Geography as Inquiry: Teaching About and Exploring the Earth as Our Home - Softcover

Newman, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1475810407 ISBN 13: 9781475810400

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2016

Synopsis

Geography as Inquiry invites teachers and learners to explore geography in exciting ways, across key concepts, connected to history and the social sciences, reestablishing its place in the social studies and history curriculum.

About this title

About the Author

Jack Zevin began as a history and geography teacher on the south side of Chicago, moving to U. of Michigan for his doctorate. After settling at Queens College/CUNY in New York as a professor of education, he has remained in place ever since producing many books and articles that range across history, geography and the social sciences. He has conducted NSF institutes on geography and greatly enjoys developing map and simulation games for classrooms. Mark Newman has a Ph. D. in History from UCLA. He has written and edited books and articles on visual culture, primary sources, and various historical and geographic topics. Mark is currently director of a Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources project and previously was co-director of four National Endowment for the Humanities projects.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1475810407
• ISBN 13: 9781475810400
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 202