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Hi everyone! Welcome to #worldgeochat Tonight we will be discussing integrating history into your geography/global studies classroom. Here are the questions we will be using tonight https://t.co/PteRRYHaMr#worldgeochat
Hi, I am Randall Golliher. I am at Kent State University in Ohio for my Masters Arts of Teaching in Integrated Social Studies grades 7-12 #worldgeochat
Mary-Owen, 7th grade world history in Tennessee. Will be in and our because doing my cheer coach thing at the middle school basketball game. #worldgeochat
Mary-Owen, 7th grade world history in Tennessee. Will be in and our because doing my cheer coach thing at the middle school basketball game. #worldgeochat
Ken from Western Oregon Univ & Center for Geography Education in Oregon. Actually coming from a plane tonight, somewhere over the Rockies, so may be in & out #worldgeochat
A1: Do any of us consciously eliminate a social science when teaching any other social science? They all need to work together, why stop with history and geography. #worldgeochat
A1: History is essential when it comes to studying world culture. No many answers to so many questions can be revealed when considering a culture's history. #worldgeochat
A1 I would change it around & say you MUST include geography into history, as it's the mother discipline. As the saying goes, "Without Geography You're Nowhere!" #worldgeochat
A1 history explains so much culture, present day conflict, government and economy structures, etc. it’s like the prologue to the story and gives the context of why places are the way they are today. And holy crap why can I write so much?#worldgeochat
A1: in order to understand the present, you have to understand the past (this includes perspectives). there are so many reasons why we are today. #worldgeochat
A1: I think it is important for students to understand much more than just the geography of a topic. Social Studies is better understood with more outlets to learn from, such as history!!
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History allows us to challenge why we see the world the way we do. What biases, perspectives, and questions do we have about our current world. We can derive
Context
Comparisons
Contrasts
Similarities
Then we Debate
#worldgeochat A1 History gives meaning to geography. Ss become more engaged to maps and places when you can include why it is significant to learn about the area of the world. Google Maps brings that together for projects.
A1 I would change it around & say you MUST include geography into history, as it's the mother discipline. As the saying goes, "Without Geography You're Nowhere!" #worldgeochat
#worldgeochat A1. I fell in love with two things in school- history and geography. Have never understood why people feel the need to separate them. #SocialStudiesMeltingPot
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History allows us to challenge why we see the world the way we do. What biases, perspectives, and questions do we have about our current world. We can derive
Context
Comparisons
Contrasts
Similarities
Then we Debate
A1 history explains so much culture, present day conflict, government and economy structures, etc. it’s like the prologue to the story and gives the context of why places are the way they are today. And holy crap why can I write so much?#worldgeochat
This whole thing of segregating subjects has lead to split & limited understanding of anything. Learning should cut across such boundaries. #worldgeochat
Which is why I believe #geography is THE MOST IMPORTANT subject. By its very nature it synthesizes all the other subjects together. The learning is in the connections! #worldgeochat
#worldgeochat a1 Land acquisition drives so much of human consumption. From Ancient Rome to the 3G's of conquest/colonization to the new space odyssey. We need the context of foundations to understand place.
A2 Not really historical (Ss would disagree); Hurricane Katrina, understanding paths of hurricanes and sea levels; and readily available resources #worldgeochat
A2: Military battles are key here. For example, the Spartans using 300 soldiers to fight against a massive Persian army. While they didn't fully succeed it had success due to a tight passage way and by the water.
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Which is why I believe #geography is THE MOST IMPORTANT subject. By its very nature it synthesizes all the other subjects together. The learning is in the connections! #worldgeochat
A2 Any military history relies so much on the physical setting. Mountains, plains, hills (for all you Boston peeps). But also where water is. #worldgeochat
A2 The asteroid impact 65 million years ago reshaped the physical geography of the planet in an instant. Had it not happened, we would not have evolved, and there would be no history. #worldgeochat
Cultural separation and isolation within western Europe after fall of western Rome. The Crusades, The Silk Road. The Mongols....basically everything I cover in world history. #worldgeochat
A2 Currently I’m teaching manifest destiny and American expansion in US history, understanding the Geography implications of US choices it very important!#worldgeochat
A2 Currently I’m teaching manifest destiny and American expansion in US history, understanding the Geography implications of US choices it very important!#worldgeochat
#worldgeochat a1 ... and have you ever listened to an @NPR story? Just the other day they were mentioning the Virginia Plan in context. #HistoryMatchingGame
A2: Military battles are key here. For example, the Spartans using 300 soldiers to fight against a massive Persian army. While they didn't fully succeed it had success due to a tight passage way and by the water.
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A2: Any war ever, but WWI, WWII, the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis come to mind. Cuba is so close. My students were shocked by the distance. #worldgeochat
A2 Wars in Afghanistan, Korean War & ongoing conflict, Age of Exploration, where civilizations began, etc., etc. I would hypothesize that in past history we have less historical events in which physical geography knowledge wasn't needed to fully grasp an event #worldgeochat
#worldgeochat A2 Greek-Persian War; Peloponnesian War. The armies had to be able to maneuver through the terrain of Greece. We talk and diagram the great run from Marathon to Athens. War much different in ancient history than today.
A2 One we teach a lot around our way: Siege of Boston during American Revolution makes sense when you see the city's original size/shape. Check out how Boston has changed: https://t.co/hbYuHBXlxt#worldgeochat
A2 The whole history of China - how it's geography provided rivers for civilization to develop, mountains and deserts to isolate it from its neighbors, allowing it to develop a unique culture. #worldgeochat
Q2: 2011 Indonesian tsunami, Krakatoa, Russia's Iron Curtain, Hajj, construction of the Panama Canal, Seward's Folly, the list goes on and on. Geography without history is damn near impossible. #worldgeochat
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Slavery in the New World
Rise of civilizations along an east/west axis between 30N & 30S (Jared Diamond’s book Guns Germs & Steel)
Ancient Egypt (confines of Sahara & Nile river)
One of our favorite recent examples took a look at the AfPak border—physical geo, imperialism, tribalism, and entirely relevant ... #worldgeochathttps://t.co/n4xjrSsLaR
#worldgeochat a2 history events where geography is important: Players in the Revolutionary War. Race to the poles. Moon launch. Every event will be tied to a place.
A2 One we teach a lot around our way: Siege of Boston during American Revolution makes sense when you see the city's original size/shape. Check out how Boston has changed: https://t.co/hbYuHBXlxt#worldgeochat
A2 Had the glaciers in the last ice age moved a bit farther south, the current geography of North America and Northern Europe would be radically different. England would not be an island. Think of that. #worldgeochat
A2) The location and development of every city on Earth, the types of crops available which could explain colonial conquests, Native American reservations were put on land deemed worthless #worldgeochat
I always do a comparison for my kids at the start of the year. They know geography is study of the world by stem words and I explain that math, Lang arts, science, etc are just a small PART of the world, therefore our class is most important
A2 Christopher Columbus, invasions of Russia by Napoleon and Hitler, Australia as penal colony, Pearl Harbor, Marco Polo, ok so basically everything. You could take something like WW2 and connect phys geography a million ways #worldgeochat
Nutmeg, Sam. They were looking nutmeg. And just in time for the holidays, we've got a video/map/text resource all about it. #worldgeochathttps://t.co/g52JdshO85
# A3 showing controversies and the ugly to get Ss to say 'that's not fair'; debates; songs; Ss teaching peers; showing lives of other teens #worldgeochat
Well, when climate scientists predict the Middle East will be uninhabitable in the next fifty years you can only imagine what the conflict will turn into. #worldgeochat
A3 Ditch that lecture and turn the lesson into an inquiry lesson, project, or #hyperdoc lesson! Like Geography, history needs to put the emphasis on the LEARNER and not entirely on the content! #worldgeochat
A3: Sounds macabre, but I tell the goriest stories possible. Ivan the Terrible blinding St. Basil's architect. Mayan sacrifice. Incan Civil War. France's Reign of Terror. Every story is captivating, you just have to sell it! #worldgeochat
A3 show them links to some YouTube channels that portray it with comedy or tell them the “fun” stories (Ivan the Terrible releases the bears) #worldgeochat
#worldgeochat Mystery Skypes/Hangouts. Connect and engage Ss in map skills & culture. This week our 6th grade visited Ulyanovsk, Russia and 7th Grade Toronto, Ontario.
A3 don't just tell them about history. Teach them skills to explore it themselves. Allow choice, use humor, art, great stories of evil, compassion, heroics #worldgeochat
A3- history is a story. Set the stage as such and the students will grow interested. Get them involved in the story through simulations and interactive learning experiences. Connect the past to the present. #worldgeochat
A2 17th century New World: love this book that contrasts natives and colonists views of land and power. A really interesting way to teach history through lens of cultures and their relationship to land. https://t.co/lwY6f1dZ2y#worldgeochat
A2 Also borders, esp. man-made ones. India-Pakistan Partition, N and S Korea, historical changes in the southern border of US and the traditional migrations, post-colonial Africa. #worldgeochat
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History is:
a good story often better than fiction.
full of questions still waiting to be answered.
Art
Music
Love
War
Beauty
Terror
who we are
Why we are
Why our future is not fixed because we can learn from it.
A3B Also, primary sources. Have Ss analyze primary sources thru a geography lens. Here's some great geo analysis Qs for primary sources https://t.co/znjOle8UAl#worldgeochat
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You need to make it real. And connect. And throw out your textbook.
As @mrgregmilo points out - a textbook could summarize Star Wars in 2 paragraphs (and kill it) #worldgeochat
A3: Just for the flip side, after my lesson plan getting sabotaged by my Ss who wanted to discuss current events (Sutherland Springs, Election), I tried to steer them back. One S cried out "No, this is the only class where we talk about stuff that matters." #worldgeochat
A3) Always show multiple perspectives and treat history like an investigation not a subject where all the facts are known, because they are not. Oh, and make them argue! #worldgeochat
A3: Kids love a great story and history is a story, so tell it like one. I like to bring it to life with simulations, or personal connections with events. Junior Scholastic History plays are also a great way to engage kids. #worldgeochat
Teaching local/immediate history (which doubles as national history in Boston's case!) is so important. Ss need to know that geography and history are all around them! #worldgeochat
#worldgeochat a3 Find out a place they like and surround them with the history around that place. There are so many different activities to try. (And why would someone be bored with history?!)
Every day Todd you and your students seem to be going beyond your classroom walls! You definitely inspire me to want to do this! Thanks for sharing! #worldgeochat
A3: relive it by remaking it. experiential learning is too important to forget. history was not made through reading, but made through doing. i love to incorporate simulations and games to get kids thinking and active. #worldgeochat
Regarding squeamish history, I always tell my students...
Be careful what you ask your social studies teacher, you just might get the truth.
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Getting rid of my textbook and using current articles revolutionized my geo classes. Documents for US History. Make history/geo real, relevant and current #worldgeochat
Teaching civil discourse is one of the most important things we can do! This was just discussed in the newest episode of @TalkinSS Definitely give it a listen! #worldgeochat
#worldgeochat a3 History is part of culture- from the food we ate yesterday to the stories we tell each other. It's the nuances of daily life that make history exciting. #EngageTheBrain
A3) It has helped me to tell them that in 100 years people will be laughing that they drove cars or used a cell phone. Try to make what is so hard for them to understand — was the absolute norm to kids their age. Sometimes this hooks them - sometimes. #worldgeochat
A3: Just for the flip side, after my lesson plan getting sabotaged by my Ss who wanted to discuss current events (Sutherland Springs, Election), I tried to steer them back. One S cried out "No, this is the only class where we talk about stuff that matters." #worldgeochat
Being 1 to 1 it is so nice to be able to find and share articles so quickly! And have Ss do the searching too! Teaching this skill is so important too! #worldgeochat
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@jmgarner2003, @cheffernan75, @mrgregmilo
#worldgeochat A3 Debated with a School from Monterrey, Mexico on Monday. Discussed issues such as gun control, immigration Etc. We learned about the views of our neighbors to the south. Many different views expressed!
A4: Only presenting one side or 1 narrative of the event. Working with text sets helps. Here are some text set resources https://t.co/qMywthbN6Y#worldgeochat
A4 DONT’T just retell or summarize the events! Force those Ss to construct opinions on those events and find ways to support with evidence! #worldgeochat
A4 kind of mentioned by some in A3, get all perspectives in there. Winners write the history books, sure... but many of us don’t use history books anymore anyway #worldgeochat
A4: Being so focused on the minor details that don't matter that students lose sight of the big picture. "Don't be a sage on the stage be the guide on the side" #worldgeochat
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Don't go down the rabbit hole. Ss don't need to know every detail of every event. They can investigate that if you plant the seed of curiosity!
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#worldgeochat a4 Remember what your focus is. Don't wander too far off the tangent. If your purpose is a timeline, the geography is the support system. If your purpose is geography, history is the backup band to support findings.
A4 don't just tell ss what happened or why something happened, guide them but let them draw conclusions on their own and then help them refine. #worldgeochat
A4 Provide context. Part of doing this is helping Ss to understand the geography of the area, the underlying values of the cultures & religions (Human Geo) driving a society. Again, it all comes back to the "mother discipline"- GEOGRAPHY! #worldgeochat
Mini lessons are fine, but 40-50 minutes straight is too much! Especially for Jr High students. The students should be doing the mental heavy lifting! #worldgeochat
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Don't go down the rabbit hole. Ss don't need to know every detail of every event. They can investigate that if you plant the seed of curiosity!
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A4: not sticking to just texts and/or powerpoints. this makes history boring. getting kids to move around and recreate it (though it is time consuming to create) provides a better overall learning outcome. #worldgeochat
A4- pitfall- focusing on one side. Have the Ss search out various perspectives on the significant events. Shows the "good" guys are always the good ones #worldgeochat
Conflating correlation and causation, or a "z happened because of x and y". History and geography are messy—lots of faults in both, ha ha—and it's great when an educator can convey that. #worldgeochat
#worldgeochat a4 Remember what your focus is. Don't wander too far off the tangent. If your purpose is a timeline, the geography is the support system. If your purpose is geography, history is the backup band to support findings.
it's hard not to follow the crumbs bc these stories can be so fascinating ... just wish we had more time to give Ss the chance to fall in love with the process too! #worldgeochat
I hope this is easier for younger Ts. I mean I hope that college prepared you to let go better than it did when I was there. We have to let Ss discover! #worldgeochat
Conflating correlation and causation, or a "z happened because of x and y". History and geography are messy—lots of faults in both, ha ha—and it's great when an educator can convey that. #worldgeochat
A4: Being too negative or biased in perspectives- Bad things happen, and I don't want that to be all my students remember. I also don't want them to stereotype people based on the different perspectives I show them. #worldgeochat
Its starting to be the focus of education programs now. My school happens to be a PBL school so we are all about student voice and choice, and student discovery #worldgeochat
A5 I often began US history courses with this activity. The primary source it uses turns out to have lots of geographic content too. https://t.co/wORyQyQHVe#worldgeochat
#worldgeochat a5 Favorite primary source lessons. Oral history projects. No question. Learn about time and place and put it into context. Research before you interview and put a project together for your subject after your interview is done. Life isn't a time capsule.
A5: I'm pretty excited about using google expeditions and google earth to visit Brazil with my students and compare favelas to Copacabana and Ipanema. I'm counting that as a primary source. #worldgeochat
A5: You could argue that @SkypeClassroom, #mysteryskype, and other video interviews are great primary sources. Talking with people from all over the world and gaining new perspectives #worldgeochat
A5: though they favor more american history, there are a variety of zinnedproject lessons that utilize primary sources and blend them into simulations. he has some great lessons on there! #worldgeochat
A5: Many of my Ss are immigrants from Latin America. They LOVE sharing the stories of their journeys across the border (many illegally). Captivating, gut wrenching stuff. Doesn't get more primary than that. #worldgeochat
A5 In one of my classes, we looked at Rosa Parks by starting with the textbook and building out our understanding of her, her actions, the Civil Rights Movement through several primary sources. Was really neat to have our understanding change with every new source #worldgeochat
A5 As one small example, compare the watercolor White drew in 1585 on the scene in Roanoke, with the engraved version published in 1590. Great discussion happens when students begin to notice the subtle differences. #worldgeochat
A5 In one of my classes, we looked at Rosa Parks by starting with the textbook and building out our understanding of her, her actions, the Civil Rights Movement through several primary sources. Was really neat to have our understanding change with every new source #worldgeochat
This is great! I might use this with my elementary social studies methods class this week--we're talking about "Doing History" and I want to give them some examples to try themselves #worldgeochat
#worldgeochat a5 Primary Source documents are the star exhibits and ultimate show-and-tell. Everyone can find something to share about them- little details or big ideas. #explore
A5: I love using art as a primary source! One of the first lessons I ever did had students analyze the Bayeaux Tapestry, and then try to put in order. I like using historical maps as well- an old map can tell S's a lot! #worldgeochat
#worldgeochat A5 For us at North White, it has been all the quality speakers we have been able to bring into class to make history relevant. Continue everyday as a group to find new ones. Credit to my colleague @1988project!
A5) old pictures that I I pick up at yard sales. Students make up entire stories about the life of these people based on the topic/event we are covering. Students can really expand on their understanding and show connections and creativity. #worldgeochat
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Use pictures - pictures are great primary sources. But make sure you know the source - not like the Washington Crossing the Delaware one. #worldgeochat
I assume you're talking @PeaceCorps World Wise Schools in which a classroom can correspond w/ a currently serving Peace Corps Volunteer overseas. It's excellent! I did it as both a PCV & Teacher. More info & sign up here. https://t.co/wN3oTBCck7#worldgeochat
A5 As one small example, compare the watercolor White drew in 1585 on the scene in Roanoke, with the engraved version published in 1590. Great discussion happens when students begin to notice the subtle differences. #worldgeochat
I assume you're talking @PeaceCorps World Wise Schools in which a classroom can correspond w/ a currently serving Peace Corps Volunteer overseas. It's excellent! I did it as both a PCV & Teacher. More info & sign up here. https://t.co/wN3oTBCck7#worldgeochat
#worldgeochat a5 Share with your students your favorite primary sources during the year. Don't keep them hidden away. Your enthusiasm is food. As life long history learners, we all research our passions in our spare time.
I assume you're talking @PeaceCorps World Wise Schools in which a classroom can correspond w/ a currently serving Peace Corps Volunteer overseas. It's excellent! I did it as both a PCV & Teacher. More info & sign up here. https://t.co/wN3oTBCck7#worldgeochat
#worldgeochat A5 Don’t ever be afraid to ask someone to speak! We have been turned down by many. Use Twitter, Emails and phone calls to reach out. Share your ideas and most people are willing to help. Need help, @1988project is the master of contacting speakers!
A6: Teaching WWI weaponary. Take a book cart, acts as a trench, have a student do the same across the room. Shoot rubber bands, shows unreliability of guns. Throw water balloons to show grenades. Then throw paper airplanes to show airplanes were unreliable. #worldgeochat
Love to hear this! My very favorite teacher (my mom, ahem) did a spectacular lesson with the Bayeaux Tapestry, whose story eventually wove around the classroom. #worldgeochat
You wrote a post about the Black Death simulation, correct? I'm introducing economics right now with us eventually getting into the concept of globalization. Would LOVE to do that one. #worldgeochat
A6: our novel study w/ 1984 blew my mind last year ... Ss examined various protests movements of the past & compared them to modern day movements - amazing analyses & discussions! #worldgeochat
#worldgeochat A6 Always have enjoyed teaching the Enlightenment! This is when the ideas happened that helped establish our rights as citizens and our government today. Love this with my Ss!
Now, wait a minute. I wasn't the one picking fights. I think you've confused me w/ some others in the party who may have not been dressed appropriately for the clientele wanted. I feel I've been misrepresented :) #worldgeochat
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@cheffernan75, @SamMandeville, @PeaceCorps
A6 Shout out to #sstlap and #sschat for loads of ideas to bring history into your geography classroom and making social studies more engaging each and every day! #worldgeochat
A6 I really enjoyed doing a GooseChase with my kiddos! Ss were to complete different tasks about colonial America presented to them, in a certain amount of time! DO A GOOSECHASE! #worldgeochat
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I start with a question
Why is the first story ever written in the English language about Danes, Swedes, & Geats from across the North Sea?
#beowulf unit as studying culture that no longer exists through text. Language is not static, it evolves with us
A6: I love Cold War History in a Music Video: We watch "Leningrad" by Billy Joel in class, and then do a close reading analysis of the lyrics first finding Cold War events, and then comparing sides. The video uses primary sources. #worldgeochat
#worldgeochat a5 Use to do a WWII presentation. Kids explained how to put make-up on (the girls were always shy, but the boys would explain how their sisters did it and the girls would correct them). Then showed them how it was done in the day. The responses are worth it.
As we're beginning to wind down just a bit (3 minutes left to the top of the hour), thanks to @ecasey77 for taking the lead for tonight's #worldgeochat on integrating history with geography and vice versa! Huzzah!!
A6 Scramble for Africa: Risk styled game where teams represent European countries fighting for colonies and control of resources in Africa. #worldgeochathttps://t.co/rPIRrTcHhn
As we're beginning to wind down just a bit (3 minutes left to the top of the hour), thanks to @ecasey77 for taking the lead for tonight's #worldgeochat on integrating history with geography and vice versa! Huzzah!!
A6 One of our teacher fellows created this resource on using maps & sources to study geography of Am Revolution. Trace Paul Revere's ride! https://t.co/pIcAHg0v70#worldgeochat
I'm having a hard time believing that our hour is up.
Thank @ecasey77 for leading us tonight!
Don't forget to follow all the new #worldgeochat friends we have here tonight!
#worldgeochat a6 Once we figured out the Colombian Exchange was in 6-8 grade, spending 10 weeks designing one lesson really makes you have a love for it. #TexasLessonStudy
A6) Topics that shock students or are not typically covered in history class like Japanese Internment or Native American boarding schools, basically the topics that make America look not so perfect #worldgeochat
