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of The MGA is a grassroots organization of over 3,000 Massachusetts teachers dedicated to improving geography education in the Commonwealth. It is one of the 50 state alliances affiliated with the Geography Education Program of the National Geographic Society. The MGA sponsors conferences, workshops, summer institutes, and Geography Awareness Week in the state. The Alliance disseminates geography material, and helps to support the State Geography Bee. Many of the MGA's activities are conducted through its six Regional Service Centers at Salem State College, Framingham State College, Bridgewater State College, Clark University, The Five College Center for East Asian Studies, and the Winchester School Department. The MGA also coordinates training efforts with the state Global Education organizations and others interested in promoting geography education. After browsing through our site, if you have any questions or comments, let us know. ENJOY!!!! |
Regional Centers Register for some great teacher-oriented programs at our Regional Centers:
Five College Center for East Asian Studies
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A campaign: - Bring back Geography and Geography Teacher Licensure
Click here for more details
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Ms. Donna Laroche's first grade class (Winn Brook in Belmont) has developed two projects with accompanying websites. Click on the images to check out these great programs. The left image for the rainforest and the right image for the Ham Radio project . |
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A great resource for using maps in your teaching. Click here |
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Amy Brown, a geography teacher at Plymouth Community Intermediate School, recently attended a National Geographic Society program on geography education. Read the newspaper report about the program and the great impact on her classes. |
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A Summer 2008 Geography Institute: Teaching the World. Was held at Bridgewater State College June/July 2008. Click here for photo. |
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The National Geographic Society presented its “Geography Legislator of the Year” to Senator Ted Kennedy in recognition of his commitment to promoting improved geographic literacy. Click here for more details. |
Large Traveling Asia Map - In the week after Thanksgiving 2007, a large National Geographic Asia map traveled
around Massachusetts to five different school (Tantasqua in Sturbridge, Spofford Pond in Boxford,
Burnell School in Bridgewater, Davis School in Brockton, and Old Rochester Memorial School in Rochester.
Click here for a PowerPoint presentation.
Professional Development workshops presented in your school system
- integrating geography into the curriculum-
Click here for details.
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Here is a unique way of showing, if the world were a village of 100 people |
A geography game - U.S. states
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Geography teachers were in high attendance at the recent conference of the Massachusetts Council for
the Social Studies, in Plymouth, MA. Check out a photo of participating Geography Teacher Consultants.
© 2009 M.G.A..
Mr. Paul Mulloy,
Massachusetts
Geographic Alliance,
c/o Winchester
Public Schools,
154 Horn Pond
Brook Road, Winchester, MA 01890
Phone:
(781)721-1257 email: PMulloy@aol.com
Send comments to web site maintainer
vdomingo@bridgew.edu
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