Text Box: An evening of DISCOVERY and EXPLORATION… DISCOVER powerful new teaching resources as you EXPLORE the Americas at the RIGEA Fall Geography Dinner

Text Box:       Rhode Island Geography EducationAlliance http://www.ric.edu/rigea/home.html   Rhode Island College 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave. Providence, RI 02908 401-456-8069 rigea@ric.edu               For more information call: (401)245-4395 Or (401)245-6646       EMail: rigea@ric.edu               Text Box: LOCATION John Nicholas Brown Center 357 Benefit Street Providence, RI http://www.brown.edu/Research/JNBC/JNB.brochure.pdf       PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CREDIT Certificate of Completion for 3 contact hours  

 

Text Box: The Rhode Island Geography Education Alliance, our state’s affiliate of the National Geographic Society’s Geographic Alliance Network welcomes teachers of ALL subjects and grade levels to a dinner at the John Nicholas Brown Center in Providence! The evening’s theme reflects the focus of Geography Awareness Week 2008 - The Americas. All our dinner guests will….. preview Geography Awareness Week materials and browse through a gallery of ongoing RIGEA activities enjoy a delicious dinner of foods from "the Americas" receive free interdisciplinary resources and materials from National Geographic for teaching about "the Americas" learn about the history of mapping "the Americas" from Edward L. Widmer, Director of the John Carter Brown Library – home of an internationally renowned collection of maps from the colonial period of the Americas 4:45 Sign in 5:00 – 6:00 Welcome, Geo-Galleries 6:00 – 7:30 Dinner and Keynote Address 7:30 – 8:00 Geography Action – Take it to YOUR school! Whether you’re a novice or veteran teacher, you’ll find resources and ideas for crafting powerful lessons at the RIGEA Fall Geography Dinner! Seating is limited…. RESERVE YOURS  NOW!  To reserve a place at the dinner, please send an email to rigea@ric.edu. Put GA Dinner in the subject line of the email and include the following information in the body of your message: Name School District School Subject (s) and Grade level You will receive confirmation via email      

Text Box: November 3, 2008 4:45 – 8:00