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Celebrate Geography! Launched in 1987 by presidential proclamation, Geography Awareness Week is held the third week of each November, promoting the importance of geography education in the United States. Click here for more background on Geography Awareness Week. But you can celebrate geography year-round! Start by exploring our weeklong guide of activities and ideas to help you experience the many facets of geography including: cultural and physical geography, geospatial technologies, and Earth's hotspots. Come back each day to take geo-tours using Google Earth, quiz your knowledge of the world, and more. Educators and Newspapers in Education Coordinators, download free activities on the Geography Action! Web site. Next, join My Wonderful World and celebrate geography year-round. Sign up in the blue box to the right to receive a free monthly newsletter filled with games, news, and events. In a time where the news we watch, the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the people we meet, and the decisions we make are increasingly global, we need to know the world! 2002 Suggested Daily Classroom/School Activities for Geography Awareness Week |
