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Tom Snyder Productions is no longer publishing the curriculum;
there will be copies available for a while from some resellers who have been stocking
it, such as Amazon.com, but after those are gone it will become unavailable for a few
months. Please be patient. A new edition is coming from a new publisher.
I am still personally doing the fulfillment for replacement
regional maps: upon receiving your order, I make copies from my own set of maps and ship
them myself. I will do this until the new publisher has begun to distribute copies. To
break even, I have to charge $18 for a single reproducible set of 9 maps, including all
postage, handling, shipping, etc. Click "buy now" to order through Paypal. You do not
need to be a Paypal member to order. Note that I will ship only once per week, from a
US post office -- usually Mondays -- so if you order on a Tuesday, it could be 8 or 9
days after you order before you receive your maps. If you already have a set of maps,
or a friend with a set of maps, you can copy the maps yourself at lower cost, but if you
need one set to start the process, they are available. (Included in the set: Canada, US,
Middle America, South America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Soviet Union, Africa,
Asia, and Oceania).
David Smith's new title, If America Were A
Village is available now,
by clicking here or at your local
bookstore.
America, with all its diversity, is not easily defined. David J. Smith's
If America Were a Village takes a snapshot - past, present and
future - to help define America for children. Using the same successful
metaphor of the international bestseller If the World Were a
Village, the book shrinks down America to a village of 100. The
metaphor helps children easily understand American ethnic origins,
religions, family profiles, occupations, wealth, belongings and more.
Shelagh Armstrong's expansive illustrations imagine America as a
classic, vibrant small town. Who are the people living in this vast and
varied nation? Where did they come from? What are they like today? How
do they compare with people in other countries? The book's simple
statistical analysis provides a new way of learning about where people
live in America, the state of their health, the shapes and sizes of
families, what they use and more - forming a concise picture of a
country. If America Were a Village is part of CitizenKid:
a collection of books that inform children about the world and inspire
them to be better global citizens.
Read, Listen, Watch...
* a review on librarything.com
* a review in Publisher's Weekly (Scan down to If
America Were A Village, 6 clicks down.)
* a review on Smithsonian's Bookdragon Site
* a review on eZine Suite101
* a review on a
children's literature blog, "The Miss Rumphius Effect".
* a podcast of David Smith's interview with Susan Raab
for UConn's Teachers for a New Era
* a podcast of David Smith's interview on KMOX, St
Louis
* Part 1 of a podcast of David Smith's Interview on Countdown
to College Radio
* Part 2 of a podcast Of David Smith''s Interview on Countdown
to College Radio
* a video review on
ocfamily.com, a website focused on families living in Orange County,
California
Order the book here:
If America Were a Village
David J. Smith
The animation of If The World Were A
Village is available as a DVD or as a VHS tape, in English or in
French, at reasonable prices.
To see a clip from the video, please click here.
Most Efficient Way To Get It Quickly Is To Order From Amazon:
If The World Were a Village DVD in English
David J. Smith
Si el Mundo fuera una aldea (video in Spanish):
Si le monde etait un vilage (video in French):
Alternatively, order from the US distributor:
For more information see our If The World Were A
Village web page
- Discover the innovative and award-winning "Mapping The World By Heart"
geography curriculum, and US, Mexico,
and Canada
Supplements.
- Gain a new perspective on our world population through the
beautifully illustrated book "If The World
Were A Village" and its companion global activities.
- Explore countless
geography-related activities for all ages; learn
about materials and methods for geography education.
- Read about, and puchase, maps and
globes, and browse
geography-related books and videos
- Learn interesting news
and facts about the places and
people of the world.
- Enjoy a range of humorous
stories and compilations.
- Investigate airport
codes and aviation links of all kinds.
- Learn about the
author's consulting services, including workshops,
school programs and author visits, in-service training for teachers,
curriculum audits, website evaluation, and credit-bearing summer
institutes. David Smith travels the globe sharing his enthusiastic and
innovative approach to teaching and learning about our world
community.
- Visit our dedicated Amazon
Store for all your geography, teaching, and other needs.
- Three supplements to "Mapping the World By Heart"
are now available -- U.S., Canada, and Mexico; click here to read about them.
- A page of links to information for travelers is
available here.
14 to 21 March, 2010
Newseum
Select a map -- USA, North America, Asia, Caribbean, Europe,
Middle East, Oceania, or South America. On the map, little yellow dots appear. Mouse
over any of those dots, and you see the front page of one of today's newspapers from
that city. The image is readable as is, but is also zoomable. Even better, you can
show the newspapers in a list instead of a map, or in a "gallery" of front pages, shown
alphabetically. Powerful and fun. All daily general-interest newspapers are invited to
participate; the only ones shown are those that voluntarily submit their front pages for
the newseum.
7 to 14 March, 2010
Maps-In-Time
A very cool "moving map" from the UK National Archives. In
their words, "This unique resource reveals geo-political change in the 20th century.
Move between points on the timeline for a world overview. A particular time or region
can be viewed in more detail by choosing the zoom view. Hotspots also appear on the
maps - click on these for more information about each region and to download further
resources."
28 February to 7 March, 2010
UK Data Portal
The Public, beta launch of the long-awaited online point of
access to UK "government-held non-personal data". It's purpose is to provide a pathway
into the huge collection of government data held by UK governments and agencies. To see
the richness of what's here, click on "Data" and then "List all datasets". On the first
day the site was online there were 3000 datasets, including road injuries, disease
occurence and disease-related deaths, a dataset called "waiting times", and much, much
more.
21 to 28 February, 2010
HiRISE
The High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment is part of the
Lunar and Planetary Lab at the University of Arizona in Tucson. They use data files
from the NASA Ames archives and create amazing Hi-Res imagery. This week's link takes
you to the images from September of 2009, containing more than 1500 images of the
Martian surface. Spend time exploring. You'll discover new things with every click.
Eleven-Year Archive
of Hotlinks (1996-Present) >>
Susan Lapides
Photography
Spectacularly beautiful photography from an
experienced and sensitive professional. As she explains, Susan is a New
England based photographer who has covered the region for numerous
publications, including Time, Yankee, People, Fortune, Forbes, US News,
Conde Nast Traveler, and Trust for Public Land, among many others. Her
photographs treat the people, places, events, and daily graces with
dignity, honor, and respect."
Wandering Educators
Their main page says it all: "A Global Community
of Educators, Sharing Travel Experiences". Good photos and stories,
links to all kinds of travel services, a huge potential for people
working with like-minded people around ideas and issues related to
travel.
Lufthansa Virtual Pilot Game
Land the jet in the specified city in Europe.
The first round is fun; the other two require
speed, good mousing skills, and excellent geographic knowledge.
Sheppard Software Geography Games
A vast array of free geography games; games
on
the whole world, on specific regions, on individual countries. Extensive,
well-developed, and fascinating.
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