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Students need to know human geography; they need to understand the relationships that exist between cultures. 
Brandon Fourie's curator insight,
May 23, 2017 5:58 AM
Very interesting read!
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The history of baseball reflects the story of expansion in the United States. New cities have emerged and modern stadiums have been built as a growing population fueled the popularity of our National Pastime. The result is an extensive network of baseball teams at every level - from the major leagues to the little leagues - that represent the communities and environments in which they play. Everything from jersey colors, names, and symbols to the foods served at ballparks reflects the local landscape and culture of baseball teams. A simple game that began with a bat and ball is now a comprehensive case study of how people and geography are interrelated.
Seth Dixon's insight:
Thanks to the NCGE and the Baseball Hall of Fame for working together to bring us these great resources...play ball!! On a local note, what baseball team is the most popular in your area? Is there a geography to fan support?
The Rice Process's curator insight,
March 31, 2014 10:59 AM
Love these lessons. Reminds me of the Gridiron Geography unit I did with my junior high classes. The lessons connected geographical regions, economy, history or culture themes to NFL football teams. 
Marianne Hart's curator insight,
April 23, 2014 11:28 AM
Local teams, stadium name, mascot, Great addition to #MysterySkype 
Lauren Sellers's curator insight,
May 28, 2014 11:50 PM
It neat to think as the population grew a new city needed a new field and team and they use the landscape and culture around them to help decide factors of a team including the name and mascot and even the food. An example would be although you would find hot dogs in every stadium its probably a specialty in Chicago while in New York its pizza and down south in Texas its nachos.
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"Learn how advances in geospatial technology and analytical methods have changed how we do everything, and discover how to make maps and analyze geographic patterns using the latest tools."
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GIS is redefining mapping skills. In 21st Century education, it is crucial that we communicate GIS literacy in our geography curriculums and classrooms. As a geography teacher it is, therefore, also crucial that I have a thorough and sound knowledge of this field. This course could strongly assist such an understanding as professional development throughout my teaching career.
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"Explore ten 'big ideas' that encapsulate the technological and social trends that have pushed geographic information systems (GIS) onto the Internet in a significant way. See how to apply these ideas to your own world. Open your eyes to what is now possible with Web GIS, and put the technology and deep data resources in your hands via the Quickstarts and Learn ArcGIS lessons that are included in each chapter."
Seth Dixon's insight:
I haven't fully previewed this online textbook yet but I am VERY optimistic about this one from the ESRI library. You can also download the textbook as a PDF here. There are several other online textbooks that would interest geography teachers Tags: GIS, ESRI, mapping, cartography, geospatial, edtech, geography education, unit 1 GeoPrinciples, textbook.
Annenkov's curator insight,
August 5, 2015 4:30 PM
I haven't fully previewed this online textbook yet but I am VERY optimistic about this one from the ESRI library. You can also download the textbook as a PDF here. There are several other online textbooks that would interest geography teachers Tags: GIS, ESRI, mapping, cartography, geospatial, edtech, geography education, unit 1 GeoPrinciples, textbook.
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The Road Map Project brings together experts in geography, education, and research to chart a course for the large-scale improvement of K-12 geography education in the U.S.
Seth Dixon's insight:
Some great educators and geographers have collaborated to design a "road map" for the future of geography education. This is their report.
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Focus (WILL) - listen online, on demand topics and episodes, location, contact, schedule and broadcast information
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This is one more example of me preaching to the choir, but I hope that this will arm you with resources to use in discussions with administrators and colleagues in the fight against geographic ignorance. This is a great article to put into my new tag of article that discuss why geography matters.
Tags: education, K12, geography education, geography matters.