Abstract

Jamestown to Appomattox: Using GIS to Enhance the History Classroom
Track: Learning and Research Lightning Talk
Authors: John Bunin

No high tech software? No problem! This presentation will quickly model how you and your students can use AGO maps to interactively question, analyze, and visualize the myths and realities of key episodes in US History. Topics will include: Jamestown, American Revolution, Constitutional Convention, Westward Expansion, and The Civil War, and Jim Crow legislation. Free maps, instructional tips, and replication tips will be shared.