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Print
Resources
Classroom
Instruction that Works, Research-Based Strategies for
Increasing Student Achievement, (2001), by Marzano, Pickering,
and Pollack, ASCD, "Generating and Testing Hypotheses,"
pp. 103-111.
Creating Interactive Environments in the Secondary School
(1993), by Stover, Neubert, and Lawlor, National Education
Association, pp. 11-26.
Web
Resources
Christian
Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/
Coverage of world news and culture.
Volcanoworld
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html
An excellent source for volcano information and activities,
featured in Carole Mayrose's classroom.
Massachusetts
Department of Education
http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/history/archive/hist97/hissoc1_toc.html
Curriculum standards for Massachusetts.
National
Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions
These sites feature many valuable resources and information
on geographic topics.
Article:
"Sicilians Take Grumpy Mount Etna in Their Stride"
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/07/0731_wiremountetna.html
Record
of Tungurahua's Activity
http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/volcano/region15/ecuador/tungurah/var.htm
Curriculum
Resources
Volcanoes
Online
http://library.thinkquest.org/17457/english.html?tqskip=1
This site offers information, comics, and games having
to do with volcanoes.
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Print
Resources
GIS
in Schools, Richard Audet and Gail Ludwig, ESRI Press,
2000.
Edge
City: Life on the New Frontier, Joel Garreau, Anchor
Books, 1991.
Web
Resources
United
States Department of Commerce Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/
This site has demographic data from the census available
for downloading, data broken down by subject matter, and
a guide to printed publications.
City
of San Antonio
http://www.ci.sat.tx.us/
This site features sections detailing city growth and
management policies and plans, featured in Phil Rodriguez's
classroom.
San
Antonio Master Plan
http://www.salsa.net/aiasa/sa-mastp.html
This site features information on the master plan for
San Antonio's urban design, natural resources, and economic
development, among other things.
The
City and County of Denver
http://www.denvergov.org/
Under the "Searchables" section can be found Denver Maps,
including Enterprise Zone maps similar to those used by
Rick Gindele.
Digital
Divide Project
www.tcla.gseis.ucla.edu/divide/index.html
Curriculum
Resources
ESRI
http://www.esri.com/
This site offers information on GIS as well as lesson
plans, teacher discussion forums, and educational opportunities
for teachers who want to learn to use GIS.
www.esri.com/k-12
This page contains information about GIS for schools and
libraries.
National
Center for Geographic Education and Analysis
www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/
This consortium conducts research in education and geographic
information science, including GIS.
Lesson Plan - Planning for a City's Future
http://www.nationalgeographic.org/xpeditions/lessons/18/g912/planning.ht
Lesson Plan - Life on the Edge, Cities on the Fringe
http://www.nationalgeographic.org/xpeditions/lessons/12/g912/fringe.html
Regional
Layers: Low Tech Geographic Information Systems
http://www.nationalgeographic.org/xpeditions/lessons/05/g912/gis.html
Lesson Plan - Urban Sprawl Activity
http://www.nationalgeographic.com\earthpulse\sprawl\index_flash.html/
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Print
Resources
At
the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew's Search for
God with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land (2001),
Yossi Klein Halevi, William Morrow & Co.
Given the inseparable nature of religion and state in
the Middle East, Halevi asks whether the common bonds
of faith among Jews, Muslims, and Christians can heal
the wounds that politics cannot.
A
History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity
and Islam (1994), Karen Armstrong, Ballantine Books.
Armstrong traces the circuitous road to monotheism, showing
how Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have overlapped and
influenced each other.
Islam:
A Short History (2000), Karen Armstrong, Modern Library.
Armstrong discusses the roots of Islam, its expansion
into a political empire, clashes with Western crusaders,
the debacle of European colonialism, and how Islamic fundamentalism
has become a present-day, worldwide phenomenon.
Web
Resources
The
Year in Jerusalem: Inside Out
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wbur/news/features/2001/jerusalem/
This website allows you to listen to radio broadcasts
of various documentaries about the conflict in Jerusalem.
Photographs, maps, commentary, and news are also available
through this site.
Article:
"Water and Peace in the Middle East"
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2000/07/0714_water.html
Palestine-Net
http://www.palestine-net.com/
This site offers updates on news, tourism, and geography
as well as a searchable database for information about
Palestine.
Nile
Basin Initiative Home Page
http://www.nilebasin.org/nbihistory.htm
Egypt
Department of State
http://www.sis.gov.eg
This site presents topical information on Egypt and the
Toshka canal project.
The
Ancient Egypt Site
http://www.geocities.com/amenhotep.geo
Recommended by Cynthia Ryan as a good source of background
information on early Egypt.
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Web
Resources
The
World Bank: HIV/AIDS
http://www.worldbank.org/afr/aids/
AllAfrica
Global Media
http://allafrica.com/
AllAfrica Global Media is the leading provider of African
news and information worldwide, through news feeds to
institutional and agency clients and through allafrica.com.
World
Health Organization
http://www.who.int/home-page/
Article:
"AIDS Study In Africa Could Have US Benefits"
http://www.tamu.edu/univrel/aggiedaily/news/stories/01/052401-6.html
Time
Magazine
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,1101010212,00.html
This URL links to a Time Magazine dealing with issues
of the Third World, including a special report called
"The Hands of Death: Scenes from the AIDS front."
Population
Reference Bureau (PRB): 2000 World Population Data Sheet
http://www.prb.org/pubs/wpds2000/
PRB's popular World Population Data Sheet, in a wallchart
format and a
12-page book edition, contains the latest population data.
Article:
"AIDS' staggering toll in Africa"
http://www.msnbc.com/news/430295.asp
Article:
"Parts of Africa Showing HIV in 1 in 4 Adults"
http://www.unaids.org/whatsnew/press/eng/pressarc98/nytimes/062498sci-aids-report.html
This article includes excellent maps.
World
Population Profile: 1998
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/wp98.html
"World Population Profile: 1998 is the latest published
compendium and analysis of data on population, fertility,
mortality, contraceptive use and related demographic topics
by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Special Focus section of
the report provides an update on one of the fundamental
international health and demographic events of our time--the
worldwide HIV/AIDS pandemic."
Report:
The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Population Growth in Africa
http://www.tfgi.com/AIDSPGR.asp
Report: Data and Decision-making: Demography's Contribution
to Understanding AIDS in Africa
http://www.iussp.org/Publications_on_site/PRP/prp14.htm
Article:
"HIV Epidemic Slowing Population Growth"
http://www.worldwatch.org/alerts/990928.html
AIDS
in Africa
http://www.avert.org/aafrica.htm
This website offers questions and answers regarding AIDS
in Africa, providing a general overview on the issue.
AIDS
Foundation of South Africa
http://www.aids.org.za/
Article:
"New Cases of HIV Decline in Africa for First Time"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A407-2000Nov28
Ongoing
Report: Death Watch: AIDS, Drugs and Africa
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/issues/aidsinafrica/index.html
Useful Graphics:
Global Map and Table: AIDS in the Year 2000
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2672-2000Nov29.html
AIDS Diffusion in Africa over past 15 years
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/daily/july00/aidsgraphic.htm
The Rising Death Curve
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55171-2000Dec27.html
UNAIDS:
United Nations Programme on AIDS/HIV
http://www.unaids.org/publications/documents/epidemiology/
This site of the United Nations Programme on AIDS/HIV
links to several interesting articles, including:
Article: "AIDS in Africa"
http://www.unaids.org/publications/documents/epidemiology/determinants
/factfe.html
MSNBC's
AIDS in Africa: A Deadly Epidemic Sweeps the Continent
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/aids_in_Africa/aIDs_in_Africa_front.asp
This site has an excellent slide show along with statistics.
The pictures are very disturbing.
Curriculum
Resources
Article:
"Geocaching: High-Tech Hide-and-Seek"
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/03/0312_geocaching.html
This article sheds light onto the function and use of a
Global Positioning System (GPS) unit through a game.
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Video
Resources
The
Power of Place: World Regional Geography, (2000),
Cambridge Studios for Annenberg Media, Video Program 8,
"Central and Remote Economic Development." Go
to http://www.learner.org.
Print/Video
Resources
Geography:
Realms, Regions and Concepts 9th edition (2000), de
Blij and Muller, Chapter 2: "Russia."
A
Teacher's Guide to Performance-Based Assessment in Geography
(1999) National Geographic Society, "An Explanation of
Performance-Based Assessment," pp.7-10.
The
Case for Constructivist Classrooms (1993) J. Brooks
and M. Brooks, "Some Guiding Principles of Constructivism,"
pp. 35-38.
Educational
Leadership (November 1999), "Courage to be a Constructivist,"
J. Brooks and M. Brooks, pp. 18-25.
Journal
of Geography (August 2000) " Industrialization and
Economic Development in Advanced Placement Geography,"
Adrian Bailey, pp. 142-153.
Understanding
by Design (1998) ASCD, "The Six Facets of Understanding,"
Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, pp. 44-62.
Web
Resources
Article:
"Roots of Chechen Rebellion Embedded in Russian History"
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2000/02/0217_chechen.html
Chechnya
Links
http://www.olestig.dk/tjetjenien/links.eng.html#63
This page offers over 300 links to pages regarding Chechen
politics, including articles, government websites, and
photo galleries.
Chechen
Republic Online
http://www.amina.com/
This site offers many resources, including images, maps,
article, and history.
Curriculum
Resources
Lesson
Plan - Understanding the Kosovo/a Conflict
http://www.lhric.org/validation/war/lessontxt.html
A lesson on media bias, based on the Kosovo Conflict. Includes
links to many articles and National Public Radio sound clips.
Lesson
Plan - Yugoslavia Returns from International Isolation
http://www.cnn.com/2000/fyi/lesson.plans/11/17/yugo.update/
Through this lesson, students will evaluate different
perspectives on the transfer of power in Yugoslavia, discuss
international organizations' roles in the rebuilding of
Yugoslavia, examine the past conflict and evolving events
in the restoration of the Yugoslav government, and relate
the conflict in Yugoslavia to similar conflicts and peace
processes in the world.
Lesson
Plan - NATO and Russia: Will the Expansion of NATO Cause
a New Cold War?
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/nato_russia/
In this role-playing lesson, students act as part of a
delegation to a special meeting of the NATO sponsored
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council. They discuss inviting
a number of the independent republics of the former Soviet
Union to become permanent members of NATO.
Lesson
Plan - Peter the Great
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/peter/
Through this activity, students adopt the persona of Peter
the Great in order to understand how his travels affected
Russia's modernization and European influence. Provides
ideas for urban planning lessons based on St. Petersburg
as well as suggested readings.
Lesson
Plan - Russia Interactive Lesson
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/isa/elit/mid/russiainteract.html
In this lesson plan, students first view websites in order
to trace the history of the Russia since the Soviet Union.
Then, playing the roles of presidents of an international
corporation, students write memos about opening a branch
in Russia.
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Print Resources
Journal
for Staff Development, (Fall, 2000), "Peak Experience,"
by Robert Garmstron, pp. 58-64.
Journal
of Geography, (August, 2000), " Cultural Patterns
and Processes in Advanced Placement Human Geography,"
pp. 111-119.
Journal of Geography, ( August, 2000 ), "Cities and Urban
Land Use in Advanced Placement Geography," pp. 153-168.
NEA
Journal (May 1969), " Check Your Inquiry Teaching
Techniques," Mary Sugrue and Jo A. Sweeney, pp. 43-46.
Social
Education (March 1997) "Using the Geographic Perspective
to Enrich History," Sarah Bednarz, pp. 139-143.
Educational
Leadership (January 1983) "The Art and Craft of Teaching,"
Elliot Eisner, pp. 6-13.
The
Case for Constructivist Classrooms (1993), ASCD, Jacqueline
and Martin Brooks, 128pp.
Educational
Leadership (November 1999) "The Many Faces of Constructivism,"
David Perkins, pp.6-13.
Web
Resources
Report:
The Berlin Wall: Ten Years After
http://www.time.com/time/daily/special/berlin/index.html
Includes photos, news updates, and links to other resources.
Amsterdam
http://www.visitamsterdam.nl/
Guide for Amsterdam tourism and travel.
SimCity
http://www.simcity.com/
SimCity is a game in which players plan cities. Play and
chat online through this website.
The
European Union
http://europa.eu.int/index_en.htm
The
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/policy/nafta/nafta.html
This website offers information on NAFTA and a link to
the entire agreement.
The
Council of Europe
http://www.coe.int/portal.asp?strScreenType=100&L=E&M=$t/1-1-1-1/EMB1.asp
Article:
"Walter Schwimmer: Berlin Wall is still to be brought
down in people's minds"
http://press.coe.int/cp/2001/582a(2001).htm
Curriculum
Resources
World
Cultures Curriculum Kit: The Material World, Families
around the World (2000) Poster Education, Item 10-6342,
at Postereducation.com.
Journal
of Geography (Sept/Oct 2000) " Teaching Social Justice:
Reviving Geography's Neglected Tradition," Christopher
Merrett, pp. 202-218.
The
Berlin Wall System
http://tlc.discovery.com/tlcpages/escape/interactive.html
Berlin Wall interactive activity.
Newseum:
The Berlin Wall
http://www.newseum.org/berlinwall/index.htm
Includes "Two sides, One story," a presentation about
news transmission on either side of the wall.
Lesson
Plan - Industry: Where and Why?
http://fga.freac.fsu.edu/academy/eurprob.htm#activity2
Using a series of maps of Europe, students investigate
the relationship between major industrial centers and
population centers.
Lesson
Plan - Mock Environmental Summit
http://fga.freac.fsu.edu/academy/eurprob.htm#activity6
In this activity, students simulate an environmental Summit,
using pertinent data they have collected about Europe.
Along the way they will also observe the difficulties
involved in solving environmental problems while maintaining
a global consensus.
Lesson
Plan - The Euro or the European Monetary Unit
http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/iga/MAKeuro.htm
In this lesson, students analyze the benefits that one
large European Union has over smaller individual countries
and the effect the Euro will have on Western Europe.
Lesson
Plan - The European Union: A Political Model for the Next
Millenium?
http://lessonplanet.teacherwebtools.com/search/redirect?lpid=6816&
mfcount=2&mfkw=european_union&startval=0
In order to view this lesson plan, you must first join
Education Planet. Membership is free and includes access
to their database of lesson plans. In this lesson, students
are first introduced to the European Union and then assume
the roles of member nations in a cooperative problem-solving
exercise.
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Print
Resources
Social
Education (March 1997) "Technology and the Social
Studies," pp.147-150.
Learning
Through [Inquiry] Geography (1993) NCGE, Frances Slater,
227pp.
The
Teacher Educator (summer, 1991) " Using Inductive
Learning to Construct Content Knowledge," Gloria A. Neubert
and James B. Binko, pp.31-38.
Educational
Leadership (January 1990) "The Structural Approach
to Cooperative learning," Spencer Kagan, pp. 12-18.
Journal
of Geography (August 2000) "Population in Advanced
Placement Human Geography," Martha Sharma, pp.99-111.
Journal
of Geography (December 2000) "An Approach to Teaching
Applied GIS," John Benhart, Jr. pp.245-254
Educational
Leadership (January 2001) "Educational Demographics:
What Teachers Should Know," Harold Hodgkinson, pp. 6-11.
Teaching
Geography in the Disciplines (1996) Phi Delta Kappa
Fastback, James B Binko and Gloria A. Neubert, 64pp.
Fieldwork
in the Geography Curriculum (2001) NCGE, Gwenda Rice
and Teresa Bulman.
Journal
of Geography (March/April, 1995) "Using Inquiry to
Enhance the Learning and Appreciation of Geography," Phil
Klein, pp. 358-367.
Wetlands:
Science, Politics, and Geographical Relationships
(1994) NCGE, Benhart and Margin.
Water
in the Global Environment (1992) NCGE, Marvin Waterstone,
57pp.
Every
Drop For Sale: Our Desperate Battle Over Water in a World
About to Run Out, Jeffry Rothfelder, Penguin Putnam,
Inc., 2001.
Web
Resources
The
Londonderry School
http://www.thelondonderryschool.org/
Teacher Mary Pat Evans' school.
Mary
Pat Evans' students' projects using GIS and GIT
http://www.thelondonderryschool.org/classes/indian_paths_gis.htm
http://www.thelondonderryschool.org/classes/radon_in_pa.htm
http://www.thelondonderryschool.org/classes/mutts.htm
GIS at the Londonderry School
http://www.thelondonderryschool.org/classes/GISmain.htm
International
Forum on Globalization
http://www.ifg.org/
Join activists, scholars, economists, researchers, and
writers as they discuss the consequences of globalization.
Management
of Social Transformations Programme
http://www.unesco.org/most/
This site provides extensive information and links on
a variety of comparative social science topics.
NikeWatch
Campaign
http://www.caa.org.au/campaigns/nike/
Includes reports on factory conditions, news updates,
and information on how you can get involved in persuading
Nike to respect workers' basic rights.
Antone
Minthorn Presentation
http://www.umatilla.nsn.us/acmjune7.html
Transcript of "Cooperation in Natural Resource Management:
The Umatilla Basin Success Story &Treaty Rights Can
Benefit Non-Indians Too," presented by Antone Minthorn,
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation at the Who Owns America Conference.
Article:
"Overfishing Long Ago Tied to Modern Ecosystem Collapse"
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/08/0807_ecollapse.html
Article:
"Geographic Launches Project to Promote Protection of
US Rivers"
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/06/0627_georiveraction.html
The
Umatilla Basin Project
http://www.umatilla.nsn.us/basin.html
Includes details about the Umatilla Basin conflict and
resolution.
Bartram's
Garden
http://www.bartramsgarden.org/
Marlene Brubaker's students take a field trip to Bartram's
Garden.
Curriculum
Resources
Social
Education (March 1997) " A Trip to Historic Philadelphia
on the Web," Elizabeth Wilson, pp. 170-172.
Residential
Water Conservation Techniques
http://www.epa.gov/seahome/watcon.html
This website offers a simple interactive program on water
conservation.
Pennsylvania
Spatial Data Access
http://www.pasda.psu.edu/tutorials/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction
Geography Action! is an annual conservation and awareness
program designed to educate and excite people about natural,
cultural, and historic treasures. Each year they celebrate
a different topic related to conservation and the environment.
Video
Resources
Learning
Science Through Inquiry, (2000), Thirteen/WNET New
York with the Education Development Center (EDC) for Annenberg Media,
Video Program 6, "Bring It All Together: Processing
for Meaning During Inquiry." Go to http://www.learner.org.
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