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Russian & Eurasian Studies
The Outreach Program of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies serves K-12 public, private and charter schools in the greater New England area in providing resources for teaching about Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The US Department of Education funds these activities under its Title VI grant, which designates a number of [...]
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POWER OF PLACE: GEOGRAPHY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY This upcoming New Hampshire public television series teaches the geographic skills and concepts that are necessary to understand the world. Geography educators and content experts from around the globe shed light on the physical, human, political, historical, economic, and cultural factors that affect people and natural environments. Maps, animation, and academic commentary bring into focus case studies from 50 sites in 36 countries. Each case study features interviews, maps, video footage, and graphics in order to reflect the geographic issues of our world in the 21st century.
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Earth Current News Digest.
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Some websites of interest.Academic Earth Thousands of video lectures from the world's top scholars.
Savage Minds Notes and Queries in Anthropology
NH Knowledge Network Classroom Internet Library.
US Geography Searchable geographic database with 1.000.000+ places and locations in the U.S.
NHPT Social Studies
Giant Maps Info
National Geographic Atlas Explorer
Teacher Professional Development and Resources
Real Climate Climate Science from Climate Scientists.
Science Daily: Geographical News..
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New U.S. Census Bureau Population Data Released Today
Durham, NH-- Kenneth Johnson, professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire and senior demographer at the Carsey Institute, has ...
NEH Summer Institute:Mapping and Art in the Americas
The Newberry Library’s Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography is pleased to announce its 2010 NEH summer ...
MILE Guide for 21st Century Skills
Nearly six years ago, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills released its signature toolkit, the MILE Guide for 21st Century ...
The Green Prize in Public Education.
The NEA Foundation created the inaugural Green Prize in Public Education to recognize and showcase an outstanding public school educator ...
Live, Online Professional Development Seminars for History and Literature Teachers.
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UNH Summer Program in Cambridge You’re invited to Cambridge, England! July 5-August 13, 2010.
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Getting Started: Building Rich Internet Applications with ArcGIS API for Flex
The NH Arc Users Group, UNH Cooperative Extension and ESRI will be hosting the “Building Rich Internet Applications with the ArcGIS API for Flex” hands on training workshop at the New Hampshire Division of Fish and Game in Concord, NH, on February 4, 2010 from 8:30-12:30. This free workshop will allow developers to create a [...]
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New Geography Quizzes.Some of these quizzes are simple but some are quite difficult. Fun place to test your knowledge. Geography Quizzes
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Free Online Lectures.Academic Earth is an organization founded with the goal of giving everyone on earth access to a world class education. Thousands of video lectures from the world’s top scholars.
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GeoMentors Help Students See the World in New Ways Hundreds of professionals have stepped forward, through the new GeoMentor Program from National Geographic and ESRI, to help students better understand their world.
These volunteers are ready to share insights into the importance of geography and the geo-technologies increasingly used in the workplace for analysis and problem-solving.
Each GeoMentor has registered through www.GeoMentor.org and is ready to [...]
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Family Geography Night.Have a Geography Night at your school or even at home. Download a Teachers Manual and these blank maps ( US Map, World Map) for ideas.[more]