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Tuesday Travels: Into the Pacific Northwest

Posted on February 10, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Traveling from Northern California to the Oregon Coast last year was one of the most beautiful drives we have ever taken in our motorhome. Over the multi-day trip, we went from beautiful countryside, along amazing winding rivers, and finally to...Read More

Tuesday Travels: On the Mountaintop

Posted on February 3, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

After working the California League of Schools Conference in Sacramento, we were both tired and ready to rest for a while, but we had no idea how much rest we could get at our next destination! In getting directions together...Read More

Tuesday Travels: Underwater Exploration

Posted on January 27, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

As we moved up the California coast last year, Steve was insistent on spending a few days in Monterey. He had been in the area while in the Navy 20 years earlier, and he desperately wanted to visit some of...Read More

Tuesday Travels: Sand in My Toes

Posted on January 20, 2015July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

About this time last year, we headed west. It was not our first time visiting the West Coast, but this was our first time spending such a large amount of time in the Pacific Time Zone and being able to...Read More

Living the Geography Lesson: Applying the Content

Posted on November 3, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

As a Social Studies teacher in the middle and high school grades, you are often asked why your course is important. In Geography courses, it used to be very easy to explain with skills like map reading and cultural investigations...Read More

That Dream Trip

Posted on May 12, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Since I started reading (and actually being read to as a small child) I have imagined visiting the places in my favorites stories or books. The settings always came off the page to me and were so visual in my...Read More

A New Age of Exploration!

Posted on April 3, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

As we are traveling up the West Coast, it has been a new "Age of Exploration" for me! I had no idea when we planned this little adventure that I would see such diversity and experience so many different landscapes...Read More

The Beauty of Our Nation

Posted on March 28, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

As we travel the United States, we are in awe at the beauty and majesty of our nation. So far, we have traveled from home in Central Kentucky to Southeast Pennsylvania to Central Florida, across the South from Florida to...Read More

The Importance of Geography

Posted on February 21, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

As we travel the United States, I am more and more amazed at how little I know about my own nation's Geography. I thought I knew it all, but there is still so much to learn. Yet, in many districts...Read More

Prepared for the Real World

Posted on January 14, 2014July 25, 2020 by Michele Luck

Are your students prepared for the real world? Are they academically equipped to handle the twists and turns in our modern society? Are they ready to face the challenges? Are they alert to the cons and dupes of our technology-based...Read More