ERIC Number: EJ870468
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Oct
Pages: 48
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The Geography Teacher. Volume 6, Number 2, 2009
Geography Teacher, v6 n2 p1-48 Oct 2009
"The Geography Teacher" provides hands-on reference and educative material for K-12 Geography teachers. The journal also pioneers innovative ideas for contemporary teaching methods, including lesson plans. This issue contains the following: (1) Census in Schools Program (census.gov); (2) Ask Dr. de Blij (Dr. Harm de Blij); (3) Eritrea: Forever a Part of Me (Lucy Negash); (4) Exploring Global Climate Change: Knowledge and Misconceptions in K-16 Students (Jacklyn Welsheimer & Mark Francek); (5) Risk Perception and Climate Change (Christina Grunert & Professor Dr. Alexander Siegmund); (6) Harvard Revisited: Geography's Return as GIS (Dr. Wendy Guan & Dr. Peter K. Bol); (7) Geography Action! 2009: Help Students See Europe in New Ways (Anne Pollard Haywood); (8) Reading Our World (The Geography-Literacy Task Force); (9) Get the Discussion Started: Photos to Stimulate Thought (Ed Grode); (10) Coloring Page: St. Basil's Cathedral (Benjamin Primis); (11) Oh, the Places You'll Go: Place Collectors, Peak Baggers, and Letterboxes (Thomas A. Wikle); (12) Forest-Student Interface in Geography Pedagogy (Dr. Kavita Arora); (13) Book Review: The Geography of Bliss (Kathryn Jones Verna); (14) Book Review: Say You're One of Them (Trill Dreistadt); (15) Book Review: Wangari's Trees of Peace (Jan Smith); and (16) Book Review: Unbowed (Jan Smith). Individual articles contain references, tables, and figures.
Descriptors: Geography, Foreign Countries, Book Reviews, Climate, Misconceptions, Teaching Methods, Risk, Literacy, Interdisciplinary Approach, Photography, Environment, Geographic Information Systems, Computer Uses in Education, Maps, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans, Reading Materials, Writing Assignments, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Pictorial Stimuli, Educational Games, Travel, Geographic Location, Forestry, Natural Resources, Islam
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Publication Type: Collected Works - Serial; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Africa; Eritrea
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