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 institute, “Mapping and Art in the Americas.” The five-week institute, led by James Akerman (a geographer and Director of the Smith Center) and Diane Dillon (an art historian and the Newberry’s Assistant Director of Research and Education) will trace the interplay between American art and mapping from the transatlantic encounter into the 21st Century. ‘ Guest...
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Read MoreUNH Summer Program in Cambridge
The program offers very good value: 8 credits, available for graduate or undergraduate credit, taught by UNH and Cambridge University faculty; room and board; excursion fees, including a bonus weekend in Edinburgh; theater tickets; opportunities to learn about doing graduate work in the UK and advice on applying, for example. This summer, we will be offering courses especially well-suited to middle- and high-school teachers (check them out), and it would be a wonderful way to earn...
Read MoreGeography Awareness Week, Nov 15-21
Start preparing now for Geography Awareness Week, November 15-21, 2009! Get Lost in Mapping: Find Your Place in the World Go to GeographyAwarenessWeek.org and get lost in maps: big & small, high-tech & low-tech! Take the test: Is your school global? Get wired: Help students see how mapping technologies are reshaping how we live and learn. Teach about the world in new ways: Explore standards-based lessons Celebrate! Get tips and resources to host a GAWeek event, including FREE National...
Read More2010 National Geographic Bee
The final deadline for registration has been extended to December 11, 2009. After October 15, the registration fee increases to $90. The National Geographic Bee is a school competition for students in any grades four through eight. Excite your students about the world around them and reward those who excel in their knowledge of geography by giving them a chance to compete in a school geographic bee. School level Bees can be held up to January 15, 2010. Principals must register their...
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“The programs offered by the New Hampshire Geographic Alliance are possible due to the support of the National Geographic Education Foundation and Keene State College.”
