Geography and History Online: Integrating Digital Geographic
Resources for Use in Schools
Introduction
With the support of the Institute of Museum and Library
Services and in collaboration with Minnesota's Land
Management Information Center, the Minnesota Historical Society has initiated
a project to provide Minnesota's teachers with the knowledge, curriculum, and tools to teach
the state's new graduation standards for geography and history, using online digital resources
and applications. This will help students learn geography and apply geographic principles in
the study of other disciplines. The project will enhance the value of digital resources both
at the Society and across the Web by integrating more closely the application of technologies
with the needs of students and teachers in grades 4-12. To make this effort sustainable, the
project will select an appropriate and manageable set of resources, with the collaboration of
subject matter experts and audience focus groups.
The final results will include: a selection of online resources, with a web-based GIS tool to make them useful; products that demonstrate the variety of stories geographic information can help tell; an online curriculum package that shows teachers how to apply the resources and tools; an online repository for the geographic narratives students and teachers create; and a workshop that instructs teachers on the resources and tools. As well, the project will provide a tool that can reach other audiences, as the concept can be extended to cover other geographic content and other audiences; the overall result is a model for application by other institutions across the country.
For Our Advisory Board Members:
New to GIS? Want to learn more about the project? Please see attached PDF.
Print Project Overview
Check Out Project Website (password protected)
http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/ghol/Maps.php
Links to Project Documents
Contact
For more information regarding the project, contact:
Bob Horton (Project Lead) Nancy O'Brien Wagner (Curriculum Specialist) Lesley Kadish (GIS Analyst)
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March 14, 2007
