“For two weeks, Fuqua School [Farmville] students are engaging with state geography in new ways, using a large map of Virginia borrowed from the Virginia Geographic Alliance (VGA). Kathy Jefferson, a fourth and fifth grader teacher, received training in July on how to use the map for classroom instruction. During the past week, Jefferson has used the map to teach elementary students at Fuqua.
According to VGA State Coordinator Ed Kinman, the map is about 20-feet by 28-feet large and gifted to VGA by the National Geographic Society. The gift marks the 30th anniversary of the state alliances. VGA also has plans to purchase more of the large state maps to lend out to schools across the state, Kinman said.”
(from the Farmville Herald, September 19, 2016)
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