Amid the Ukraine crises, the world must not turn its back on others in need By Star Editorial Board Mon., April 4, 2022

Concepts of Geographic Thinking: Geographic Perspective, Patterns and Trends, Interrelationships, Spatial Significance

Inquiry: How might the United Nations simultaneously address the humanitarian issues happening in other parts of the World?

Activity: Gather information highlighting humanitarian issues around the world? Determine stages of a humanitarian crisis so they might be identified early to help prevent them from happening in the first place. Conduct an issue analysis to clarify the roles and views of stakeholders. Create a spatial journal to identify locations around the world that might be sliding into a humanitarian crisis. Create a story map to communicate to organizations and politicians strategies that could be used to help reduce the human impact.

 

U.N. chopper crashes in eastern Congo with 8 aboard, army blames rebels

By Stanis Bujakera and Fiston Mahamba, Reuters

Concepts of Geographic Thinking: Geographic Perspective, Interrelationships

Inquiry: How might the downing of the helicopter impact the conflict in the eastern Congo? Might this conflict and the Ukraine conflict turn into another Rwanda/former Yugoslavia issue for the United Nations? 

Activity: Examine evidence from the Rwandan genocide and the former Yugoslavians genocide and compare them to the situations going on in Ukraine and eastern Congo. Create a "T-chart" for comparison. Conduct an issue analysis of the two situations to clarify the two situations and determine how the UN and the World could proceed.. Review the stages of a Genocide to determine if the situations of these conflicts will dissolve into genocide. Create a spatial journal to determine impacts on surrounding areas. Create a story map to communicate the results.

Supporting material: DR Congo: Eight UN peacekeepers killed in helicopter crash

 Global Conflict: Crisis Watch

The crisis in Ukraine is getting worse. How far will Putin go? What can the World do? Might there be other conflicts to go unnoticed?

These are serious questions that need answers sooner than later to reduce the Human and Environmental impacts of such a conflict. 

With the world focused on Ukraine and how to support the 40 million people from such a threat what other severe conflicts might be overlooked? The situation the World finds itself in now with the escalation in Ukraine could be considered to be similar to the situation that lead to the genocide/ethnic cleansing that took place in the former Yugoslavia between 1992 and 1995 which overshadowed the Rwandan genocide. 

Could another "Rwanda" take place because the World is so focused on Ukraine. How can these types of conflicts be prevented. Who is able to help Ukraine and other countries in similar crisis situations that are going on right now from becoming the next genocide?

Concepts of Geographic Thinking: Geographic Perspective, Spatial Significance, Patterns and Trends, Interrelationships

Inquiry: How can the Western powers help Ukraine and stop the Russian invasion and support other conflict regions that may need help also?

Activity: Conduct a Geographic Inquiry in the crisis in Ukraine. Collect data to gain a historical perspective of the conflict. Gather information on other global crisis's. Identify which crisis may lead to a conflict similar to the Ukraine - Russia crisis. Conduct and issue analysis to help understand the crisis. Create a spatial journal to map out what is where? Why there? and help determine the Why care? (Geographic definition). Develop an action plan that may help support Ukraine and other areas that are under threat. Produce a story map to communicate results to help create a better world.

 

Canada Opens Blockaded Bridge, but in Ottawa, Truckers Won’t Budge 

By Sarah Maslin Nir 

Published Feb. 13, 2022 The New York Times

 

Concept of Geographic Thinking: Geographic Perspective, Patterns and Trends, Interrelationships, Spatial Significance

Inquiry: Why might police in Ottawa choose not to do their job and remove the protesters like other parts of the Province? How might this action or lack of action impact a communities trust in the police institution?

Activity: Conduct an issue analysis to understand the stakeholders and their views relating the the "Trucker" protest in Ottawa. Collect evidence of law enforcement action or in action during other protest? Create a spatial journal to examine how location may play a role in how law enforcement react to protests. Create a story map to communicate the findings of the research conducted.

Police officers cleared demonstrators on Sunday from the road leading to the Ambassador Bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.Credit...Carlos Osorio/Reuters

 

Survey shows these Canadian cities have lost green spaces amid urbanization 

By Bob Weber  The Canadian Press Posted February 1, 2022

Concepts of Geographic Thinking: Patterns and Trends, Interrelationships

Inquiry: How might this pattern be reversed? What might government and industry do to ensure green space does not reduce even more?

Activity: Collect data on green space in Canadian cities. Analyse data to by conducting an issue analysis to understand how and why cities depend on green space. Create a spatial journal to show the patterns and trends of this issue is happening then create a story map to describe the interrelationships required to develop solutions to this problem.

 The global education crisis – even more severe than previously estimated

• ELLINORE AHLGREN
• JOÃO PEDRO AZEVEDO
• JESSICA BERGMANN
• MATT BROSSARD
• GWANG- CHOL CHANG
• BORHENE CHAKROUN
• MARIE-HELENE CLOUTIER
• SUGURU MIZUNOYA
• NICOLAS REUGE
• HALSEY ROGERS

|JANUARY 04, 2022

 Concepts of Thinking: Geographic Perspective, SPATIAL Significance

Inquiry: How might GOVERNMENTS, ministries, and teachers maintain quality education during and after this pandemic when the research shows a DEFINITE decline?

Activity: gather data on what countries are doing to support student learning during the covid-19 pandemic.  CREATE A SPATIAL JOURNAL TO SHOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD. conduct an issue analysis to guide a solution, from a geographic perspective, that will help support the majority of students. Create a story Map to communicate the results of the issue ANALYSIS.

 

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