Teaching with Maps in the Classroom
Posted by: Danna Bell
Learn about a recent webinar on using maps in the classroom and get links to resources you might use with students.
Posted in: Geography and Maps
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Using Maps of Historical Locations to Understand Historic Events
Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore how a map can help explain why a certain historical event took place in a certain location.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present)
Innovations with Sanborn Maps
Posted by: Danna Bell
Learn more about using Sanborn maps with your students and the tools the Geography and Maps Division have created to make it easier to find maps for your community.
Posted in: Geography and Maps
Using Sanborn maps? The first in our series of STEM-related webinars is for you!
Posted by: Danna Bell
Come to the first of our series of STEM-Related webinars featuring Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow Jacqueline Katz, Learn about the Sanborn Maps Navigator and how to use it with your students.
Posted in: Geography and Maps, News and Events
Deepwater Horizon: Analyzing Maps that Document an Oil Spill
Posted by: Danna Bell
Learn how maps can help students learn more about the impact of an oil spill.
Posted in: Contemporary United States (1945-present), Science Technology and Math
Using Primary Sources to Explore Historic Events: Library of Congress Story Maps
Posted by: Danna Bell
What is a story map? Learn how staff from the Library of Congress are using them to help connect the Library's collection to provide information about events in a unique way.
Posted in: Primary Source Highlights, Teaching Tools
Verba Incognita: A Guide to Deciphering Latin on Maps
Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore the use of Latin in historic maps and learn some basic Latin terms used in maps.
Posted in: Geography and Maps, World History
Strategies for Planning and Selecting Maps for Exhibits, Displays and Workshops
Posted by: Danna Bell
What do museums and libraries consider when displaying maps? This post from the Geography and Maps Division blog provides some suggestions.
Posted in: Geography and Maps
The Mind of the Mapmaker: Purpose and Point of View in Maps
Posted by: Danna Bell
In the January/February 2016 "Sources and Strategies" article in Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, Cheryl Lederle and I focus on helping students understand cartographers’ purpose through comparing two 16th century maps: Americae sive quartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio by Diego Gutierrez and page 18 of Theatrum orbis terrarium by Abraham Ortelius.
Posted in: Exploration, Colonization and Settlement (1492-1763), Geography and Maps, Lesson Ideas