Geography Awareness Week is November 16 - 22, 2008.
My Wonderful World - Geography Awareness Week website
The Geography Awareness Week website describes this program in the following way: "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."
Also of note this week is National Geographic's Geography Action!:
National Geographic - Geography Action
The website describes Geography Action in the following way: "For more than a century, the National Geographic Society has fostered awareness of the world’s diverse cultures and environments. The tradition continues with Geography Action! , an annual awareness program that helps educators promote geographic fluency in schools and communities across the United States and Canada."
The week spotlights the importance of a foundational geographic knowledge in this increasingly globalized world in which we live.
The following survey shows how Americans in general need a more thorough grounding in geographic literacy:
National Geographic-Roper Survey 2006
If you want to know many fun ways in which you can celebrate Geography Awareness Week, have a look at the following article I wrote on eHow.com:
How to Celebrate Geography Awareness Week
And here is a link to an article I wrote in 2006 about the poor state of global geographic knowledge among young people in the U.S.A.:
Geographic Knowledge in America is Severely Lacking
Therefore, after reading that op-ed, if you are now looking for a fun way to build your geographic literacy and knowledge, have a look at my Geo Mania World website where you can access a wide variety of free online geography and geographic knowledge games:
Geo Mania World - Free Geography Games and Map Quizzes
Check out this "hub" about Fun Ways to Build Geographic Literacy and Knowledge and GeoManiaWorld, on hubpages.com:
This site contains a variety of resources for geography fans, including various geography links, a live feed from the GeoManiaWorld blog, great geography stuff on Amazon.com, fun geography youtube.com videos, geography news posts from Yahoo news, a guestbook, and more.
Check it out!
Check out this "lens" about Geography Fun & Games and GeoManiaWorld, on squidoo.com:
This site contains a variety of resources for geography fans, including various geography links, a geography travel poll, a live feed from the GeoManiaWorld blog, great geography stuff on Amazon.com, geography photography on flickr.com, new geography youtube.com videos, geography news posts from Google, a guestbook, and more.
Check it out!
Check out the latest updates and modification to the GeoManiaWorld - Geography Trivia Games and Map Quizzes website:
GeoManiaWorld - Geography Trivia Games and Map Quizzes
Test your geographic knowledge and skill - and help build and improve your geographic literacy - with a variety of fun and challenging free online geography map and trivia games. Have fun!
Check out the latest updates and modification to the GeoManiaWorld - Geography Trivia Games and Map Quizzes website:
GeoManiaWorld - Geography Trivia Games and Map Quizzes
There is a now a random geo fact that changes with each browser refresh, and there are more links to more cool sites with free online geography games! Check it out!
Also, check back in with the blog soon as I will get back to updating it more often (I've been out of town a good bit over the past couple of weeks).
Check out the companion site to the GeoManiaWorld Blog:
GeoManiaWorld - Geography Trivia Games and Map Quizzes
Here is an example of just one of the many geography trivia and map games you will find on GeoManiaWorld:
The GeoManiaWorld companion site is designed to provide you with many fun and exciting resources in one place to help you build and maintain your geographic literacy and geographic knowledge. Check back often for more updates and to see how the site expands beyond the pages of knowledge and trivia games.
