This page lists, links to, and briefly describes files developed for the purposes of teaching social studies using geospatial tools (primarily Google Earth and My World GIS). Most, but not all, of these files have been developed at Lehigh University by students in the Teaching and Learning with Geospatial Tools (TLT 368) course taught by Dr. Hammond.
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For more information about the Virtual Jamestown project, including other geospatial displays of the area, see www.virtualjamestown.org/page2.html
1739 - 1818: European Settlement patterns in the Lehigh Valley
ArcGIS.com StoryMap created by Tom Hammond, 2018: https://arcg.is/0LiKD1
- NOTE: Not all of the data layers are publicly viewable. I'm using other people's work in parts of the map, and some of their layers are only visible to Lehigh University users. I haven't yet figured out how to get around this.
Maps selected settlements along the Lehigh River (from east to west: Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Mauch Chunk/Jim Thorpe) and guides students to observe two patterns: (1) settlement the settlements spread upstream, and (2) settlements were established at the confluence of two or more waterways. The patterns are then extended (does Philadelphia fit the same profile?) and challenged (does the same pattern hold in other watersheds? For other times/cultures?)
1754 - 1763: French and Indian War
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Description: Provides a path from the expedition's starting point to its terminus on the Pacific Coast. Includes images from places and encounters along the way, and makes use of the Rumsey historical map collection to include the engraved map produced from the expedition's sketches.
1804 - 2005: The Louisiana Purchase & Native American Displacement
Extensive Google Earth file – incorporating GIS data and historical map overlays – developed by the Teaching American History project at Portland State, 2008: LA_Purchase_Native_GoogleEarth.kmz
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