Tuesday, 23 June 2015

Charleston shooting: we need prayer, but also an end to this political genocide

After the killings, there was urgency about arresting Dylann Roof, but where’s the urgency to address the conditions that led to the tragedy?
People gather outside Emanuel Church a day after the mass shooting. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

Maps are powerful tools that to help answer the geographic questions: What is where? Why there? and Why Care?

 Concepts of thinking: Geographic perspective, patterns and trends

Lesson idea: create maps 
a) do some research on some of the statistics in the article and create thematic maps showing: highest rates of infant mortality, unemployment, of imprisonment,  poverty, heart disease, liver disease, diabetes, mental health issues, HIV/Aids in the United States. 
b) gather information on other type of situations and create a spatial journal to see what patterns may appear.

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