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:
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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.
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)
This is your title page.
To add elements, click the plus sign “+”
The “Text,” “Map,” and “Image” elements are the three you’ll need to complete the assignment.
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.
Requirements
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.