The Integration of GIS-Based Information Mapping into an Ethnohistorical Seminar
Keywords:
GISARCGIS
ARCMap
historical database
ethnohistory
Native American History
seminar
teaching
active learning
problem-based learning
Issue Date:
2010-04-28Metadata
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Exploring Historical Space and Environments in the History/Social Studies Classroom IIAbstract:
A GIS-based project constructing a digital, interactive map of the Native
American experience served as a useful tool for creating student ownership of
the learning process in an undergraduate seminar on the indigenous cultures of
the Americas. Student researchers collected primary documents, linguistic
data, maps and other images, bibliographic resources, links to relevant web
resources, and brief encyclopedia-style essays. The information was then
integrated into a GIS dataset for use with ArcMap software, with the ultimate
goal of compiling a digital resource that would be refined and expanded by
future waves of students in this course.
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