Using GIS to Teach Medical Geography
National Council for History Education
March 21, 2020 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Chris Bunin, Albemarle High School
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WebGIS Examples
- Titanic Table - spreadsheet of the Titanic Passenger List
- Fate of the Titanic - story map created from the list of Titanic passengers
- The Power of Data! - links to a map of John Snow's research on the cholera outbreak in London in 1854.
- Johns Hopkins CoVID-19 Data Dashboard - links to Johns Hopkins real-time CoVID 19 tracking map app
- US Health Map - links to the US Health Map in which users can map the distribution of quality of life indicators in the United States (Life Expectancy, Risk Factors, etc)
GeoInquiries
- GeoInquiry Landing Page - landing page for all of Esri's GeoInquiries
- The Great Exchange GeoInquiry - link to The Great Exchange GeoInquiry
- ArcGIS Online Buttonology PDF
- Getting to Know GeoInquiries Story Maps
Story Maps
- Story Map Gallery - link to Esri's Story Maps Collection 100's of story maps are available
- Library of Congress TWPS Collection (Maps) - link to the Virginia Geographic Alliance/Library of Congress collection of US History/World History Story Maps
- Library of Congress TWPS Collection (Lesson Plans) - link to the lesson plans that accompany the US History/World History Story Maps
- Teaching and Mapping the Meuse Argonne Offensive Website - link to a collection of webGIS maps and lesson plans pertaining to World War I
- Mapping US History Using GIS maps - collection of early US History webGIS maps from Jamestown settlement to the Civil War
Lesson Plan on Mapping A Recipe links to the lesson plan to create your own Map that Recipe collector app to research and map the geography of recipes
Resources
Esri Education Site - website to request and access free GIS software and lessons for your classroom.
www.shiftgeo.org - personal website sharing the power and possibilities of using GIS in the classroom.
Books
GIS for Teachers - textbook to help introduce GIS and GeoInquiry into your Classroom
Jamestown to Appomattox: Mapping US History using GIS - workbook containing 21 lesson plans that utilize webmaps to teacher early US History.
#YouCanMapThat! - Interdisciplinary GIS curriculum that aims to help weave STEM skills into non-STEM courses. Published in iBook format
Articles
Students Embrace GIS for Project- Based Learning - feature article from Esri's newsroom highlighting students at Albemarle High School are leveraging GIS and PBL.
Using GIS to Uncover the Layers of Our Past - article discussing how to use GIS in the History Classroom
More than Capitals, Rivers, and Climate Maps - article discussing how GIS is transforming geography education.
Websites
iSTEM GIS YouTube Channel - YouTube collection of tutorials and screencasts to support using GIS in the classroom.