Intergenerational equity requires that children learn about the earth systems so they may make responsible decisions to conserve their children's habitat. The Educate America Act, passed by Congress in 1994. The same year the National Geography Standards - Geography for Life, developed by the American Geographical Society, the Association of American Geographers, the National Council of Geographic Education and the National Geographical Society, was published. Those standards, summarized on page 4-5, are applied in each of the activities of this guide and are the basis of most new curricular materials in geography. It could also be called geography's diary.
People live, and events happen, in specific locations.
Just as history seeks to explain why things happened when they did, so geography seeks to explain why things happen where they do. There is a strong symbiosis between reading a good newspaper and learning geography. One can learn a great deal of geography by reading the paper, but it is equally true that knowing geography helps one read the paper more knowledgeably. The goals of this guide are to provide teachers with suggestions for activities using The New York Times, which encourage both geographical learning and newspaper reading. While the emphasis of this guide is geographical, the activities are also suitable for courses in global studies, current events, world history and cultures, international relations, and general social studies.