Images in Geography – Great Expectations
The following notes, references and websites were used during the preparation of Peter Fox’s Presidential Address, and accompany the article of the same name, which appears in the January 2005 issue of Geography.
Biographic notes: the people
Cole, Thomas, (1801-48) English born, American painter known as the father of the Hudson River School of painting.
Dickenson, B.B. a housemaster at Rugby School.
Fairgrieve, James (1870-1953), One of the most influential figures in the history of geographical education. He joined the GA in 1906 (see Walford, 2001, p. 97).
Freshfield Douglas (1854-1934) One of the three pioneers of British geography.
Hayden, Ferdinand V., Head of the US Geological Survey of the Territories, surgeon and geologist.
Jackson, William Henry, Photographer. At the age of 27 Jackson joined a series of government expeditions to the west which were publicised by his photographs.
Mackinder, Halford J. (1861-1947) One of the three pioneers (the other two were Masterman and Mill) of British geography, Reader in geography at Oxford.
Masterman, John Story, assistant master at University College School and daring mountaineer. Was also one of the three pioneers of British geography.
Mill, H.R., was president of the GA and an early user of lantern slides. He worked for the University of Oxford (see Mill, 1939, p. 51).
Moran, Thomas ‘Yellowstone’, Painter, born 1837, Bolton, Lancashire, arrived in America when he was five. Perhaps his finest landscape painting, The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, 1872, is displayed in the Capitol building in Washington DC.
Ribault (or Ribaut), Jean (c.1520-65), French navigator famous for the early settlement in Florida. In 1562 he landed at St Johns River to set up an asylum for French Protestants in America. He was killed by a Spanish swordsman in October 1565.
Scott Keltie, J. (1840-1927), Appointed to the Royal Geographical Society in 1884 to ‘collect and arrange the Society’s premises – books, maps, appliances and diagrams’. Before this he had worked on The Times. The Exhibition of apparatus was held in December 1885 at The Galleries, 53 Marlborough Street, London.
Verrazano, Giovanni da (1485-1527), Navigator. In 1524 he began a voyage of discovery to the New World on behalf of Francis I, during which he kept a log book of his experiences. It is thought that he was the first to describe New York Bay and the Hudson River.
References
Television and broadcasting
Abramson, A. (1987) The History of Television 1880 to 1941. Jefferson NC: McFarland and Company.
BBC (1928-present) BBC Handbooks. London: BBC.
British Film Institute (2000) Moving Images in the Classroom. London: Bfi (also see websites below).
Butt, G, (1991) ‘Have we got a video today?’, Teaching Geography, 16, 2, pp. 51-5.
Davis, A. (1976) Television: The first forty years. London: Severn House Publishers.
Durbin, C. (1995) ‘Using televisual resources in geography’, Teaching Geography, 20, 3, pp. 118-21.
Fairgrieve, J. (1931) ‘The use of broadcasting in teaching geography in schools’, Geography, 16, 1, pp. 34-44.
Gospill, G.H. (1959) ‘Television broadcasting’, Geography, 44, 3, pp. 186-94.
Going, P.C. (1938) ‘Some comments on the use of broadcasting in the teaching of geography’, Geography, 23, 4, pp. 261-7.
ITA/IBA (1955-present) ITV Yearbooks, Guide to Independent television. London: ITA/IBA.
Lambert, D. (1989) ‘Using video film’, Teaching Geography, 13, 1, pp. 22-3.
Moss, N. (1989) BBC TV Presents: A fiftieth anniversary celebration. London: Macmillan.
Passingham, K. (1984) The Guinness Book of Television Facts and Feats. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives Ltd.
Roberts, M. (1987) ‘Using videocassettes’, Teaching Geography, 12, 3, pp. 114-17.
Sharp, C. (1995) Viewing Listening Learning. London: NFER.
Simon, A. (1974) British Broadcasting. Newton Abbott: David & Charles.
Swift, D. (1990) ‘Girls together making a video about apartheid’, Teaching Geography, 15, 4, pp. 166-8.
Vahimagi, T. (1996) British Television: An illustrated guide (second edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Walker, A. (1988) ‘Radio and television’ in Mills, D. (ed) Geographical Work in the Primary and Middle Schools. Sheffield: GA, pp. 150-1.
Film
Boultwood, M., Fairgrieve, J. and others (1948) ‘Geography teaching films – an analysis of the present position with suggestions for the future’, British Film Institute, proof held at GA, dated 19 February.
Briault, E.W.H. and Shave, D.W. (1952) Geography in the Secondary School. Sheffield: GA.
Durbin, C. (2000) ‘Moving images in geography’ in Bfi (ed) Moving Images in the Classroom. London: Bfi.
Durbin, C. (2002) ‘Teaching with televisual resources’ in Smith, M. (ed) Aspects of Teaching Secondary Geography. pp. 200-9.
Fairgrieve, J. (1932) ‘The use of films in teaching’, Geography, 17, 2, pp. 129-40.
Fairgrieve, J. (1936) ‘Can we teach geography better?’, Geography, 21, 1, pp. 1-17.
Fox, P.S. (2002) ‘Take one … digital video’, Teaching Geography, 27, 4, pp. 193-7.
Geographical Association (1928) ‘Instruction by cinema’, Geography, 14, 80, pp. 345-6.
Hill, J.W.N. (1960) ‘Film use in the lesson: an analysis’, Geography, 45, 1-2, pp. 90-7.
Lukinbeal, C. (2002) ‘Teaching historical geographies of American film production’, Journal of Geography, 101, p. 250-70.
Monaco, J. (2000) How to Read a Film. New York: Oxford University Press (also available online at www.ReadFilm.com).
Northampton Branch (1920) ‘The use of the cinema in geography teaching’, The Geographical Teacher, 1
Toulet, E. (1995) Cinema is a 100 Years Old. London: Thames and Hudson.
0, 6, pp. 280-2.
Art, photographs and images
Anderson, N.K. (1992) ‘Curious historical artistic data’ in Brown, J. (ed) Discovered Lands, Invented Parts: Transforming visions of the American west. New York: Yale University Press, pp. 1-36.
Bailey, P. and Fox, P.S. (eds) (1996) Geography Teachers’ Handbook. Sheffield: GA
Carter, C.C. (1901) ‘Amateur photography as an aid in teaching geography’ The Geography Teacher, 1, 1, No.1, pp. 27-31.
Carter, C.C. (1907) ‘The lantern and the teaching of geography’, The Geography Teacher, 4, 2, No.18, pp. 88-91.
Chambers, B. (1996) ‘Step by step’, Junior Focus, April, pp. 2-4.
De Vorsey, L. (1987) ‘The new land: the discovery and exploration of eastern North America’ in Michell, R.D. and Groves, P.A. (eds) North America: The historical geography of a changing continent. London: Hutchinson, pp. 25-37.
Fox, P.S. (2003) ‘Putting you in the picture’, Teaching Geography, 28, 3, pp. 128-33.
Frances Frith - http://www.geh.org/fm/frith/htmlsrc/frith-intro.html
Geographical Magazine (2002) ‘Portraits of the past, December, p. 24.
Groseclose, B. (2000) Nineteenth-Century American Art (Oxford History of Art). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Harris, G. (1988) ‘Pictures and slides’ in Mills, D. (ed) Geographical Work in the Primary and Middle School. Sheffield: GA, pp. 147-9.
Long, M. (1953) ‘Children’s reaction to pictures’, Geography, 38, 2, pp. 100-7.
Mackintosh, M. (1998) ‘Photographs, diagrams and maps: understanding them’ in Carter, R. (ed) Handbook for Primary Geography. Sheffield: GA, pp. 133-51.
Medway W.B. (1925) ‘Learning geography by drawing’, The Geographical Teacher, 13, 1, pp. 57-8.
Mill, H.R. (1939) Unpublished autobiography held at GA headquarters, Sheffield.
Monaghan, E. (2003) ‘Children in the US “hooked on television at two”’, The Times, 30 October, p. 2.
Myers, J.L. (1926) ‘Wayside geography’, The Geographical Teacher, 13, 4, pp. 285-95.
Roberts, M. (2003) Learning through Enquiry: Making sense of geography in the key stage 3 classroom. Sheffield: GA.
Robinson, R. (1988) ‘Discussing photographs’ in Boardman, D. (ed) Handbook for Geography Teachers. Sheffield: GA, pp. 103-7.
Smith, V. (2002) ‘The man with the world on his plate’, Derby Evening Telegraph, 29 January, pp. ??.
Wallace, D.R. (2001) Yellowstone: Handbook 150. Washington DC: US Department of the Interior
Wilkins, T. (1966) Thomas Moran: Artist of the mountains. Norman OK: University of Oklahoma Press.
Technology and geography
Balchin, W.G.V. (1985) ‘Media map watch: a report’, Geography, 70, 4, pp. 339-43.
Balchin, W.G.V. (1993) The Geographical Association: The first hundred years 1893-1993. Sheffield: GA.
Brooks, L. (1914) ‘The new geography room, William Ellis Endowed School, Gospel Oak, London’, The Geographical Teacher, 8, 1, pp. 277-8.
Bryan, C.D.B. (1987) The National Geographic Society 100 years of Adventure and Discovery. Washington DC: The National Geographic Society.
Chorley, R.J. (1969) ‘The Standing Committee on the Role of Models and Quantitative Techniques in Geography Teaching’, Geography, 54, 1, pp. 1-4.
Heacox, K. (2001) The Making of the National Parks: An American idea - (especially Chapters 3 and 4). Washington DC: The National Geographic.
Mill, H.R. (1933) ‘An Approach to Geography: Address to the Geographical Association’, Geography, 18, 1, pp. 1-16.
National Geographic Society - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/
National Parks Service, US Department of the Interior (1982) Exploring the American West 1803 -1879, Handbook 116. Washington DC: US Department of the Interior.
Rawling, E. (2001) Changing the Subject: The impact of national policy on school geography 1980-2000. Sheffield: GA.
Scott Keltie, J. (1914) ‘Thirty years of progress in geographical education’, The Geographical Teacher, 7, 4, pp. 215-27.
Walford, R. (1981) Signposts for Geography Teaching. London: Longman.
Walford, R. (2001) Geography in British Schools 1850-2000. London: Woburn Press.
The development of the use of ICT
Arnold, T. (2002) Video Conferencing in the Classroom (Devon Curriculum Series). Tavistock: Devon County Council.
Becta (2002) Teaching and Learning Using Digital Video (CD-Rom). Coventry: Becta.
Brooks, C. (2003) ‘Investigating the geography behind the news’, Teaching Gerography, 28, 2, pp. 70-3.
Computer page (1983) First appeared in Teaching Geography, 8, 4, pp. 184-5
Donert, K. (1997) A Geographer’s Guide to the Internet. Sheffield: GA.
ECWG (1987) Geography, New Technology and Classroom Practice: Now and in the future. Unpublished conference report produced by the GA, June.
DfES (2003) Towards An E-learning Strategy (available online at www.dfes.gov.uk).
Fox, P. and the ECWG (1984) List of Microcomputer Software. Sheffield: GA.
Fox, P.S. and Tapsfield, A. (186) The Role and Value of New Technology in Geography. Sheffield: GA.
Freeman, D. (2003) ‘GIS in secondary geography’, Teaching Geography, 28, 1, pp. 38-41.
GAPE (1980) Leaflet promoting GAPE. Sheffield/Loughborough: GA/Department of Geography, University of Loughborough.
Hagerstrand, T. (1967) ‘The computer and the geographer’, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 42, pp. 1-19.
Haggett, P. (1969) ‘Geographical research in a computer environment’, The Geographical Journal, 135, 4, pp. 497-506.
Hall, D., Kent, A. and Wiegand, P. (1982) ‘Geography teaching and computers’, Teaching Geography, 7, 3, pp. 136-9.
Hassell, D. (1999) ‘Will you get some training?’, Teaching Geography, 23, 4, pp. 198-9.
Hassell, D. (2000) ‘Issues in ICT and geography’ in Fisher, C. and Binns, T. (eds) Issues in Geography Teaching. London: Routledge Falmer, pp. 80-92.
Higginbottom, M. and the GAW Steering Group (2003) ‘Images in geography’, Teaching Geography, 28, 2, pp. 86-8.
Kent, A. (1983) Geography Teaching and the Micro. London: Longman.
Midgeley, H. (1983) ‘Guidelines for teachers who want to write their own software’, Teaching Geography, 8, 4, pp. 184-5.
Midgeley, H. with Walker, D. (1985) Microcomputers in Geography Teaching. London:Hutchinson.
Milton, M. (1988) Learning Geography with Computers. London, Microelectronics Support Unit.
NCET (1994) Teaching and Learning with Interactive Media. (Report of the evaluation study September 1992-June 1994.) Coventry: NCET.
NGfL and DfES (2002) Transforming the Way We Learn – A vision for ICT in schools. London: NGfL/DfES.
Parker, C. and Tapsfield, A. (1989) Geography Through Topics in Primary and Middle Schools (including applications of information technology). Sheffield: GA with NCET.
Pickford, T. and Hassell, D. (1999) Planning for ICT and Geography at KS1&2. Sheffield: GA with Becta.
Shepherd, I.D.H., Cooper, Z.A. and Walker, D.R.F. (1980) Computer Assisted Learning in Geography. Sheffield: Council for Educational Technology with GA.
Taylor, L. (2001) Using ICT: Geography. Cambridge: Pearson Publishing.
Taylor, L. and Cambridge BPRS Group (2003) ‘Effective use of ICT in coursework’, Teaching Geography, 28, 2, pp. 94-6.
Images of geography weblinks
Becta - http://www.becta.org.uk/
British Film Institute - http://www.bfi.org.uk/
Captain Cook’s Voyages - http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/7557/
Cinemascope - http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/widescreen/cscope-ac.htm
Education Recording Agency - http://www.era.org.uk/
Film history - http://www.filmsite.org/filmh.html
G.W. Wilson, Aberdeen - http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/teach/tour/photo.html
Hayden Expedition - http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/photos2.html
Hudson River School of Artists - http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/hudson-river-school.html http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/hudson-river-school.html
IMAX cinema - http://www.bfi.org.uk/showing/imax/history.php
John Fremont - http://www.sfu.ca/~jfremont/jcfremont.html
Kodak History - http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/kodakHistory/
Koenig’s Press -http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0860520.html
Le Moyne Engravings of early Florida Settlements –http:/fcit.usf.edu/florida/photos/native/Lemoyne/lemoyne0/lemoy0.htm
Louisiana Territory - http://gatewayno.com/history/LaPurchase.html
Luke Howard - http://www.cloudman.com/luke/luke_howard.htm http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/history/howard.htm
Lumiere history - http://www.holonet.khm.de/visual_alchemy/lumiere.html
Paramount Picture history - http://www.paramount.com/studio/history.htm
Postcard history - http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_PC_0/0_post_card_history.htm
Radio history - http://www.vwlowen.demon.co.uk/radio/radhist.htm
RGS/IBG history - http://www.rgs.org/category.php?Page=mainsociety
Robert Leggat - http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/
Samuel Morse - http://members.tripod.com/morse_telegraph_club/images/newpage1.htm http://www.rod.beavon.clara.net/samuel.htm http://memory.loc.gov/http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/atth
Scott Archer - http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/archer.htm
Scribner’s Monthly – http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin.../moa-idx?notisid=ABP7664-0002&byte=20077979 – added to list
Spanish-American War - http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/
Stephen Long - http://dlwgraphics.com/mnlng2.htm http://klesinger.com/jbp/slong.html
The telegraph - http://www.telegraph-history.org/
Thomas Cole - http://www.butlerart.com/pc_book/pages/thomas.htm http://www.catskillarchive.com/rockwell/14.htm
Thomas Moran - http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/NATURE/ (various pages), http://www.nga.gov/feature/moran/, http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/moran/, http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/moran_thomas.html, http://www.ionet.net/~jellenc/moran.html
William Henry Jackson - http://www.nps.gov/scbl/whj.htm
William Hodges - http://www.nmm.ac.uk/mag/pages/mnuInDepth/Biography.cfm?biog=200
Yellowstone National Park - http://www.nps.gov/yell/
Zebulon M Pike – http://klesinger.com/jbp/zpike.html
Film and video clips used in the presentation
The Cattle Carters
A film made for BP by Green Park Colour. 29 minutes – clip 15.00, 1 minute 20 seconds
Set in the wide open spaces of North West Australia where cattle are transported by road train this film produced in the late 1960s follows one of the 48 ton diesel trucks operated by W.H. Brown & Sons from Anna Plains to the rail head at Meekatharra. The film illustrates the harsh landscape of this part of Western Australia and its associated beauty. The film is of special interest not only because of the landscape but also the music and how it focuses on the relationship between the two drivers of the road train and what happens on the journey.
Although BP produced this there is little evidence of it being a promotional film except the petrol station at the end and the logo. Another interesting point about this film is that although the road train appears to be filled with cattle for the whole of the journey, it isn’t!
The song is available on the internet.
Not available. Archive copy in the BP Shell film library.
Nanook of the North – Robert Flaherty
British Film Institute
A story of life and love in the actual Arctic, made in the USA in 1922. 87 minutes Black and white and tinted – silent with music - clip 1 minute from the start of the film.
This is one of the most important early documentary films and set the standard. It was made on location in the Arctic and when it was released in 1922 to became an instant success. The film captures the spirit of the Inuit people, and their epic struggle against the forces of nature