Folk cultures are rural, religious, agricultural, family-based and in a word: traditional. This classic movie's opening 10 minutes are a good primer for markers of folk cultures and struggles that folk cultures have to maintain there vitality in a globalizing world.
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"This blog-a-thon submission comes from Joseph Kerski of the National Council of Geographic Education (2011 President). Joseph writes about why geography education matters and how it applies to each one of us."
This was one great orange! Thank you GS! 
austin tydings's comment,
August 27, 2013 2:41 PM
Geography, is a subject where it takes all the skills from science, math, English, and social studies, and combines it into a in depth thinking class. It makes you find the problem, fix it and tell how and why you fixed it . For example, a crop is not growing in a dry area, then you try it in a wet area and it grows, now you have to find out why it grows in a wet area and not a dry area and explain why. It is good to start out early learning about the basics in the core classes then later in the more advance classes, to understand how to fix a problem.
Annenkov's curator insight,
September 13, 2013 2:09 AM
"Geography education applies to each one of us" - not only for children, but for adults in everyday life. Who is interested in developing a personal geoculture? 
Peter Phillips's curator insight,
October 5, 2013 7:37 PM
Using an orange to learn the continents of the Earth :) great idea.
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"While the Korean War of the early 1950s never formally ended, its aftermath has created starkly divergent worlds for those living on either side of the north-south divide. What follows is a look at life in the two Koreas; how such a night-and-day difference came to be; and where the crisis could go from here.…
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"The U.S. Census Bureau has designed a multimedia application experience, a story map, called 'Rural America: How Does the U.S. Census Bureau Define Rural?' This story map contains interactive web maps, tables, information, and images to help explain how the Census Bureau defines 'rural.' Many rural communities rely on American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, rather than ACS 1-year estimates, because of population thresholds. This story map helps data users understand the history and definition of 'rural.' Watch this video and then visit the story map to learn more." Visit the Story Map: http://go.usa.gov/x8yPZ Via Seth Dixon 
Seth Dixon's curator insight,
November 17, 2017 11:19 AM
Census geography brings statistical data to life as seen in their newly designed interactive story map, called "Rural America: How Does the U.S. Census Bureau Define 'Rural?" Not only does this story map helps explain how the Census Bureau defines rural, but it displays some fantastic data that helps students to explore rural America. Many APHG teachers refer to unit 5 as the "ag unit" but the full title, Agriculture, food production, and rural land use, certainly does highlight why this can be a valuable resource.
Matt Manish's curator insight,
February 16, 10:57 PM
The U.S. Census Bureau defines "rural" as an area with less than 50,000 people living in it. The majority of the United States is actually considered rural while a small minority of the country is labeled as urban. But interestingly enough, most rural areas are clustered around urban areas rather than in random locations. It seems as though the further out one ventures out from the center of an urban area like a major city, the more the population begins to decrease. One can also see in the same situation, the area transition from urban to rural. U.S. Census data can tell us a lot about populations in rural and urban areas and the correlation between them which can be important to know for many reasons.
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"Because Israel refused to recognize the U.N. plan for an internationalized Jerusalem and because of its annexation of occupied East Jerusalem in 1967, no country in the world has offered legal and diplomatic recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Most states, however, have unofficially acknowledged Israel's sovereignty and actual possession, without recognition of lawful title." Via Seth Dixon 
Douglas Vance's curator insight,
March 22, 12:36 PM
The decision by the US to move its embassy to Jerusalem and recognize the city as the capital of Israel totally and absolutely undermines almost any chance at a two state solution. With this declaration, the US has taken sides and the idea that a two state solution with a Jerusalem under international government has essentially vanished. Even if the US were to reverse their decision in the future, the damage has already been done.
Nicole Canova's curator insight,
March 24, 8:43 PM
Jurisdiction over Jerusalem is already an object of hotly debated contention in the Middle East, and for decades it has been a sort of political no-man's land. Add to that the Trump administration's plan to recognize the city as the capital of Israel and move our embassy there from Tel Aviv will serve no real purpose but to lead to even more diplomatic conflict, and possibly escalate the situation even more.
Christina Caruso's curator insight,
March 31, 6:03 PM
Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Most states, however have unofficially acknowledged Israel's sovereignty and actual possession, without recognition of the lawful title that Jerusalem was the capital.
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The Trump administration is considering asking about race and ethnicity in a radical new way on the 2020 Census. It could have far-reaching implications for redistricting and anti-discrimination laws.
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"Cartographers at National Geographic discuss how they select an appropriate map projection for the September 2012 magazine map supplement. --World maps usually center on the land, with the Pacific Ocean divided as bookends. To show each ocean as a whole with the least distortion for our 'Beneath the Oceans' supplement map, we used a map projection called an interrupted Mollweide centered on the Pacific." Via Seth Dixon
Seth Dixon's curator insight,
October 19, 2017 8:18 PM
There is no one perfect map projection that fits all circumstances and situations. Think of a situation in which this map projection would be an ideal way to represent the Earth and in another situation that same projection would give you an incredibly limited perspective. This video provides good insight into how to choose a map projection for a cartographic project. Here is National Geographic's lesson using this video.
Tags: cartography, K12, geospatial, NationalGeographic, water.
Seth Dixon's curator insight,
September 28, 2017 4:02 PM
This video explores some of the impacts of a declining population on a country (for example, a smaller workforce, economic decline, and growing public debt). Eastern Europe as a region is used as the principle example and the countries of Bulgaria, Moldova, and Japan are highlighted.
Tags: declining populations, population, demographic transition model, models, migration, Bulgaria, Moldova, Japan.
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They're a reminder of the city's early history, and still have a practical use today.
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The Nenets, reindeer herders in Russia’s Arctic, face modern obstacles in their long journey: climate change and a giant natural gas field.
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What is life like in the country projected to have the world's fastest-shrinking population? Via Seth Dixon
Seth Dixon's curator insight,
September 22, 2017 2:24 PM
This is a good case-study to show how demographic decline coupled with economic decline, with exacerbate problems with a consistent out-migration flow.
Tags: Bulgaria, declining population, population, migration.
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Peter Bellerby is one of the last artisan globemakers on earth. But now, he's teaching an entirely new generation of artists the secrets of crafting entire worlds by hand. Via Seth Dixon
Seth Dixon's curator insight,
August 15, 2017 8:19 PM
Yes, these globes are precise archives filled with geospatial data and locational information–however, that pales in comparison to the artistic brilliance of the globes. These hand-crafted globes are truly works of art. Marvel at the merger of mathematical precision and artistic design that makes a globe such as these a cartographic gem. If anybody want to get me a Christmas present, you know that I love cartographic gifts. FUTURE WATCHING: Here is the longer video of the Bellerby Globes being produced.
Tags: cartography, visualization, mapping, art, geo-inspiration. 
M Sullivan's curator insight,
September 28, 2017 9:38 PM
Incredible hand-crafted globes and their stories.
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"China is the world’s biggest tea producer, selling many varieties of tea leaves such as green tea, black tea, oolong tea, white tea and yellow tea. Different regions are famous for growing different types of tea. Hangzhou is famous for producing a type of green tea called Longjing or the Dragon Well tea. Tea tastes also vary regionally. Drinkers in Beijing tend to prefer jasmine tea while in Shanghai prefer green tea. Processing raw tea leaves for consumption is a time and labor-intensive activity and still done by hand in many areas in China. The Chinese tea industry employs around 80 million people as farmers, pickers and sales people. Tea pickers tend to be seasonal workers who migrate from all parts of the country during harvest time. In 2016, China produced 2.43 million tons of tea." Via Seth Dixon
Seth Dixon's curator insight,
August 1, 2017 10:06 AM
Tea, the world's most popular beverage, doesn't just magically appear on kitchen tables--it's production and consumption is shaped by geographic forces, cultural preferences, and regional variations. These 21 images show the cultural, region, and environmental, economic, and agricultural context of tea.
Tags: images, food, China, East Asia, economic, labor, food production, agriculture. 
Colleen Blankenship's curator insight,
February 19, 1:46 PM
How much tea do you drink? Where is the closest tea plantation to us?
Katie Kershaw's curator insight,
April 11, 1:11 PM
When I first read that tea was the most popular drink in the world I was a bit surprised. But once I thought about where tea was popular, specifically China and the United Kingdom (not to mention all the areas that they once colonized), it definitely made sense that tea was consumed by so many. After looking at all of the images regarding tea production, a few things stood out to me. First, almost all of the employees on the tea plantations were females. I’m guessing that women are probably not educated to the same extent as men in the regions where most tea is grown and that is why they must take the low skill jobs of picking tea leaves. Another thing that caught my attention was how much land is used to produce tea. The regions in China where tea is grown have vast, rolling fields of tea that seem to reflect what the economies in these areas are based off. It doesn’t seem like too many people that do not work in the tea industry live in these areas because tea takes up most of the land and because there seem to be no jobs outside of the industry. I’ve heard of tourism based on cuisine or alcohol consumption, but I wasn’t aware there was entire tea tourism industry. This article highlighted tea expos where people would gather to work as tea art masters or sample teas from the region. The tea industry is much larger and more complex than I ever would have guessed, but it tells me that my perspective on the world is tainted with a Western point of view. Obviously a lot of Americans drink tea, but it is not as popular a beverage as say Coca-Cola. But the rest of the world drinks so much tea, that entire regions of China are shaped by the industry.
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"The creation date of (almost) every international border. Full-size image here."
Tags: infographic, worldwide, borders, political, historical. Via Seth Dixon
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"A fitness tracking app and national security don’t seem to be connected, and yet this month, the Pentagon has spent serious time discussing how to mitigate the impact Strava’s global data set being post online." Via Seth Dixon
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January 31, 1:03 PM
Geospatial intelligence is a knife that cuts both ways. We must consider all the possible ramifications of what might happen as we repackage, render and display geographic information.
Questions to Ponder: What are three discernible patterns that you can identify by analyzing the Strava Heatmap? What does this particular case study show for cartographers and others interesting in creating spatial information? What does this say for regular people now fully immersed in the midst of a geospatial revolution?
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"[A new paper], published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, calculates that rivers contribute between 410,000 and 4 million tonnes a year to oceanic plastic debris, with 88 to 95% [of that total] coming from only 10. Those rivers are the Yangtze, Yellow, Hai He, Pearl, Amur and Mekong in east Asia, the Indus and Ganges Delta in south Asia, and the Niger and Nile in Africa." Via Seth Dixon
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October 19, 2017 8:09 PM
Of river-based plastic pollution, these 10 rivers are responsible for 88%-95% of all the plastic gyrating in the world's oceans. Improvement in these key places could make a world of difference in improving marine ecosystems (NOTE: the map came from this alternative article on the same subject).
Tags: pollution, water, environment, sustainability, consumption, fluvial. 
Matt Richardson's curator insight,
January 3, 1:22 PM
Baltimore harbor has an odd contraption that is scooping plastic out of Jones Falls before it reaches the outer harbor. If only this machine could operate in these 10 river systems, which are contributing waste to our embattled/trashed/overfished/warming oceans. .
Matt Manish's curator insight,
April 4, 12:44 PM
It struck me as odd to learn that the majority of plastic that winds up in the ocean isn't actually from ocean activities. Also, that these ten rivers contribute up to 88 to 95% of plastics in the ocean. This is a huge margin of these materials coming from these ten major river systems, most of them being in Asia. This makes me wonder why are mostly Asia's rivers carrying so much trash to ocean. It could be the major cities sitting along the banks that are dumping trash into the river and letting float down steam. Also, I wonder if there possibly isn't an efficient enough sanitation system set up in Asia which could lead to more people just throwing their trash into these rivers. To summarize, something from the data in this article tells me that their is a common denominator as to why most of the rivers that carry the largest amount of plastic materials to the ocean every year are located in Asia.
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From Pennsylvania Dutch potato filling to Cajun dressing, it’s a wide world of this holiday side.
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The world produces more than 3.5 million tons of garbage a day — and that figure is growing.
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When we talk about ‘English’, we often think of it as a single language. But what do the dialects spoken in dozens of countries around the world have in common with each other, or with the writings of Chaucer? Claire Bowern traces the language from the present day back to its ancient roots, showing how English has evolved through generations of speakers. Via Seth Dixon
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November 7, 2017 2:30 PM
English has obviously changed much over the years, but this video (and lesson) also shows some good language family information and traces it back to proto-Indo-European, using the English as the main example. This other TED-ED video (and lesson) shows how the connotations of English words often times depend on the linguistic root (sweat--Germanic, perspire--Latin).
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Cities used to be tied to geography: a river, a port, the lee side of a mountain range.
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Haiti and the Dominican Republic may share an island. But they’re drastically different worlds.
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The Nenets, reindeer herders in Russia’s Arctic, face modern obstacles in their long journey: climate change and a giant natural gas field.
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The map provides a level of detail previously unavailable. It is the first ever to collect data published by all of Europe’s municipalities. Via Seth Dixon
Katie Kershaw's curator insight,
February 17, 5:08 PM
The population changes in Europe recently seem to be related to both low birth rates and an increase in migration. Based on this map the most significant patterns seem to be that areas in south Eastern Europe are experiencing great population lows while France and Ireland’s populations are making significant gains. This trend could most likely be explained by migration. People in the regions of great population loss are most likely moving northwest in order to fill the many vacancies in Western Europe. The reason that these vacancies exist is because the population of Europe overall is aging, so there are many spots open from retirees. At the same time, the birth rates in most of Europe are so low it is causing the overall population of the continent to gradually decrease. Without domestic workers to fill positions, companies in areas with low birth rates, like France and Spain, are forced to hire foreign employees. The population loss in the eastern part of Europe seems to be due to migration. Whereas on farther west, the regions with high population losses, such as Spain, Denmark, and southern Italy, can be explained by low birth rates. The increased tension recently regarding immigration policies and Great Britain’s exit from the European Union can be explained by these trends. As people with different ethnic backgrounds who do not speak the languages of the countries they migrate to continue to enter countries in large numbers, many Europeans begin to feel threatened. This is why there are protests and the rise of political parties who run on anti-immigrant platforms.
brielle blais's curator insight,
March 24, 11:27 AM
Between 2001 and 2011 there has been serious demographic changes occurring all over Europe. The eastern section has seen a lot of suburbanization since the end of the Communist era and the early period of capitalism. There was once a lack of cash and depleating economy but now cities finally have the capital and chance to to build one family homes which allowed for the 2% growth. As for northwestern regions, the population has decreased as impoverished regions in the southwest draw in retiring or downsizing Europeans instead, as they want the sunshine and cheaper prices on things. This article shows how geography can truly shape the rise and fall of demographic in a country.
Kelsey McIntosh's curator insight,
March 31, 1:34 PM
This article looks at Europe’ s changing population. Although many cities, like Prague and Bucharest have been experiencing a 1-2% population increase, other countries, such as countries in the east and northwest, have had a 1-2% decrease in population. Similarly, Turkey has a declining population as well. The author of this article argues that this steady decline is occurring because the citizens are leaving the rural countryside to find more job opportunities in the cities.
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Harrisburg University hosted a Humanitarian Mapping event Friday.Volunteers helped map regions of the world where publicly available maps don't exist or require updates.It's especially important after disasters like Hurricanes Irma and Maria, and the earth
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Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have made 2017 one of the costliest years in U.S. history. |
