Geography Awareness Week

When I was in school, geography was taught specifically as a separate class in my educational career but today, geography is incorporated into lessons rather than taught separately. Now I meet students who have no idea how to read a paper map or know where specific cities, states, or even countries are located. I was happy to find this site talking about Geography Awareness Week.

November 14-19, 2022 is Geography Awareness Week.

“Everything happens somewhere, they say. For every “somewhere,” there are geographers exploring the how, why, and what of those places. Environmental conservation, population dynamics, political histories, medical mysteries: There is literally a world of possibilities for a career in geography.

The impressive array of career choices might be one of our discipline’s best-kept secrets. This year, AAG aims to change that. During the 35th annual Geography Awareness Week (#GeoWeek2022), we’re showcasing the work of geographers in strikingly diverse areas, from agriculture and food security to tracking illegal mining; from foregrounding the geographies of health to the work of correlating cancer and air quality and applying GIS to patterns of substance abuse; from assuring the integrity of population counts to safeguarding wildlife ecologies; from advising on climate resilience to protecting fair voting maps."

What activities do you plan to do to focus on geography? Please share.