Place-Based Education

Engaging students in their own communities through local history, local culture and the local environment. An initiative of the Massachusetts Studies Project at UMass Boston.

October 6, 2006
by Joanne Riley
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NationMaster’s GeoLab

Wonderful creative and interactive tools to teach and learn geography.  This site provides two (soon there will be more, we can hope) GeoLabs that can be used by students to learn about a wide range of geographic and statistical skills, … Continue reading

September 8, 2006
by Joanne Riley
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Google Earth Lessons

Google Earth is a stupendous tool for exploring the geography of the planet, various countries and continents, not to mention your local neighborhood, which is why it’s featured here on PBE.  Zoom in and out, "fly" from one place to … Continue reading

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