Geography Awareness Week - PowerPoint Presentation

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Geography Awareness Week

November 15-21, 2015

Explore! The Power of MapsSlide2

About Me

Tama Nunnelley

6th-8th Grade SS at Guntersville Middle School, Guntersville, Alabama

Alabama Geographic Alliance, National Council Geographic Education, State and National Social Studies Council

Distinguished Geography Teacher- NCGE 2015

National Geographic Certified Educator- NG October 2015

Geography Awareness Week CoordinatorSlide3

Geography Awareness Week 2015

"Explore! The Power of Maps"

When:

November 15 - 21, 2015

What:

A week to learn about, celebrate, and share the importance of geography and geography education.

Who:

Educators, parents, concerned citizens, students, and kids of all ages.

Where:

Everywhere! In classrooms, family rooms, parks, streams, and everywhere in between.

Why:

To understand Geography's unique contribution to students' education, and to our understanding of the world.

Courtesy of: Zach Dulli, CEO National Council for Geographic EducationSlide4

A Brief HistorySlide5

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/programs/geographyawarenessweek/

The Power of Maps!

EXPLORE!Slide6

National Geographic Resources

National Geographic Education's Mapping Resources

MapMaker Interactive

State Tabletop Maps

Interactive GlobeSlide7

Examples

Mapmaker Interactive

Attitudes

Complex ThinkingSkillsRead/Make a mapUse technology

Investigate

Knowledge

ExploreAnalyze

Interpret

Table Top Maps

Attitudes

Curiosity

Skills

Identify physical and human features

Knowledge

Spatial Observations

Sense of Place

Communicate to InformSlide8

Big Ideas

100 years of National Geographic Maps

Blogs/Webinars

Twitter/Facebook

Geo Bee Study CornerSlide9

Examples

(Courtesy of Nat Geo Education)

Consider participating with others across the country through daily themed activities. Check out

geographyawarenessweek.org for additional resources.

Mapping Monday 11/16

Noted NGS cartographer Juan Valdes will be blogging about the power of maps and soliciting your feedback about their effects on your classroom. Read more at our Educator Blog:

http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com

Twitter Tuesday 11/17

Share your favorite map failures and flubs on social media with the hashtag #GAW15Slide10

E

xamples (Courtesy of Nat Geo Education)

GIS Wednesday 11/18

Explore the power of GIS with your students through various activities at

www.gisday.com

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Throwback Thursday 11/19

Share your unique historical map finds on social media with the hashtag #GAW15.

Map-Fix Friday 11/20

Wrap up the week with some cartographic community service. This year NGS is partnering with the Peace Corps, U.S. State Department, and others to contribute to the OpenStreetMap Initiatives. Details and instructions can be found at

osmgeoweek.org

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Historical Maps

Mapping/Analyzing

Historical DataSlide12

ExamplesSlide13

State Themed

History of state’s place-names

Evolution of state’s boundaries

History of state road

maps

State as mapped through time

State Geo-ToursSlide14

Community

Local Mapping

FieldScope and Citizen ScienceSlide15

Games

Old Fashioned state and

world puzzles

Map GamesSlide16

Additional Game Sources

Your World

- (App) Place countries, territories, landmarks, and cities onto a 3D globe. ($.99 upgrade)

Stack the States - (App) A dynamic game that makes learning about the 50 states fun! ($1.99 full version)

Maps Jigsaw Puzzle Online

- A jigsaw game by National Geographic

Free online games for kids

An assortment of geography games for various ages.

GeoBee Challenge

Game for 4th -8th graders to test geographic skills. Created by National Geographic. ($1.99)

Map Projector

-Make, Measure, and Show your maps! ($1.99)

United States

Montessori Approach - ($1.99)Slide17

National Council for Geographic Education

Ideas

(also on handout)Slide18

State Alliances Network of Geographic Alliances

Network of AlliancesSlide19

Tools for Planning and Promotion

This Geography Awareness Week, gather your friends, family, coworkers, and everyone in between to help you celebrate! Use these downloadable and customizable files during Geography Awareness Week to show your love for Geography and/or promote your event.

Event Planning How-to

: Instructions from gathering your planning team to sending thank-you cards, with event ideas big and small.

How to Fund-Raise for an Event or Organization

How to Host a Webinar

How to Host a Geography Quiz Night

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Complete with 100 prepared National Geographic Geography Bee questions!Slide20

How to Use Social Media:

Tips for how and when to use each platform, and suggestions for what to post.

How to Engage Your Local Media:

Get back to basics with our suggestions for leveraging your local print, radio, and television media.

2015 Sample Letter to the Editor

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Tell your area papers how important you think geography and geography education are and why with this fill-in-the blank template.

2015 Proclamation

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Ask you local leaders to officially proclaim Geography Awareness Week as important to your community/ county/ state, etc. Just make sure to fill in the right blanks!

Quick activity ideas

to do during events, in the classroom, at home, or in the office! Slide21

Websites

http://geoalliance.asu.edu/azga_site

http://www.geo.txstate.edu/tage/

http://mga.olemiss.edu/resources/http://www.uccs.edu/coga/lesson-plans.htmlhttps://sites.google.com/a/ngs.org/dcga/resources/lesson-plans-activities

http://wisgeoalliance.org/lesson-plans/

https://php.radford.edu/~vga/?page_id=63

http://www.geo.txstate.edu/tage/teaching-resources/online-learning-units.html

http://www.tngeographicalliance.org/geoghist-resources.html

http://fga.freac.fsu.edu/resources.php

http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/cege/resources/maps.html

http://www.alabamageography.org/external-sites/Slide22

Geography Awareness Week

November 15-21, 2015

Explore! The Power of Maps