Geography Awareness Week
November 15-21, 2015
Explore! The Power of Maps
About Me
Tama Nunnelley
6th-8th Grade SS at Guntersville
Middle School, Guntersville, Alabama
Alabama Geographic Alliance,
National Council Geographic
Education, State and National Social
Studies Council
Distinguished Geography TeacherNCGE 2015
National Geographic Certified
Educator- NG October 2015
Geography Awareness Week Coordinator
Geography Awareness Week 2015
"Explore! The Power of Maps"
When: November 15 - 21, 2015
What: A week to learn about, celebrate, and share the importance of geography and
geography education.
Who: Educators, parents, concerned citizens, students, and kids of all ages.
Where: Everywhere! In classrooms, family rooms, parks, streams, and everywhere in
between.
Why: To understand Geography's unique contribution to students' education, and to our
understanding of the world.
Courtesy of: Zach Dulli, CEO National Council for Geographic Education
A Brief History
EXPLORE!
The Power of Maps!
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/programs/geographyawarenessweek/
National
Geographic
Resources
National Geographic Education's
Mapping Resources
MapMaker Interactive
State Tabletop Maps
Interactive Globe
Examples
Mapmaker Interactive
Attitudes
Complex Thinking
Skills
Read/Make a map
Use technology
Investigate
Knowledge
Table Top Maps
Attitudes
Curiosity
Skills
Identify physical and human
features
Knowledge
Spatial Observations
Sense of Place
Big Ideas
100 years of National Geographic
Maps
Blogs/Webinars
Twitter/Facebook
Examples (Courtesy of Nat Geo Education)
Consider participating with others across the country through daily themed
activities. Check out geographyawarenessweek.org for additional resources.
Mapping Monday 11/16
Noted NGS cartographer Juan Valdes will be blogging about the power of
maps and soliciting your feedback about their effects on your classroom. Read
more at our Educator Blog: http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com
Twitter Tuesday 11/17
Share your favorite map failures and flubs on social media with the hashtag
#GAW15
Examples (Courtesy of Nat Geo Education)
GIS Wednesday 11/18
Explore the power of GIS with your students through various activities at
www.gisday.com.
Throwback Thursday 11/19
Share your unique historical map finds on social media with the hashtag #GAW15.
Map-Fix Friday 11/20
Wrap up the week with some cartographic community service. This year NGS is
partnering with the Peace Corps, U.S. State Department, and others to contribute
to the OpenStreetMap Initiatives. Details and instructions can be found at
osmgeoweek.org.
Historical
Maps
Mapping/Analyzing
Historical Data
Examples
State Themed
History of state’s place-names
Evolution of state’s boundaries
History of state road maps
State as mapped through time
Community
Local Mapping
FieldScope and Citizen Science
Games
Old Fashioned state and
world puzzles
Map Games
Additional Game Sources
Your World - (App) Place
countries, territories,
landmarks, and cities onto a
3D globe. ($.99 upgrade)
Stack the States - (App) A
dynamic game that makes
learning about the 50 states
fun! ($1.99 full version)
Maps Jigsaw Puzzle Online- A
jigsaw game by National
Geographic
Free online games for kids An
assortment of geography
games for various ages.
GeoBee Challenge Game for 4th
-8th graders to test
geographic skills. Created by
National Geographic. ($1.99)
Map Projector -Make, Measure,
and Show your maps! ($1.99)
United States Montessori
National
Council for
Geographic
Education
Ideas
(also on handout)
State Alliances
Network of
Geographic
Alliances
Network of Alliances
Tools for Planning and Promotion
This Geography Awareness Week, gather your friends, family, coworkers, and
everyone in between to help you celebrate! Use these downloadable and
customizable files during Geography Awareness Week to show your love for
Geography and/or promote your event.
Event Planning How-to: Instructions from gathering your planning team to
sending thank-you cards, with event ideas big and small.
How to Fund-Raise for an Event or Organization
How to Host a Webinar
How to Host a Geography Quiz Night: Complete with 100 prepared National
How to Use Social Media: Tips for how and when to use each platform, and
suggestions for what to post.
How to Engage Your Local Media: Get back to basics with our suggestions for
leveraging your local print, radio, and television media.
2015 Sample Letter to the Editor: Tell your area papers how important you think
geography and geography education are and why with this fill-in-the blank
template.
2015 Proclamation: Ask you local leaders to officially proclaim Geography
Awareness Week as important to your community/ county/ state, etc. Just make
sure to fill in the right blanks!
Quick activity ideas to do during events, in the classroom, at home, or in the
Websites
http://geoalliance.asu.edu/azga_site
http://www.geo.txstate.edu/tage/teachingresources/online-learning-units.html
http://www.geo.txstate.edu/tage/
http://mga.olemiss.edu/resources/
http://www.tngeographicalliance.org/geoghistresources.html
http://www.uccs.edu/coga/lesson-plans.html
http://fga.freac.fsu.edu/resources.php
https://sites.google.com/a/ngs.org/dcga/resourc
es/lesson-plans-activities
http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/cege/resources/m
aps.html
http://wisgeoalliance.org/lesson-plans/
http://www.alabamageography.org/externalsites/
https://php.radford.edu/~vga/?page_id=63
Geography Awareness Week
November 15-21, 2015
Explore! The Power of Maps