StoryMaps Revision

Introduction

Estuaries (areas where freshwater and tidal water meet) are historically important across periods. The diversity of flora and fauna resulting from the meetings of different water types has supported human communities for thousands of years and many major world cities remain centered on estuaries. At the same time, estuaries are often less-noticed than rivers or lakes as they do not have clear boundaries nor are they symbolically used in world culture literature.

Learning Goals Students will be able to:

  1. Navigate the ESRI Estuary map to identify historical population centers centered on estuaries.
  2. Locate a historical object or article focused on the correct period from a region with an estuary.
    • World History 1 (1101)- Years 0 to 500 CE
    • World History 2 (1102)- Years 1600–1800 CE
  3. Place spatial data in a StoryMap for your historical object or article.
  4. Cite your historical object or article in StoryMap.
  5. Explain why, if Public Television were doing a documentary on the period (0–500 CE for 1101 or 1600–1800 CE for 1102), your article should be included in the documentary in a paragraph on your StoryMap.

1. Navigate to storymaps.arcgis.com

To create an account, click “Sign In”
Navigate to storymaps.arcgis.com

2. Sign in or Create a Public Accont

You must create an ArcGIS Public Account. If you use the landing page, it defaults to whatever your IP address is, which can be Normandale, a high school, or a private IP.

I encourage you NOT to use an existing account, unless you are familiar without privacy policies of your third-party account, such as Facebook, Google, or Apple.

You can use whatever username and email you wish.

Some students have encountered an error message at this point that too many people are attempting to sign up. This was likely only an issue as an entire in-person class tried at once, but please give yourself time to get an account before you need to work on it.
Sign in or Create a Public Account

3. Create a new story.

You can “Start from Scratch,” or use one of the other formats (Sidecar, Guided Map Tour, Explorer Map Tour). All students have the same requirements (Image, map, citation, text) so the formatting is up to you.

Most students chose to Start from scratch. (1)

If you want to see example of other StoryMaps, you can “Explore Stories” (2)

Tutorials on using StoryMaps are also available (3)
Create a new story.

4. Starting from Scratch

This is your title page.

To add elements, click the plus sign “+”
Starting from Scratch

5. Options for adding elements

The “Text,” “Map,” and “Image” elements are the three you’ll need to complete the assignment.
Options for adding elements

6. When done with your StoryMap, be sure to Publish it to Everyone

When done with your StoryMap, be sure to Publish it to Everyone
When done with your StoryMap, be sure to Publish it to Everyone

7. Copy Link and paste in your Assignment File under “Project GIS”

The StoryMap will be public. If you are comfortable, please put your name on the work in some fashion, such as J. Norton or Jack. N. If you are not comfortable with your name on the open web and chose a pseudonym, please email me your pseudonym . I will have your link in your Assignment file, but it’s much easier knowing who created a produce if their name (of any sort) is on it.

Your copied link should look like https://arc.gis/GADF534

If the link you share is long, such as https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0a4f361cf76b4f348a4cd3106f4d7e31, it’s unlikely you’ve published your map yet. Only “Copy Link” will give you a shareable link. Do NOT copy the link from address bar.
Copy Link and paste in your Assignment File under Project GIS

8. Post link to your Assignment file

Post link to your Assignment file
Post link to your Assignment file

Requirements

  1. Your StoryMap should demonstrate the Learning Goals above.
  2. You should find a historical object or article at one of the below historical resources.
  3. Your paragraph should explicitly make the case for why you object or article should be included with specific mention of evidence from historical sources.

Historical Sources

British Museum Collection
Met Museum Collection and Timelines
Chicago Institute of Art
The Minneapolis Institute of Art

Jstor or Porject Muse at Normandale Library’s History Resources

Tips

If you get blocked or kicked out of ArcGIS, customer service for ESRI (the company that makes StoryMaps) can be emailed at accounts@esri.com . You can also call them at +18883774575 (Choose Option 5) from 5 am to 5 pm Pacific Time for support.

Using a city name for an area with an estuary will be easiest. Thus, it’s important to use period specific city names. “New York City” does not exist in the era before 1400 CE. Typing a city’s current name and “historic names” in search will often give you its previous names.