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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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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VisEyes dataset by Andrew Torget: Texas Slavery Project.
Description: Tracks county-level population of slaves and slave-owners in Texas during the republican period (between the revolution from Mexico and annexation by the United States. Provides both a geospatial coverage and an interactive graph (on the second tab). Note the rapid increases in both populations, with the majority of the slave-owners being "small" (owning 1-4 slaves). Two duplicate .
186` - 1865: American Civil War, Eastern Theater Battles
ArcGIS.com map created with help from Tom Baker of Esri
Description: Two duplicate layers set to different fields: color-coded by campaign and color-coded by year. Color-coding by year allows the viewer to see and infer the broad outlines of the war strategy in this theater.
Source: Worked from the wonderful Google Earth file Civil_War_by_Campaign.kmz created by C Woodcock.
1933: Child Laws in the United States
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