How can we effectively explain the past using maps?

Learning goals:

Student will be able to:

1. use ArcGIS StoryMaps to link historical metadata to geographic metadata.

2. demonstrate how to link different types of digital information (images, text, and GIS data) to explain the past.

3. use metadata to describe an image.

4. analyze how an image can contextualize our understanding of the past [This is the most important learning goal].

5. publish a StoryMap to the web

1. Navigate to https://storymaps.arcgis.com

• Click “sign in”

2. Create a public account.

• Please use your real name (the name you use in class) when creating an account. This allows me to give you credit for your work more easily. If you have a privacy concern about your name being on an public-facing (if obscure) website and you use a pseudonym (144daf87fa), please email me the name you’ve chosen.

• I strongly encourage you NOT to sign in with Facebook or Google. Doing so gives those two companies additional information about you. Creating standalone accounts limits your data privacy exposure. I recognize it requires you remember another password, but have you considered a free password manager? KeePass works on all computers and is opesource and free.

3. Click on Create a Story, either the upper right button or on the green button.