Fantasy Geopolitics: The Gamification of Geography
Teacher Eric Nelson has create a fantasy geography called that combines his love of fantasy football with the study of current events, allowing students to ‘draft’ countries and political leaders.
Dissected Maps: the First Jigsaw Puzzles
The earliest jigsaw puzzles were created as educational tools. Known as “dissected maps” these early puzzles were used to teach geography.
Why Leaders Should Learn Geography
Anne-Laure Fréant talks about the importance of geographic knowledge in today’s society.
Why Geography?
The citizens of many of the world’s countries still don’t realize that ignorance of geography can affect their political stability, economic success, and environmental health. … Read more
National Geography Standards
A set of eighteen learning standards has been created for the science of geography which are called the National Geography Standards.