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Global news with a spatial perspective: Interesting, current supplemental materials for geography students and teachers. http://geographyeducation.org
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Finding Materials: This site is designed for geography students and teachers to find interesting, current supplemental materials. To search for place-specific posts, browse this interactive map. To search for thematic posts, see http://geographyeducation.org/thematic/ (organized by the APHG curriculum). Also you can search for a keyword by clicking on the filter tab above. Staying Connected: You can receive post updates in the way that best fits how you use social media. Update Notifications: Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+. Email: Click 'follow' button at top right of this page.
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I hope that you enjoy the content and materials that you find on this website. This represents the best news, materials and resources that I have found that can be used in geography (and other) classrooms. Delete the scoop?
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Portions of the High Plains Aquifer are rapidly being depleted by farmers who are pumping too much water to irrigate their crops, particularly in the southern half in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Levels have declined up to 242 feet in some areas, from predevelopment — before substantial groundwater irrigation began — to 2011.
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The article connected to this map from the New York Times can be found here. "Two years of extreme drought, during which farmers relied almost completely on groundwater, have brought the seriousness of the problem home. In 2011 and 2012, the Kansas Geological Survey reports, the average water level in the state’s portion of the aquifer dropped 4.25 feet — nearly a third of the total decline since 1996." Tags: water, agriculture, environment, consumption, resources, environment depend. 
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Today, 1:41 PM
The recent PBS special on the Dust Bowl also addressed this current problem and how some American farmers are not learning from past mistakes. Delete the scoop?
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"We came to Sri Lanka with every intention of filming a video about an organic, fair trade tea farmer. That is exactly what we were planning when we set foot on the small tea farm of Piyasena and his wife Ariyawatha. What we didnt expect was to be so taken with the relationship between the two of them. What started as a farm story quickly turned into a story about love and dedication amongst the Ceylon tea fields."
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The beginning of their love story is rooted in cultural traditions that many would find oppressive (arranged marriage), and yet there is much about their sweet relationship that is near-universally admired. Delete the scoop?
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"An earlier GeoCurrents post on Chechnya mentioned that the Chechens were deported from their homeland in the North Caucasus to Central Asia in February 1944. However, the Chechen nation was not the only one to suffer such a fate under Stalin’s regime."
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This is a painful page in world history, but it needs retelling. The Soviet era profoundly reshaped the cultural, political and economic geographies of the region. Tags: Russia, migration, Central Asia, historical, war, ethnicity, political, gerrymandering. 
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May 17, 6:41 PM
Stalin’s Ethnic Deportations—and the Gerrymandered Ethnic Map | @scoopit via @APHumanGeog http://sco.lt/... Delete the scoop?
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By Neal Lineback and Mandy Lineback Gritzner, Geography in the NewsTM and Maps.com KEYSTONE PIPELINE AND CANADIAN TAR SANDS CONTROVERSY Supporters and protesters continue to lobby both the White House and U.S. Via Neal G. Lineback 
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May 17, 7:51 AM
This is a Geography in the News dealing with the background of the Keystone pipeline proposal and Canadian tar sands. Delete the scoop?
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"The Landsat's natural-color imager scanned a swath of land 185-kilometers wide and 9,000 kilometers long (120 by 6,000 miles)—an unusual, unbroken distance considering 70 percent of Earth is covered with water. That flight path—depicted on the globe below—afforded us the chance to assemble 56 still images into a seamless, flyover view of what LDCM saw on April 19, 2013. Stretching from northern Russia to South Africa, the full mosaic from the Operational Land Imager can be viewed in this video."
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We typically see remotely sensed images as a single, still rectangular grid...this stunning video shows what the image collection process would look like from the perspective of the satellite. This video is available to download in a variety of formats and resolutions. Tags: remote sensing, geospatial, unit 1 GeoPrinciples.
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May 17, 6:43 PM
The Long Swath | @scoopit via @APHumanGeog http://sco.lt/... Delete the scoop?
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"American tragedies occur where middle America frequents every day: airplanes, business offices, marathons. Where there persists a tangible fear that this could happen to any of us. And rightfully so. Deaths and mayhem anywhere are tragic. That should always be the case. The story here is where American tragedies don't occur. American tragedies don't occur on the southside of Chicago or the New Orleans 9th Ward."
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This is a controversial Op-Ed article that discusses how place and the major axes of identity (race, class and gender) shape and intersect with the the national memory of violence and the media portrayal of violence. According the David Dennis, "The media seems to forget about New Orleans and any place that the middle class can't easily relate to." Delete the scoop?
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Rust Belt cities are hoping that immigrants can help rebuild our their shrinking communities. Washington should gear policy to helping them. 
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May 16, 9:44 PM
Not tech .... But we are impacted in Michigan ..... Delete the scoop?
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Humanist geography, a movement within the field of human geography (itself a sub-field of geography) arose in the 1970s as a way to counter what humanists saw as a tendency to treat places as mere sites or locations. Instead, a humanist geographer would argue, the places we inhabit have as many personalities as those whose lives have intersected with them. And the stories we tell about places often say as much about who we are, as about where our feet are planted.
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Anytime a geographer uses the phrase "sense of place," they owe an intellectual debt of gratitude to Yi-Fu Tuan. This article is an introduction to the man and his work that is accessible to all audiences. Tags: place, unit 1 GeoPrinciples. 
Romana Quintel's curator insight,
May 14, 12:05 AM
An interesting way to view Aboriginal people's link to country. 
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May 14, 9:38 AM
Articulo que introduce a la obra del geógrafo humanista Yi-Fu Tuan, uno de los 21 historiadores para el siglo XXI que José Enrique Ruiz-Domènec seleccionó en su libro Rostros para la historia Delete the scoop?
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"London-based design firm BERG created these two 3D maps of Manhattan, which look like a scene out of "Inception" (via Curbed NY)." Delete the scoop?
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GeoGuessr is a geography game which takes you on a journey around the world and challenges your ability to recognize your surroundings.
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When I was a child I used to wonder if woke up somewhere far from home, would I be able to know where I was just by looking at the places around me (I was a geo-geek from way back when). GeoGuessr is the closest thing to finding yourself lost in the world and needing to figure out where you are without being wisked away. GeoGuessr will display 5 locations in GoogleMaps "StreetView" and you have to guess where the images are located. You can pan and zoom in the StreetView to explore the landscape and find more context clues as to where that location is. It is a fantastic exploration exercise. 
Magnus Gustafsson's comment,
May 19, 12:09 PM
Yes, easy to play but not so easy to know where you are.
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"In April, the Associated Press decided the word 'illegal' should only be used to describe actions, not people. It's one of several major news outlets that have been reconsidering how to refer to people who are in this country illegally."
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There is power in the words we choose, especially for those those that are in the media that influence the way we frame any topic. If a reporter in a news article, for example, were to describe a group as freedom fighters instead of insurgent rebels it impacts our perception of the news. See also this gallery of images on the U.S.-Mexico border. Tags: migration, ethnicity, race, population, podcast. Delete the scoop?
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Investigate for yourself the mechanisms of global trade
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This more clearly shows the regional restructuring of the global economy than just about anything I've ever seen, especially manufacturing. The 8 largest and busiest ports in the world are all in East or Southeast Asia (and 11 of the top 13). A quick glance at the historical charts will show that most of these were relatively minor ports that have exploded in the last 20 years.
Tags: transportation, globalization, diffusion, East Asia, industry, economic.
Magnus Gustafsson's curator insight,
May 12, 3:36 PM
I think this is perfect for my geographystudents this week. Worth to use in a study of global tradestructures. 
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Today, 3:01 PM
Synchronized and permutable orthoimagery and interactive map visualisation Delete the scoop?
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Australia's engagement with Asia: Water - a case study on Flores
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For a the full lesson on how access to clean drinking water and human well-being are connected on the Indonesian island of Flores, visit World Vision Australia. Tags: Indonesia, water, development. 
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Via Mr. David Burton
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You can dowload the 2013 FRQs or any previously released FRQs on the AP Human Geography College Board website. Delete the scoop?
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"The Social Security Administration this week released its list of 2012’s most popular baby names by state, and maybe explained why there are so many Jacobs and Sophias in your kids’ schools. Do you see your kids’ names here?" Delete the scoop?
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45 percent think the U.S. should intervene, but only half can identify the country. Delete the scoop?
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A quick fun quiz on languages from around the world. If you consider yourself a bit of linguist, this quiz will be 'nada' problem for you! Delete the scoop?
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"Planning to take the Advanced Placement Human Geography exam from the College Board? Try these five suggestions for review."
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May 16, 1:26 PM
We all have a choice that greatly increases our chance of living a long and more healthy life, avoiding Heart Disease, Diabetes and Gingivitis... Delete the scoop?
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There are 8 major English dialect areas in North America, presented on the map. These are shown in blue, each with its number, on the map and in the Dialect Description Chart below, and are also outlined with blue lines on the map. The many subdialects are shown in red on the map and in the chart, and are outlined with red lines on the map. All of these are listed in the margins of the map as well.
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This map is incredibly busy, but the best elements of this interactive map are the links to YouTube videos of particular accents and pronunciation examples. It's not winning any cartographic prizes but the links make the map it worth perusing given its rich detail. See also this article about the map from GeoCurrents. Tags: language, North America. 
Susan Lindell Radke's comment,
May 16, 4:26 PM
Looks like the YouTube links don't work. YT account terminated?
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This is a fabulous map---but is the statement true?
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I present this map (hi-res) without any context to my students and ask the question: is this statement true? How can we ascertain the truthfulness of this claim? What fact would we need to gather? This exercise sharpens their critical thinking skills and harnesses the assorted bits of regional information that they already have, and helps them evaluate the statement. The answers to these questions can be found here.
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Scholars Online Videos feature top scholars answering a specific question in his or her field of expertise. These brief and informative videos are designed to supplement the Choices Program curricula.
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In this Scholar's Online video, Jennifer Fluri briefly answers this question: How has Afghanistan's geography affected its history? This video nicely shows how contested international disputes have geographic dimensions to them. The very borders of Afghanistan were created out of geopolitical maneuverings. Tags: Afghanistan, borders, political, culture, Central Asia, historical, colonialism. 
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May 13, 1:56 PM
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May 14, 5:57 PM
about The Middle East and frontiers: a short video to better understand this country's history. Delete the scoop?
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The GTAV is the professional subject association serving geography teachers in the State of Victoria, Australia. Delete the scoop?
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How Many Rhode Islands is a simple web application that shows and tells you how many Rhode Islands would fit inside a given country. 
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May 10, 8:38 PM
The Rhode Island Geography Education Alliance is as pleased as could be to discover this marvelously fun website. While the Ocean State is larger than countries such as Andorra, Nauru, Tuvalu and Malta, there are not many countries smaller than the smallest of the United States of America. Russia could contain 5,445 'Rhode Islands' and the United States could contain 3,066 Rhode Islands (that's a LOT of senators!). Delete the scoop?
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Famous TV Moms and where they lived. Happy Mother's Day.
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Today (May 10th) is Mother's Day in Mexico and some other Latin American countries so what better time to share this map of TV Moms? Additionally, here are maps that display the various dates that different societies use to honor Mothers and Fathers. Question to Ponder: Many societies celebrate Mother's Day around the vernal equinox and Father's Day near the summer solstice. Is this a coincidence or are their some gendered messages in these cultural celebrations? Delete the scoop?
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Exclusive timelapse: See climate change, deforestation and urban sprawl unfold as Earth evolves over 30 years.
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This interactive feature includes various places that have experienced rapid environmental change in the last few decades. This is a simple way to show the power of remotely sensed data as well as massive environmental impact of rapid urbanization and globalization.
Tags: remote sensing, land use, environment, geospatial, environment modify, urban ecology. 
Lauren Jacquez's curator insight,
May 11, 7:15 PM
I suggest you watch to see the spatial patterns emerge!
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May 12, 6:12 PM
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