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MAKING GEOGRAPHY AUTHENTIC!
Meeting the Minnesota Graduation Standards

2007 Summer Institute

CONTENT SESSION MATERIALS - listed by presenter

MATT CARLSTROM

HELEN HAZEN
Resource: Population Data, Latin America, 2006
Resource: Population Data Sheet Questions
Maps: Latin American Base Maps
Handout: Defining Latin America
Handout: Using Google Earth for Latin American Studies
Notes: Physical Geography of Latin America
Notes: Research Related to Pre-Columbian Native American Societies

JAN HERTEL
Resource: K-12 Study Canada Website - Resources List
Resource: Inuit, North, Artic Associations - Canada Focus (Complied by Nadine Fabbi, University of Washington)
Resource: Multiculturalism Policy of Canada
Resource: "The Story of Nanaimo Bars - More Then You Ever Wanted to Know!"
Resource: Arctic Journey - Curriculum Materials


ANN HOEHN

FRED KUNZE
Authentic Pedagogy Technology Assistance

DAVID LANEGRAN
Chart: Effective (Map) Readers' Strategies
Presentation: How to Lie With Maps
Presentation: Suburban Development in the Twin Cities Metro Area
Presentation: Managing Urban Environments: in the United States and Twin Cities
Presentation: Racial and Ethnic Communities of the Twin Cities
Presentation: Geography of Migration
                         Historical Geography of Migration
                         Immigration to the United States
                         Immigration to Minnesota
                         Pattern of Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States 2000
                         Forced Migrations and Refugees
Lesson: Reading Maps in the Media
Lesson: Reading and Writing Geography With the Five Themes
Lesson: Map Projections and Relative Location


Twin Cities Field Trip
Map: American Indian Population
Map:African American Population
Map: Asian Population
Map: Hispanic Population
Map: Owner-Occupied Housing
Map: Median Family Income
Map: Minneapolis & St. Paul Streets
Map: St. Paul Housing Values, 2006
Map: Minneapolis Housing Values, 2005


MICHELLE LEBA
Ideas for Celebrating Asia During Geography Awareness Week
Lesson: Me on the Map
Resource: African Resource Booklist
Activity: Facing the Lion - Question List

BIRGIT MUEHLENHAUS

Exercise: Mapping Excercise with American FactFinder
Resources: Online Mapping Services and Online GIS Data
Presentation: GIS Lab (Note: the links to the maps in the "Thematic" section are listed on the last slide along with some additional resources.)

OUTLINE MAPS
     
CONTINENTAL BASEMAPS
Africa
Asia
Australia (& New Zealand)
Europe
North America
South America
COUNTRY BASEMAPS
Canada
USA (contiguous)
REGIONAL BASEMAPS
Central America
Former Soviet Union
Mediterranean
Southeast Asia
GLOBAL BASEMAPS
Eastern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
World (centered on 0°)
World (centered on 180°)

SHARON SHELERUD

LAURA SMITH
NATIVE AMERICANS
Presentation: Native American Issues in Minnesota
Resource: American Indian Links and Resources
Resource: American Indian Populations

Web Resources:
Mapping Census 2000: The Geography of U.S. Diversity
http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/atlas.html

We the People: American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States
http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/censr-28.pdf

The American Indian and Alaska Native Population: 2000
http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/c2kbr01-15.pdf

Shakopee Mdewakanton Tribe
http://www.shakopeedakota.org/index.html

Maps:
American Indians & Alaska Natives
American Indian Lands in MN, 2000
American Indian Populations by County, 2000 and Change in American Indian Population by County, 1990-2000
Reservation and Treaty Areas

CANADA
Presentation:
Geography of Canada

Maps:

Reference Map of Canada
Territorial Evolution Map of Canada
Median Income Map of Canada

Web Resources:
Government of Canada main page:
http://www.canada.gc.ca/main_e.html

Canadian Census:
http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census/index.cfm

Atlas of Canada:
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/index.html

Population Statistics:
http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/popdwell/Table.cfm?T=101

Resource:
Canada Pre-Test

PENNY THOMPSON-BURKE

JOANN TRYGESTAD
Resource: Canada Activities
Resource: Canada Resources
Resources: Latino Resources
Handout: Cuba

PAULA VERSTEGEN






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