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Welcome to the homepage
of The MGA is a grassroots organization of over 3,000 Massachusetts teachers dedicated to improving geography education in the Commonwealth. It is one of the 50 state alliances affiliated with the Geography Education Program of the National Geographic Society. The MGA sponsors conferences, workshops, summer institutes, and Geography Awareness Week in the state. The Alliance disseminates geography material, and helps to support the State Geography Bee. Many of the MGA's activities are conducted through its six Regional Service Centers at Salem State College, Framingham State College, Bridgewater State College, Clark University, The Five College Center for East Asian Studies, and the Winchester School Department. The MGA also coordinates training efforts with the state Global Education organizations and others interested in promoting geography education. After browsing through our site, if you have any questions or comments, let us know. ENJOY!!!! |
Regional Centers Register for some great teacher-oriented programs at our Regional Centers:
Five College Center for East Asian Studies
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A Summer 2008 Geography Institute: Teaching the World. To be held at Bridgewater State College June/July 2008 - 3 graduate credits Click here to see details of the program. Click here for an application form. |
Press Release:
Massachusetts Geographic Alliance Receives Funding for 6th Year of Museum Collaboration Project. The National Geographic Education Foundation has awarded the Massachusetts Geographic Alliance a $50,000 Education Network Grant for 2007-08 entitled, “Building Bridges to the Classroom and Meeting State Curriculum Standards through Museum Partnerships”. Click for details.
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Large Traveling Asia Map - In the week after Thanksgiving 2007, a large National Geographic Asia map traveled
around Massachusetts to five different school (Tantasqua in Sturbridge, Spofford Pond in Boxford,
Burnell School in Bridgewater, Davis School in Brockton, and Old Rochester Memorial School in Rochester.
Click here for a PowerPoint presentation.
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Be part of a group of Teachers as they travel to Korea and attend workshops there; Summer 2008. Click here for details. |
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Geography Fair 2007 : theme - Asia
Click here for the list of winners.
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Asia T-Shirts for sale! Click on photo for larger view and then click here for details on ordering them. Fun to wear and a great teaching tool. |
National Geographic Society announces
MYWONDERFULWORLD program - for teachers, students, and parents.
Click here.
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Geography Fair 2007 - Winners. Check here for list of the winners. Check out reports of past Geography Fairs (including some photos) |
Professional Development workshops presented in your school system
- integrating geography into the curriculum-
Click here for details.
Here is a unique way of showing,
if the world were a village of 100 people
A geography game - U.S. states
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We have a campaign to re-instate Geography Teacher Certification Check it out and help us in this effort. |
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Geography teachers were in high attendance at the recent conference of the Massachusetts Council for
the Social Studies, in Plymouth, MA. Check out a photo of participating Geography Teacher Consultants.
© 2008 M.G.A..
Mr. Paul Mulloy,
Massachusetts
Geographic Alliance,
c/o Winchester
Public Schools,
154 Horn Pond
Brook Road, Winchester, MA 01890
Phone:
(781)721-1257 email: PMulloy@aol.com
Send comments to web site maintainer
vdomingo@bridgew.edu
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