All Over the Map: 10 Ways to Teach About Geography, by Tom Marshall and Michael Gonchar, The Learning Network, The New York Times.
“Geography frequently takes a back seat to history in the social studies classroom, but teaching geographic literacy is essential if students are going to understanding the challenges and opportunities of our complex world.
[The authors] have created 10 activities for teaching about geography using Times content, all related to the National Geography Standards, which were produced by the Geography Education National Implementation Project.”
Go to: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/all-over-the-map-10-ways-to-teach-about-geography/.