The Geography Teacher. Volume 4, Number 1, 2007

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Geography Instruction; Elementary Secondary Education; Geography; Refugees; Interviews; Lesson Plans; Geographic Information Systems; Teacher Qualifications; Teacher Effectiveness; Water; Teaching Methods; Book Reviews; Foreign Countries; Content Area Reading; Direct Instruction; Population Trends; Urban Areas; Rural Areas; Agriculture; Physical Activities; Textbooks; Tests; Films; Business; Global Approach

Alaska; Argentina; Australia; Canada; China; Germany; Illinois; Iraq; Ireland; Japan; Jordan; Kenya; Mexico; Nepal; Norway; Spain; Turkey; United Kingdom (England)

10.1080/19338340701410758

1933-8341

"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) Ask Dr. de Blij (Dr. Harm de Blij); (2) Refugees in America (TGT); (3) Guinness and the Irish Pub Company (excerpt: H. J. de Blij, Alexander B. Murphy, Erin M. Fouberg); (4) All Locations are Relative: This Place is Mine (Michael S. Murphy); (5) Reading Our World (The Geography-Literacy Task Force); (6) Population Changes in Cities and Farms (Eui-kyung Shin, Jason Gold); (7) Defining a Highly Qualified K-12 Geography Teacher (GENIP); (8) When the Rivers Run Dry (Jody Smothers Marcello); (9) The Five Fundamental Themes and the Six Essential Elements (James F. Marran); (10) A Firm Foundation, a Sturdy Roof (Ed Grode); (11) Latitude with Attitude (Lydia Lewis); (12) No Matter Where You Go, There You Are (Ed Grode); (13) Literature/Geography Quiz (TGT); (14) Movies as Teaching Tools (Mary Lynn Everhart); (15) Review: Travels with Music[TM] (Steve Ferringer); and (16) Book Reviews: Adventurers and Geo-facts (Jodi Ann Vendor). Individual articles contain references, tables, and figures.

ERIC

2009

EJ828009