has good content. This page also has good resources for other history/social studies classes (European History, Government, World History, US History, Economics). This is all the work of Jim Nelsen, teacher extraordinaire from Milwaukee, WI.
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"3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage..." With the start of a new school year, I feel this video beautifully encapsulates the spirit of a globalized educational experience and the value of geographic understanding in an ever-interconnected world.
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"Mapping America: Every City, Every Block." Browse local data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, which was conducted from 2005 to 2009. This is super easy to use for students accustomed to internet browsing.
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The Brazilian government's geographic department (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística-roughly equivalent to the U.S. Census Bureau) has compiled an fantastic interactive world factbook (available in English and Spanish as well as Portuguese). The ease of navigation allows the user to conduct a specific search of simply explore demographic, economic, environmental and development data on any country in the world. Tags: population, worldwide, statistics, mapping, zbestofzbest.
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Learn about the world by changing the familiar map. Select a subject from the top menu and watch the map resize. A countrys total area no longer represents land mass, but items relevant to the subject (i.e. The geovisualization in this interactive map is outstanding (translation: I could play with this all day). This displayed map shows the destination countries for migrants, with links to the data and information to read up on the topic. Truly impressive. For the live link, see: http://show.mappingworlds.com//world/?lang=EN
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"3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage." This video beautifully encapsulates the spirit of a globalized educational experience and the value of geographic understanding in an ever-interconnected world. Geography is about broadening our minds to other places, other cultures and other ways of doing things. In a three part series including 'Eat' and 'Move.'
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A fantastic AP Human Geography Teacher is compiling geography education links and thematically organizing them into 'stacks.' It is still a work in progress but is reaching a point of being more useful and organized. Use either the 'stack' or links' to locate websites that are useful for AP Human Geography and other geography courses. Good job David!
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National Geographic Education brings geography, social studies and science to life. Using real-world examples and National Geographic's rich media, educators, families, and students learn about the world and the people in it. This page is an archive of great resources.
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Country comparisons using graphs, maps. Huge database of world statistics. Reference site contains country statistics, maps, flags, graphs and pie charts. This is excellent for national side-by-side comparisons with a whole host of thematic datasets to choose from. This easy portal can demystify the idea of producing a data-driven paper or project.
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Keep, share, and discover the best of the Web using Delicious, the world's leading social bookmarking service. An APHG reader and college geography professor have archived a host of his favorite links and online resources on the delicious.com site. He has made them publicly accessible in the hopes that more teachers can find useful resources. Thanks for sharing. Also I the spirit of sharing and collaboration, I am ALWAYS excited to receive a "suggestion" on this site and am glad to see interaction and teaching hints in the "comments." I am glad to see the links posted on Twitter and Facebooks accounts. In essence, I'm encouraging more interaction on the site and hope that will help better content and pedagogical resource to be available to a wider audience.
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See photos from 7 Billion: http://bit.ly/hhYz3m With the worldwide population expected to exceed seven billion in 2011, National Geographic magazine offers a... This video provides excellent material for discussing population growth, space and sustainability.
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"Open books for an open world." If you would like access to a free online textbook, this is your place. If you would like to help rewrite a textbook and share with others, again this is the place.
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This is truly horrific dancing with high comedic value and engages students. However, the cultural icons, environmental settings and social context within which these images are spliced make this more than just "fluff" piece to distract the students. "Dancing Badly Around the World."
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