Illinois Geographic Alliance

09/22/2010

Check out he upcoming IGA Fall Teacher Leadership Workshop
LITERACY IN GEOGRAPHY...

GEOGRAPHY IN LITERACY through the landscape
Friday, October 22 and Saturday, October 23, 2010
Peoria, IL

01/27/2010

An interesting theory about the connection between health and geography.

01/12/2010

Study Tours for Educators! Deadline in February.

The goal of "TOP" is to encourage cross-cultural dialogue and to provide Social Studies educators with global understanding from an international perspective using Modern Germany as the basis for comparison and contrast.

01/06/2010

Here are some additional opportunities for professional development coming up soon!

The driest place on Earth is the Atacama Desert, a 600-mile narrow strip of land along Chile's Pacific Coast. With almost no vegetation, it has been used by NASA to test equipment for missions to Mars.

01/06/2010

Check out this upcoming conference!

12/22/2009

wishes you all a very happy holiday and a new year full of positive direction.

12/14/2009

Why Geography Education is Important:

Dumb Blonde - You got to feel sorry for her! Clip from are you smarter (American version) 3rd Grade Geography Question! "This might be a stupid question..." LMAO

12/07/2009

Google Model Your Town!

11/30/2009

IGA's Coordinator, Dr. Darrell Kruger is featured on today's episode of Uncommon Knowledge about the Euro.

11/23/2009

Do you know your location's true name?

Etymology, (OGr. etymon true sense and logos speech, oration, discourse, word) is the study of the origin and history of words. For the first time, the Atlas of True Names uses ...

11/17/2009

11/16/2009

It's Geography Awareness Week. Have a listen to our recent geography focused episode on WGLT's Uncommon Knowledge featuring our own Gillian Acheson!