LibGuides: Humanities: Geography

Why Study Geography?

Geography ICT Tools

Map Tools

42 Amazing Maps
Watch Hank Green talk about maps before looking at them.

WorldMapper: Maps as you have never seen them before

Create your own Maps!

Sharemap.org : How to use video
An excellent free piece of software that allows you to create vector maps and GIS overlays easily. (Beware - we have found that some scales are out)

Dept of Sustainability and Primary Industries - Interactive Maps

Places

World Wonders Project by Google

Other

Churnalism.com
Cross reference news articles to ensure you are getting to true story. How it works here.

Population Reference Buerea

For Teachers

Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future

World Watch.org

Sustainability Films

Geography Education Website by Seth Dixon

Geography Education ScoopIt!

New Books

Pocket World Figures
Publication Date: 2015
Great little book on many world facts and figures for 2015. Great for trivia and educational brain breaks.
The Revenge of Geography by Robert D. Kaplan
ISBN: 9780812982220
This provocative, startling book, offers a revelatory new prism through which to view global upheavals and to understand what lies ahead for continents and countries around the world.
The World until Yesterday by Jared Diamond
ISBN: 9780143124405
The bestselling author of Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel surveys the history of human societies to answer the question: What can we learn from traditional societies that can make the world a better place for all of us?
Guarding Eden by Deborah Hart
ISBN: 9781760112356
Publication Date: 2015-06-01
Inspiring true stories about champions of climate change action--12 ordinary people willing to do extraordinary things to help save the planet for future generations.
The Biggest Estate on Earth by Bill Gammage
ISBN: 9781743311325
Explodes the myth that pre-settlement Australia was an untamed wilderness revealing the complex, country-wide systems of land management used by Aboriginal people.
Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Change by Garth Sundem
ISBN: 9781575423500

In the News

Ukraine

Ukraine Crisis Timeline - BBC News

CNN Information

Washington Post (Video): Ukraine's Crisis Explained in 2 mins

Stay Up-To-Date with the News

On the ABC every night of the week. Archives here.

Mondays at 8.30pm (AEST) and repeated Tuesdays at 11am and 11.35pm on ABC 1. Also on Saturdays at 8.00pm on ABC News24.

International Issues

New Internationalist Magazine

The College login is the same for all online subscriptions and is also available on Moodle.

http://digital.newint.com.au/issues

Search all past magazines and the current issue. Useful for Humanities research, English Issues tasks, Religious Education and more!

New Internationalist reports on issues of world poverty and inequality, plus some hot topics. There is a focus on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless worldwide and the fight for global justice. International issues and world stories.