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Slideshows, Maps, and Other Things - The Week in Review Good morning from Maine where the sun is shining! We had exactly two hours of sunshine all week (that's when I took the picture in this posts) so we're all itching to get outside to play today. We're going to ride bikes and run in the woods with our dogs. I hope that you have something equally fun planned for your weekend. A quick reminder before jumping to this week's list of the most popular posts, I have some availability for in-person workshops at schools this summer. If you're interested, please email me ASAP. These were the week's most popular posts: Self-paced Courses You Can Start Today On Practical Ed Tech I have four self-paced courses that you can start today and finish at your own pace. Workshops and Keynotes If you'd like to have me speak at your school or conference, please send me an email at richardbyrne (at) freetech4teachers.com or fill out the form on this page. Other Places to Follow Me:
    A Geography Lesson About Strange Borders Countries Inside Countries (Bizarre Borders, Part 1) was produced by CGP Grey seven years ago to illustrate where some of the landlocked countries of the world are and how they became landlocked. The video also highlights countries that have only one neighbor.
 Canada & The United States (Bizarre Borders, Part 2) explains why border between the United States and Canada might look like a long straight line in many places, but is not a straight line. The video also delves into some border quirks and disputes. The Google Earth file used in video is available to download here on CGP Grey's website.  Tom Scott has also produced a couple of interesting videos about interesting borders between countries. In The Most Complex Borders in Europe: Why Do We Have Nations? he explains the complicated border between Baarle-Nassau in the Netherlands and Baarle-Hertog in Belgium. In The US-Canada Border Splits This Road Down the Middle he visits the border between Stanstead, Quebec, Canada and Derby Line, Vermont, United States where the border really does split a road or, depending upon who you ask, the road splits the border. In the video he explains what you can and can't do on the road as well as how border enforcement has increased in the last couple of decades. (Speaking as someone who has lived relatively close to the US-Canada border for all of my adult life and has crossed the border countless times, border crossings today are much more regulated today than they were the first time I crossed in the late 90's).   Applications for Education The article I mentioned above along with the videos could make for a good starting place to introduce lessons on international boundaries, border enforcement, and negotiations between countries. I'd probably put the videos about US-Canada borders into EDpuzzle to add comprehension questions to the videos for my students to answer while they watch the videos. Here's an overview of how to use EDpuzzle.    More Recent Articles |
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