tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post6242961549393518299..comments2024-03-24T17:17:42.341+00:00Comments on LivingGeography: Are you ready to rock ? or read...Alan Parkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-9564386567692796082013-10-19T11:32:12.093+01:002013-10-19T11:32:12.093+01:00Certainly - am using Robert MacFarlane for a sessi...Certainly - am using Robert MacFarlane for a session on mountains at the SAGT conference next week... I did a list of books once - check my blog though:<br /><br />http://geolibrary2013.blogspot.comAlan Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14528013029514239163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-11661873160586080832013-10-19T11:24:36.067+01:002013-10-19T11:24:36.067+01:00Another great book to read extracts from is Robert...Another great book to read extracts from is Robert McFarlane's 'Mountains of the Mind' (Granta ISBN 97814708394) - which has, amongst many useful sections, some really good paragraphs describing how, over time, people have changed their minds about how they view and respond to mountains - an excellent resource.<br /><br />Of course, there are many other books that contain excellent reads to use in geography lessons.<br /><br />A long time ago (back in the 80s!) a geography teacher at Deer Park School Cirencester (Adrian ??) gave me a fantastic list of books/novels containing useful settings, scenarios and 'facts' for teaching geography etc that he had compiled - unfortunately I left it behind when I moved jobs - but the idea and inspiration has stayed with me.<br /><br />I wonder if such a list exits today?....I feel a bit of Googling coming on...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16491461542353686093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5069674826503269939.post-15834931233980042632013-10-19T11:23:09.319+01:002013-10-19T11:23:09.319+01:00Another great book to read extracts from is Robert...Another great book to read extracts from is Robert McFarlane's 'Mountains of the Mind' (Granta ISBN 97814708394) - which has, amongst many useful sections, some really good paragraphs describing how, over time, people have changed their minds about how they view and respond to mountains - an excellent resource.<br /><br />Of course, there are many other books that contain excellent reads to use in geography lessons.<br /><br />A long time ago (back in the 80s!) a geography teacher at Deer Park School Cirencester (Adrian ??) gave me a fantastic list of books/novels containing useful settings, scenarios and 'facts' for teaching geography etc that he had compiled - unfortunately I left it behind when I moved jobs - but the idea and inspiration has stayed with me.<br /><br />I wonder if such a list exits today?....I feel a bit of Googling coming on...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16491461542353686093noreply@blogger.com