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Mapping.com provides extensive
resources for
educators, students, and anyone interested in expanding their geographic
horizons.
David Smith's new title, If America Were A
Village will be published this Summer.
America, with all its diversity, is not easily defined. David J. Smith's
If America Were a Village takes a snapshot - past, present and
future - to help define America for children. Using the same successful
metaphor of the international bestseller If the World Were a
Village, the book shrinks down America to a village of 100. The
metaphor helps children easily understand American ethnic origins,
religions, family profiles, occupations, wealth, belongings and more.
Shelagh Armstrong's expansive illustrations imagine America as a
classic, vibrant small town. Who are the people living in this vast and
varied nation? Where did they come from? What are they like today? How
do they compare with people in other countries? The book's simple
statistical analysis provides a new way of learning about where people
live in America, the state of their health, the shapes and sizes of
families, what they use and more - forming a concise picture of a
country. If America Were a Village is part of CitizenKid:
a collection of books that inform children about the world and inspire
them to be better global citizens.
Read a review on librarything.com
Read a review in Publisher's Weekly (Scan down to If
America Were A Village, 6 clicks down.)
Pre-order the book here:
If America Were a Village
David J. Smith
The animation of If The World Were A
Village is available as a DVD or as a VHS tape, in English or in
French, at reasonable prices.
To see a clip from the video, please click here.
Most Efficient Way To Get It Quickly Is To Order From Amazon:
If The World Were a Village DVD
David J. Smith
Alternatively, order from the US distributor:
For more information see our If The World Were A
Village web page
- Discover the innovative and award-winning "Mapping The World By Heart"
geography curriculum, and US, Mexico,
and Canada
Supplements.
- Gain a new perspective on our world population through the
beautifully illustrated book "If The World
Were A Village" and its companion global activities.
- Explore countless
geography-related activities for all ages; learn
about materials and methods for geography education.
- Read about, and puchase, maps and
globes, and browse
geography-related books and videos
- Learn interesting news
and facts about the places and
people of the world.
- Enjoy a range of humorous
stories and compilations.
- Investigate airport
codes and aviation links of all kinds.
- Learn about the
author's consulting services, including workshops,
school programs and author visits, in-service training for teachers,
curriculum audits, website evaluation, and credit-bearing summer
institutes. David Smith travels the globe sharing his enthusiastic and
innovative approach to teaching and learning about our world
community.
- Visit our dedicated Amazon
Store for all your geography, teaching, and other needs.
- Three supplements to "Mapping the World By Heart"
are now available -- U.S., Canada, and Mexico; click here to read about them.
- A page of links to information for travelers is
available here.
28 June to 5 July, 2009
Getty
Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online
The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) is
referred to as a "vocabulary"; it is a resource presently containing
over 1,100,000 records of names; names may include English, other
languages, historical names, and more. Each record is a place. A quick
search for information can be dizzying -- a unique place (such as "North
Vancouver") yields one hit, with lat/long coordinates, type of place,
and links to at least one source of further information. But a name
that is common may have complicated results: a search for Fairview
yields 380 results. Fun to explore and a useful tool.
21 to 28 June, 2009
Natural
Resources Canada
Natural Resources Canada has a database called
MIRAGE (improbably, the acronym stands for "Map Image Rendering dAtabase
for GEoscience"). On the site, there is a new collection of maps and
data about the Arctic. It can be viewed and navigated online in
different sizes, and can also be downloaded. Their top page allows access to
different tools and many different maps.
14 to 21 June, 2009
Geography
Quizzes
A fascinating collection of challenging and
imaginative geography quizzes and puzzles. These range from "how many
world countries can you type the names of in 5 minutes (that's 300
seconds to type 195 countries!), to "Fill in the map" quizzes, to "Guess
the city whose skyline is shown". If you go back to "categories", there
is a wide selection of other quizzes. Worth a visit.
7 to 14 June, 2009
National Geo
Awards in Mapping
National Geographic sponsors several different
award programs. The AAG/NGS National Geographic Awards in Mapping were
recently announced, and are worth a look. These include a map showing
Europe's tallest buildings, a map of small-airline air service in rural
Canada, and an interactive map of Accra, Ghana. Other awards and other
maps are also shown on this page.
Eleven-Year Archive
of Hotlinks (1996-Present) >>
Wandering Educators
Their main page says it all: "A Global Community
of Educators, Sharing Travel Experiences". Good photos and stories,
links to all kinds of travel services, a huge potential for people
working with like-minded people around ideas and issues related to
travel.
Lufthansa Virtual Pilot Game
Land the jet in the specified city in Europe.
The first round is fun; the other two require
speed, good mousing skills, and excellent geographic knowledge.
Sheppard Software Geography Games
A vast array of free geography games; games
on
the whole world, on specific regions, on individual countries. Extensive,
well-developed, and fascinating.
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