Ken Klieman, Author at Social Studies

The Importance of Geography — Applications Beyond K-12 Classrooms

“The study of geography is about more than just memorizing places on a map.

“If I am not for myself who is for me? And being for my own self, what am ‘I’? And if not now, when?” – Hillel the Elder

“History, despite its wrenching pain cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage need not be lived again.

Service learning has been a cornerstone of my educational approach for over a decade.

“We like to think of our champions and idols as superheroes who were born different from us.

“It is no coincidence that, on all four sides, in all four corners, the borders of the Roman Empire stopped where wine could no longer be made.

As educators we strive to provide students with hands-on learning opportunities as much as we can.

“Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

“Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.