ABOUT THE MGA

 

Regional Centers

Bridgewater, Clark, Five Colleges Center for East Asian Studies, Framingham

Salem, Winchester, Westfield

 

Workshops

    Teaching About East Asia?

    Here are Three East Asia Seminars !!  -

   PAID PROFESSIONAL   DEVELOPMENT   

   OPPORTUNITIES - Click HERE for details.  

 

  A geography of the crossroads - a 7-part

    workshop at Salem State  College.

 

   The geography of Egypt,

   Tuesday February 2, 2010 - at Clark University

 

    Geography Fair 2009 - a photo report on a very  

   successful event at Bridgewater State College.

  2009 Geography Fair winners.

 

   Geography Action - great teaching ideas.

 

   Geography Bee - 2010

 

   The 2010 NERC Conference: (Northeast Regional

  Conference on the Social Studies) - March 22-25,

  2010 in Sturbridge.

 

Teacher Consultants - National Geographic    

 trained teachers willing to help you - Click HERE.

 

Lesson Plans

  Exemplary 1st grade lesson on Rainforests

  Click HERE for many more tested lesson plans.

 

Contact
Vernon Domingo 
PHONE: (508)531-2101
EMAIL: vdomingo@bridgew.edu
MAIL: Massachusetts Geographic Alliance, c/o Geography Department, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA 02325

NEWS

 A Campaign to re-instate Geography Teacher 

 Licensure. We invite you to contact DESE about 

 placing this issue on their agenda. We need to

 have great geography taught in our schools.

 

 Mission to Liberia  is a great service learning

  project that assists development in Liberia.

  A great way to get your students involved in

  helping create a better world.

 

Europe T-Shirts for sale -

    a great teaching tool

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 Geography Bee winners in Plymouth

  Here is an article on the Plymouth Geo-Bee

  If you have a report about your school, send it to me

  vdomingo@bridgew.edu and I'll post it.

 

Carrie Monty of Westminster has had her lesson accepted

   by the Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education and she

   has a medal from the Center.

 

  Marcie Prager of Brookline has been honored by the

   National Council of the Social Studies as the 2009

   Outstanding Elementary Level Teacher

 

  Judy McKenzie of Swampscott Middle School has   

  received the Geography Teacher of the Year Award from  

  NESTVAL,  The New England St. Lawrence Valley 

  Geography Society.

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National Geographic Society has a "Large Taveling Map " program. Click HERE to check them out:

 

 

  New Program for pre-service teachers (college

    students) interested in teaching geography.

 

LINKS

   My Wonderful World

   National Geographic Society

   Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies

   Norman Leventhal Map Center at the

    Boston Public Library

    Primary Source