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
Category: Geography and Maps
Reflections from the Library: Interesting Finds to Introduce Content
Posted by: Danna Bell
Explore how a map helps jumpstart a discussion of migratory patterns of African Americans during the early and middle sections of the 20th century.
Posted in: African American History, Geography and Maps, Teaching Strategies
Reflections from the Library: Interesting Finds to Collaborate
Posted by: Danna Bell
Consider how educators use sources to introduce a topic or theme and how primary sources can encourage critical thinking across a variety of subjects.
Posted in: Geography and Maps, Poetry and Literature, Teaching Strategies
The Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition: A New Primary Source Set from the Library of Congress
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Learn about our new Louisiana Purchase primary source set.
Posted in: Geography and Maps, Revolution and the New Nation (1764-1815), Women's History
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
Pictorial St. Louis – The Great Metropolis of the Mississippi Valley
Posted by: Danna Bell
The panoramic map was a popular cartographic form used to depict U.S. and Canadian cities and towns during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Known also as bird’s-eye views, perspective maps, or aero views, panoramic maps are non-photographic representations of cities portrayed as if viewed from above at an oblique angle.
Posted in: Geography and Maps
Swampland in Florida
Posted by: Danna Bell
How have the Everglades been mapped over time and what names have been used to describe this area. This blog post by Amelia Raines of the Geography and Maps Division uses maps to answer these questions.
Posted in: Geography and Maps
Who Claims the Arctic?
Posted by: Danna Bell
How can students use maps to identify the maritime boundaries of the arctic and the impact on who owns Antarctica?
Posted in: Geography and Maps, Science Technology and Math
The Fascinating Town Atlas of the Netherlands
Posted by: Danna Bell
Cynthia Smith of Geography and Maps discusses a collection of historic atlases featuring the major cities of the Netherlands.
Posted in: Geography and Maps, World History