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 a GIS map..

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 of a primary source.

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.