Teaching With the Stars” and plan to “Geography: have both on-line and in person workshops. New Resources Brand new for 2015, and with the details Recently, the GAI purchased some great books, yet to be set, is a traveling workshop on the topic of DVDs, and wall maps for Iowa teachers to use in and Fish”. I can say that we will have a the classroom. The books include: “Game Answer Book- limited number of seats and that the majority of Fast Facts About Our World, Where the Locals participant travel costs for the workshop will be Go, Book of Peoples of the World, Secret Journeys and All of a Lifetime, Student Atlas of the World. paid by the GAI. We plan to focus on northeast of these books are extremely interesting and Iowa, likely starting at UNI, then travelling to the contain beautiful photographs and information that Fayette/Decorah area, and then the Mississippi can be used in a variety of ways. The DVDs River. Please stay tuned, especially as this purchased are Germs, & Steel”, about why “Guns, workshop will be in particularly high demand and the world is so unequal, and Human Family “The have limited space. Tree”, about tracing the human journey through time and space. The wall maps include U.S., Britain/Ireland, and China political maps, a map of the Middle East, a map of the earth at night, and a world map for kids that displays all of the country flags. We’ll be giving these materials away for free during upcoming 2015 workshops. Nancy Lockett of MISIC works with Brian Morgan (Algona HS) during a workshop to develop "text sets" that connect Geography with the Common Core E/LA. Geographic Alliance of Iowa Department of Geography University of Northern Iowa Falls, Iowa 50614-0406 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED 319.273.5952 Toll free in Iowa 1.800.601.3899 Putting Iowa in its Place!
“Geography: Teaching With the Stars” and plan to have both on-line and in person workshops. Brand new for 2015, and with the details yet to be set, is a traveling workshop on the topic of “Game and Fish”. I can say that we will have a limited number of seats and that the majority of participant travel costs for the workshop will be paid by the GAI. We plan to focus on northeast Iowa, likely starting at UNI, then travelling to the Fayette/Decorah area, and then the Mississippi River. Please stay tuned, especially as this workshop will be in particularly high demand and have limited space. Nancy Lockett of MISIC works with Brian Morgan (Algona HS) during a workshop to develop "text sets" that connect Geography with the Common Core E/LA. New Resources Recently, the GAI purchased some great books, DVDs, and wall maps for Iowa teachers to use in the classroom. The books include: Answer Book- Fast Facts About Our World, Where the Locals Go, Book of Peoples of the World, Secret Journeys of a Lifetime, and Student Atlas of the World. All of these books are extremely interesting and contain beautiful photographs and information that can be used in a variety of ways. The DVDs purchased are “Guns, Germs, & Steel”, about why the world is so unequal, and “The Human Family Tree”, about tracing the human journey through time and space. The wall maps include U.S., Britain/Ireland, and China political maps, a map of the Middle East, a map of the earth at night, and a world map for kids that displays all of the country flags. We’ll be giving these materials away for free during upcoming 2015 workshops. Geographic Alliance of Iowa Department of Geography University of Northern Iowa Falls, Iowa 50614-0406 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED 319.273.5952 Toll free in Iowa 1.800.601.3899 Putting Iowa in its Place!