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22+ International Borders Around The World

22+ International Borders Around The World | Rhode Island Geography Education Alliance | Scoop.it
History (and sometimes, unfortunately, current events) shows us just how easily national borders can change, but we still like to think that they are permanent fixtures. These photos of different national borders around the world show you how both friendly and hostile nations like to fence off their turf.


Borders can make for some striking manifestations of power on the landscape.  On the other hand as seen in this picture of Slovakia, Austria and Hungary, friendship and cooperation can also be inscribed into the landscape.  There are some great teaching images in this gallery. 


Tags: border, political, territoriality, sovereignty,  images, land use, landscape.

Courtney Barrowman's curator insight, June 1, 2015 9:38 AM

Unit 4

Dwane Burke's curator insight, June 3, 2015 6:16 PM

What do these say about the world?

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The Providence Postcard Project: Love letters to a city

The Providence Postcard Project: Love letters to a city | Rhode Island Geography Education Alliance | Scoop.it

"[Historic local icons in Providence, RI] are all here— as postcard pictures, that is — resting on wooden slats that jut out from the walls of a gallery at Brown's Granoff Center for the Creative Arts.   And they are all on display together for the first time — a drizzly Friday evening that marks the opening for the Providence Postcard Project."

 

What postcards would you include in creating a local historical geography?  This would be a fun way to analyze changing landscapes and history with a local twist.  

 

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