Discusses recent changes in history and geography instruction in the French lycees. Explains that France's National Ministry of Education plans to move teaching about World War II to an earlier year and apply a geopolitical approach to instruction in general. Notes that the Association of Teachers of History and Geography opposes the changes. (SG)

Discusses the teaching of geographic concepts through the use of childrens books. Suggests following up the books with a geographically focused activity to increase children's geographic awareness and knowledge. Includes an extensive annotated bibliography. Links specific books to the geographic themes of place, location, movement, regions, and…

Describes the ethnic makeup and traditional models of culture origins of Caribbean natives before 1492. Suggests that archaeology and linguistics show that the islands were most recently populated in three migrations of a single group. Argues that frontiers were within rather than between large islands because of the seafaring nature of the Arawak…

Describes a grass-roots geographic education program that combines the efforts of elementary school teachers, Auburn University (Alabama), and a local newspaper. Explains that the program is designed as an alternative to existing curriculum materials. Discusses how geographic themes are illustrated in a way that takes advantage of local interest…

Describes a video series that offers information on the impact of current world problems on family life. Explains that the programs illustrate the five geographic themes by comparing the experiences of young people in North America and Western Europe. Suggests that the series helps teenagers see how the same problems affect families in different…

Presents two puzzles based on Canadian geography intended for use in secondary classrooms. The crossword puzzle is based primarily on place-name geographic knowledge. The word find puzzle focuses exclusively on Canadian rivers. (CFR)

Presents ideas developed by four teachers for teaching the geographic themes. Includes a plastic flamingo sent traveling with instructions for those taking it to return postcards to a first grade class, a wall mural of the United States, and a song representing geographic concepts. Describes how one school painted maps of the continents in a…

Argues that geography educators need to give greater attention to the teaching of professional ethics as part of their contribution to the education of responsible citizens. Introduces an approach that couples the case method with a jurisprudential inquiry model, asking students to resolve professional ethical dilemmas through publicly defensible…

Deals with the formation and operation of the Canadian Council for Geographic Education (CCGE). Discusses its operations, programs, publications, key personnel, and how to join the council. Programs discussed include The Great Canadian Geography Challenge, the CCGE Teacher Network and newsletter, Geography Awareness Week, and summer institutes for…

Draws on experiences as a straight feminist geographer to address questions regarding teaching sexualities in geography. Looks at "sexing" and "queering" geography curricula at the college level; discusses strategies to make universities and classrooms less heterosexist and lesbo/homophobic; and discusses dilemmas of disclosing…

Explains how to take an elementary class on a cyber visit to the continent of Antarctica, the highest, driest, and coldest continent on earth. A student reproducible page presents eight web sites to visit in this quest as well as questions to answer about each site. Answers to the questions are included. (SM)

Discusses the concepts developed in a mapmaking unit for kindergartners, including representation, symbolization, perspective, and scale. Describes classroom activities of constructing a model of the classroom, a map of the classroom, maps of children's bedrooms, the immediate community, and a map of the children's day. Asserts that mapping…

Discusses the possible uses of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as an educational technology for developing contextually rich student learning, which extends students' ability to do scientific inquiry. (ASK)

Since the beginning of the 1970s the under-representation of women in geography has been questioned in several publications. Most articles refer to the situation in English-speaking countries. This paper examines the vertical and horizontal gender segregation in human geography departments in Dutch universities. In spite of several policy measures…

A critical geographic pedagogy of writing can help students participate in public life by gaining access to the means of knowledge production. Drawing on pedagogical and composition theory, this article analyzes student papers from an introductory-level geography course to show how geography teachers can create assignments that broaden the scope…