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Molly Myers commented on Angela Cunningham's group Geography Educators

"Hey all. I have been revamping my APHG class to better fit student prior knowledge and early interest. The first semester examines Chicago and the neighborhood where my school is and the second semester is focused on the world. I am no longer…"

Jul 7, 2012

Chris Bass replied to Molly Myers's discussion First Unit-Human Geography and Vocabulary Help in the group Geography Educators

"Quizlet.com might help with getting your kiddos to practice the terms once they've been introduced. There are a few different games they can play. My kids like to compete for the best times/highest scores."

Nov 12, 2011

Molly Myers commented on Angela Cunningham's group US History Educators

"Hey all. Here are some links of history sources on the web that I am collecting. It is mostly US related but there are some world thrown in as well. Some day I am going to organize it by time period. Some day."

Oct 5, 2011

Molly Myers commented on Angela Cunningham's group Geography Educators

"Hey all. I am collecting AP Human Geography web resources here. I also have more in my diigo account that I plan to curate and organize and make available. Like Joe, I am teaching AP Human Geography for the first time this year. We are already four…"

Oct 5, 2011

Joe Jacquot replied to Molly Myers's discussion First Unit-Human Geography and Vocabulary Help in the group Geography Educators

"I am a newbie too. I will be sure to share what I learn w/ you! Have you gone to an AP conference for HumanGeo?"

Jul 12, 2011

Molly Myers joined Nate Everett's group

Lesson Study Project

We can collaborate together to build a lesson together, teach the same lesson in our classes, observe (with tech) the lesson being taught, and critique the lesson in order to make it better. This is the basis for lesson study.

Jul 12, 2011

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Allison Hunt replied to Molly Myers's discussion First Unit-Human Geography and Vocabulary Help in the group Geography Educators

"Hi, First, I would look at Martha Sharma's vocab list on AP Central- http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/courses/teachers_corner/49389.html. There is a lot of vocabulary, but it doesn't have to be taught all at once.…"

Jun 29, 2011

Molly Myers replied to Molly Myers's discussion First Unit-Human Geography and Vocabulary Help in the group Geography Educators

"Some great ideas here Brian. Thanks so much!"

Jun 28, 2011

Brian Thomas replied to Molly Myers's discussion First Unit-Human Geography and Vocabulary Help in the group Geography Educators

"Molly, when we created our Geography Alive program, we wanted to do the same thing...front load the vocab so that students are ready to read the text. Our strategy to get students there was to create a matrix called Geo-Terms. You can…"

Jun 28, 2011

Molly Myers added a discussion to the group Geography Educators

First Unit-Human Geography and Vocabulary Help

Hi all. I am new to teaching Human Geography and in looking at our text (Rubenstein) the first unit is full of vocabulary terms needed for the subsequent chapters. How do you all tackle teaching this much vocabulary at the start of the year? I would love some ideas and resources if you have already found what works best. I will post my lessons as I finish them as well. See More

Jun 28, 2011

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Molly Myers joined Heather Kilgallon's group

EdCamp SocialStudies

Anyone interested in attending or organizing an EdCamp focused on Social Studies. We are planning this for summer 2012!

May 22, 2011

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Molly Myers replied to Matt Valdez's discussion Teaching Scale in AP Human Geography in the group Geography Educators

"Hi Matt. I, too, am teaching AP Geography for the first time. I look forward to learning you and others in this group. Have you already submitted your syllabus to College Board? We just made the switch to geography so I still have…"

May 17, 2011

Molly Myers joined Angela Cunningham's group