My Wonderful World
National Geographic leads a campain to promote Geography in education. Could we understand and succeed in the world we're living without Geography ? Certainly Not !
In this clip, you can find out arguments.
7/17/2007
Geography in danger in UK
Give Geography Its Place (GGIP) is an english geographer action created to save Geography in UK.
Watch attentively this short quizz clip and try to find the map errors.
Watch attentively this short quizz clip and try to find the map errors.
Government archives
Our Documents. Find out the 100 milestone documents of American history
(National Archives), voted by the "People". A very user friendly website !
Teaching American History
This page browses main american history texts. You will notably learn how American split their timeline in different eras.
InfoUSA
This website provides plenty of links about American History : Symbols and celebrations, US History, fundamental documents and writings, famous speeches.
UK National Archives
Mostly interesting for the treasures, viewed by date and themes, and also for the online exhibitions.
Focus on Film
The educational website ok UK National archive features a range of archive clips with background information.
(National Archives), voted by the "People". A very user friendly website !
Teaching American History
This page browses main american history texts. You will notably learn how American split their timeline in different eras.
InfoUSA
This website provides plenty of links about American History : Symbols and celebrations, US History, fundamental documents and writings, famous speeches.
UK National Archives
Mostly interesting for the treasures, viewed by date and themes, and also for the online exhibitions.
Focus on Film
The educational website ok UK National archive features a range of archive clips with background information.
English History : biographies and timelines
Find out main figures of English History presented by short biographies very usefull.
"Explore all of British history, from the Neolithic to the present day, with this easy-to-use interactive timeline. Browse hundreds of key events and discover how the past has shaped the world we live in today.
• Neolithic and Bronze Ages
• Iron Age
• Roman Britain
• Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
• Norman Britain
• Middle Ages
• Tudors
• Civil War and Revolution
• Empire and Sea Power
• Victorian Britain
• World Wars
• Britain: 1945 to Present"
You can also refer to 3 other timelines :
- Price minister and politics
- Kings and Queens through time
- Ages of English timeline
Choose between a flash or non-flash version.
The Parthenon marbles
Built during the fifth century BC, the Parthenon frieze represents the Panathenaic procession, now located in the British Museum in London. You can explore all the scenes on this Columbia University website.In Nashville, you can visit the replica of the original Parthenon, built for Tennessee's 1897 Centennial Exposition. It takes place in the centerpiece of Centennial Park, Nashville's premier urban park.
For a long time, Greek government fights for the restitution of the Parthenon marbles. The New Acropolis Museum has been erected to receive all the Sculptures in Greece. In 2006, the first fragment of the Parthenon marbles was returned in Greece by the University of Heidelberg. "At the Exhibition Hall of the Parthenon, some specific window-cases
will remain unoccupied waiting for the restitution of the fragmented
Sculptures." That means the complete return of the Parthenon marbles settled in the Bristish Museum.
1. According to Georgios Voulgarakis, Minister of Culture, why is the marbles restitution an universal issue ?
2. Why has the marbles restitution become an european debate ?
3. Find out the official declaration of the european Parliament. What is its point of vue ?
Funny Geography 2
Here's Wakko again ! Now, the 50 states of USA and their capitals !
This interactive map will help you to learn states location.
This interactive puzzle map too ! I made it in 3,46 minutes without knowning this game is raced. Try to do better !
This interactive map will help you to learn states location.
This interactive puzzle map too ! I made it in 3,46 minutes without knowning this game is raced. Try to do better !
Feeding the World : agriculture in Mali
General data on Mali
| Surface Area | 1,240,192 sq. km |
| Population (millions) | 9.7 |
| Population Growth | 3.2 % |
| Urban Population | 27% |
| Density (1995) | 8 inh/ sq. km |
| GDP (1994) Billions | US $ 1.94 |
| GDP per Capita | US $ 200 |
| Currency | CFA Franc |
| National Budget | 27% of GDP |
| Human Development Indicator | 0.229 |
| HDI Ranking (out of 174 countries) | 171 |
Agriculture in Mali
The Malian economy is basically agricultural. Harvest levels depend almost entirely on changes in climate and on floods of the Niger and its tributaries. In 1995 73% of the working population was employed in agriculture and contributed 44% of the GDP. Most of the production is by small farmers engaged in subsistence farming. The main food crops are millet, rice, sorghum, and corn. Peanuts, cotton and sugar cane are produced for export. Livestock rearing is also very important.
Droughts make vegetation rare in Mali. With rapid population growth, the increasing need for fire wood has led to large scale deforestation.
Source : Université de Columbia
Mali from the sky by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Go on YAB official website to discover some photos (2, 6, 13) of agriculture in Mali.
Description of Mali
The Republic of Mali, located in north-western Africa, is bounded on the north-east by Algeria, on the east by Niger, on the south by Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Guinea, and on the west by Senegal and Mauritania. Its area is 1 240 192 km2. Situated between latitudes 10° and 24° N, it is a landlocked country with frontiers not corresponding to any natural feature.
The topography is mostly low plateaux and basins with occasional rocky hills.
The Niger flows sluggishly through a huge depression with very little gradient, spreading out in the Macina, an enormous network of lakes and swamps between Mopoti and Tombouctou. The northern third of the country lies within the Sahara. In the west is a part of the Sahel, a semiarid transitional zone between areas of savannah and the Sahara desert. Rolling grasslands cover the south.
The climate is of the warm tropical type with average temperatures ranging from about 24° to 32° C and can be subdivided as follows:
- A Sudano-Guinean zone in the south and centre of the country where annual rainfall is over 1 300 mm, with seven rainy months;
- A Sudanian zone a little further north where rainfall ranges from 700 to 1 300 mm;
- A Sahelian zone marking the transition between the savannah and desert zones with rainfall between 200 and 700 mm;
- A Saharan zone in the north of the country where the sparse rainfall is under 200 mm per year. Here, temperatures often exceed 38 °C and may rise to more than 43 °C during the day. At night, however, temperatures may reach as low as 4 °C.
Source : FAO
Dakini Project : education through the Channel
Official presentation :
"£2.3 million pounds of free resources for Secondary Schools in Kent (UK) and Haute Normandie (France)
The Dakini Project, funded by the European Regional Development Fund Interreg IIIa community initative, establishes the first cross border (UK and France) geo-spatial web server for schools and holds high quality map based data of the Interreg IIIa region (Kent, East Sussex,
Nord Pas de Calais, Seine Maritime and Somme).
This includes a variety of digital data, including: aerial photography; large and small-scale maps; administrative boundaries with census, social and economic data; historical maps; satellite images; environmental data ; and 3D Digital Elevation Models (DEM).
In addition, the site also hosts a series of unique Digital Information Portals (DIP's) in the form of virtual tours for a number of key sites within the Interreg IIIa region."
Biggest cities in the world
These 19 cities had 10 million or more inhabitants in 2000, according to UN Habitat:
In 1950, New York was the only city in the world with a population of more than 10 million inhabitants.
Source : http://youthink.worldbank.org/issues/urbanization/
Explore also this interactive map to locate these cities.
Global Warming
Discover what global warming is on this Earth's observatory feature.
Have a look on this National Geographic slideshow.
Have a look on this National Geographic slideshow.
Geographical Maps
One World - Nations online website is interesting for his political maps, but you will have to check if you can use all. Many of them are free for educational purposes, as this european one.
Maps that teach offers online interactive maps, map puzzles, free printable maps. Caution, some maps could contain mistakes, as this french one sideline.
Maps that teach offers online interactive maps, map puzzles, free printable maps. Caution, some maps could contain mistakes, as this french one sideline.
Funny Geography
After seeing this funny video, you will sure know locating and pronouncing all the world countries !
Written in 1993, this song contents a lot of geographic errors ! Try to make out the list by posting a note.
Here are the answers on Wikipedia.
Written in 1993, this song contents a lot of geographic errors ! Try to make out the list by posting a note.
Here are the answers on Wikipedia.
More Than Half the World Is Now Urban
11 July is the World Population Day. On the Worldbank website, an article focus on the challenges of the world population growth. Extracts :
In a historical first, more people now live in cities than rural areas.
The world’s population is now 6.6 billion, according to a new UN report,and slightly ore than half live in urban areas, the majority of them in developing countries.
Between now and 2050, the report says,world population will surge by more than 37 percent – from 6.616 billion to 9.076 billion, with Asia and Africa leading the way.
According to Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of the UN Population Fund, “this wave of urbanization is without precedent. The changes are too large and too fast to allow planners and policymakers simply to react: In Africa and Asia, the number of people living in cities increases by approximately 1 million, on average, each week. Leaders need to be proactive and take far-sighted action to fully exploit the opportunities that urbanization offers.”
Four of the top 10 “mega-cities” (those of at least 10 million population) are in South Asia – Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi and Dhaka. Asia is home to three-fifths of the world’s population, but it will be Africa that leads the way in population growth in coming decades, thereport says.
One of the myths of urban growth, the report says, is that migration from rural areas should be controlled. It says migrants to cities generally make “rational choices” that give them more livability options than they would have in rural villages.
Check your knowledge with this quiz on urbanization !
In a historical first, more people now live in cities than rural areas.
The world’s population is now 6.6 billion, according to a new UN report,and slightly ore than half live in urban areas, the majority of them in developing countries.
Between now and 2050, the report says,world population will surge by more than 37 percent – from 6.616 billion to 9.076 billion, with Asia and Africa leading the way.
According to Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of the UN Population Fund, “this wave of urbanization is without precedent. The changes are too large and too fast to allow planners and policymakers simply to react: In Africa and Asia, the number of people living in cities increases by approximately 1 million, on average, each week. Leaders need to be proactive and take far-sighted action to fully exploit the opportunities that urbanization offers.”
Four of the top 10 “mega-cities” (those of at least 10 million population) are in South Asia – Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi and Dhaka. Asia is home to three-fifths of the world’s population, but it will be Africa that leads the way in population growth in coming decades, thereport says.
One of the myths of urban growth, the report says, is that migration from rural areas should be controlled. It says migrants to cities generally make “rational choices” that give them more livability options than they would have in rural villages.
Check your knowledge with this quiz on urbanization !
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