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Teaching Geography - Massachusetts

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Blog of the Massachusetts Geographic Alliance, sharing ideas, connections, and tools for geography teachers in Massachusetts and beyond.

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Geography Bee

Teaching Geography - Massachusetts ― Massachusetts Geographic Alliance member Dr. Vernon Domingo was featured on a recent NECN report about the very successful Geography Bee held last week. Although the report is introduced with the erroneous notion that this competition is about...

Jhayesboh ― 5 weeks 5 days ago

S200 Filed

Teaching Geography - Massachusetts ― As we detailed in "Renewed Effort" a few weeks ago, we are back in the legislative process, with much higher hopes of success. In addition to our stalwart supporters from the 187th session (Sen. Brewer, Rep. Smola, and their amazing staff ...

Jhayesboh ― 12 weeks ago

Renewed Effort

Teaching Geography - Massachusetts ― As many supporters are now aware, we did not see passage of bill regarding geography education in the last legislative session. Senator Brewer, Representative Smola (the Legislature's only geographer), and their staff members worked hard to ...

Jhayesboh ― 15 weeks ago

Time for Geography

Time for Geography

Teaching Geography - Massachusetts ― Clipart Of, LLC, used by licenseAs the holidays and the end of the calendar year rapidly approach, so also does our best chance of furthering the cause of geography education in Massachusetts. As explained in more detail below, after years of work ...

Jhayesboh ― 22 weeks ago

SB 182 Redraft

Teaching Geography - Massachusetts ― The legislation introduced by Sen. Brewer (D-Barre) and Rep. Smola (R-Palmer) has been reported favorably from the Joint Committee on Education. Thanks to the many members of the Massachusetts Geographic Alliance and other advocates of geography ...

Jhayesboh ― 22 weeks ago

Clean Food Clean Water

Clean Food Clean Water

Teaching Geography - Massachusetts ― The Southeast Massachusetts Geographic Network (SEMAGNET) hosts a Geography Fair at Bridgewater State University each autumn, and in recent years has designed a t-shirt related to the theme established by National Geographic for each year's event....

Jhayesboh ― 22 weeks ago

GeoSpatial Magic

Teaching Geography - Massachusetts ― It looks like magic, but it is really geography! ∙ Thanks to Penn State Geospatial Revolution Project for tying it all together. We've been working toward this for a few thousand years.

Jhayesboh ― 22 weeks ago

Geography Coach

Geography Coach

Teaching Geography - Massachusetts ― From George Mason University in Virginia comes an encouraging and inspiring story of a partnership to promote geography literacy. Basketball Coach Jim Larranga was already incorporating geography in his middle-school summer camps when Geography...

Jhayesboh ― 22 weeks ago

Jane Goodall, Geographer

Teaching Geography - Massachusetts ― Several members of the Massachusetts Geographic Alliance were delighted to be in attendance at the 2010 annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, when Dr. Jane Goodall was the inaugural recipient of the AAG's Atlas Award. In the...

Jhayesboh ― 22 weeks ago

Geography Education: The Video

Teaching Geography - Massachusetts ― The widely-acclaimed Family Geography Night at North Andover Middle School was the venue for this brief video that encourages Massachusetts residents to speak up for geography education!

Jhayesboh ― 22 weeks ago

Diplomats Know

Diplomats Know

Teaching Geography - Massachusetts ― We often quote our friend and Class of 1942 Distinguished Speaker Harm de Blij, who said during a visit to BSU that "Geographic illiteracy is a threat to our national security." Who would know this better than America's top diplomats? As reported ...

Jhayesboh ― 22 weeks ago

Crafting Globes

Crafting Globes

Teaching Geography - Massachusetts ― 'Tis the Season describes some of the opportunities in geography education offered in the Bridgewater State University Department of Geography. In Dr. Vernon Domingo's class, what might look like fun and games is actually geared toward helping...

Jhayesboh ― 22 weeks ago

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