Recently, Indian Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi went on an “historic” visit to our eastern neighbor: Bangla Desh. What made it so historic? Answer: the enormous impacts on the human geographies of the two countries.
Samskrtam, the classical language of India, is a vital component of any understanding of India and the Indian subcontinent. Area studies in geography require at least a basic functional understanding of Samskrtam. This posting is one geographer’s…
Boundaries of countries are often contentious. Most countries seem to want to expand their territories as much as possible. These territories may be on land, at sea, and even on land at sea!
Our geography textbooks teach us that land is formed due to various tectonic forces…
Continuing my sharing of some of the teacher moments from my joyous experience of geography education with children …
The Treaty of Versailles
In one or two of my workshops, I show the children three pictures. A photograph…
Latitudes and longitudes … oh, GOSH! What a headache! Why should we learn this? How can I teach it better? What is the USE of learning this? These are common concerns. There are many ways out of this difficulty! We found one way at MEG School, Bangalore with the GeoKids of 8th…
This is Part 1 of a 2-part post. Part 2 is here.
Every subject you study asks questions — about this world and our place in the scheme of things. This leads to a…
Point of view, often abbreviated to POV, is very important for us to make sense of our world. And since POVs differ among us, we have to learn to accommodate each other.
TIIGS has been conducting many activities for the promotion of geography education. In this blog, there is a link to some still images of these activities held during June 2011 — January 2012.
Subject vs. discipline. Textbook vs. lived life. How does a geographer bridge these “vs.” gaps and integrate them in life? What is a “geographic” life? Two examples from my world of geographers show me how it could be done.
We looked at several things in the last two weeks in this column: the rivalry among the USA, Russia, and China for global power. At the same time each and every country has concerns about terrorism and its many effects, including drug trafficking. From Asia, mainly Afghanistan and Myanmar…