- An application is now available for the 2008 Gilbert M. Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education lesson plan competition.
- The 35th Annual Montana History Conference will be held October 16-18, 2008 in Glasgow, Montana, exploring the Fort Peck Dam, the New Deal in Montana, and much more. For information contact Kirby Lambert at Klambert@mt.gov.
- This
year the National Conference on Geography Education will be held in
Dearborn, Michigan, October 9-12, 2008. For more information,
consult the website: www.ncge.org
- The 12th International Cather Seminar is currently accepting submissions for papers. This conference, presented by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and The Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation, will take place in Chicago, June 25-28, 2009. The theme is "Cather, Chicago, and Modernism." For more information and guidelines, click here.
- Grants up to $1000 are available from Prairie Biotic Research (PBR), Inc. to foster biotic research in prairies. For more information or to apply for a grant, contact Michael Anderson at pbr-grants@tds.net
- The
Western Writers Series at Boise State University is welcoming proposals
for short monographs (30,000-40,000 words) meeting the guidelines on
their website: http://westernwriters.boisestate.edu/submissions.shtml
- The deadline has passed for the 2008 Educators to Saudi Arabia
Program, sponsored by Aramco Services Company. The program, which
travels to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is open to full-time Social Studies Teachers and Library Media Specialists
in grades 1-12 in all fifty states and the District of Columbia.
Selected participants travel to Saudi Arabia as part of a fully-funded professional development experience that seeks to introduce Social Studies Teachers and Library Media Specialists to
the history, culture, education, industry and global relations of this
culturally and politically important Middle Eastern country. Interested individuals can find more information at: www.iie.org/aramco
- Administered by the Institute of
International Education, the Toyota International Teacher Program
sponsors professional development opportunities for teachers to Costa
Rica, the Galapagos Islands, and Japan. In 2009 it will offer a study
opportunity for full time teachers and teacher-librarians of grades
6-12 to study environmental solutions in a new area of the world.
Applications are available online at
www.iie.org/toyota
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- This year's theme for Geography Action! is "Mapping the Americas." Kaye Ebelt is the coordinator for 2008 and can be contacted at kebelt@msn.com
regarding identifying geographical resources available through the
National Geographic website, providing assistance related to Geography
Awareness Week (16-22 November 2008) projects, and providing advice
regarding Geography Action! activities throughout the academic year.
- A CD-ROM is available on the Geography of
Arkansas. This project puts together a geography of Arkansas focusing
on the Five Themes of Geography and Arkansas six natural regions. Each
region focuses on the physical and cultural patterns that make that
region unique. The CD-Rom called, Connecting Arkansas,
is available for $2.50 and can be ordered from: Jerry Hanson, Geography
SH 604D, UALR 2801 S. University, Little Rock, AR 72204. (Posted
4-29-07)
- The alliance has published lesson plans;
developed an electronic "virtual trunk" linked to standards in
geography, history, and environmental studies; provided financial and
academic support for the publication of the first widely accepted
geography textbook in Montana, This Is Montana (2003); and published From Montana to Mars: Exploration from 1803 to 2003, and Beyond - a workshop/curriculum guide for teaching geography and science through literature.
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The Department of Geography at the University of Montana maintains a meteorological station that can feed real-time information regarding Missoula's weather into your classrooms. It can be accessed through the Hellgate Canyon Weather website.
- Paleo Exploration Project by Explore Digital Education .
- Learn what other state geographic alliances are doing. Click here.
- For lesson plan information and other resources, click here.