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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ArcGIS Online map by Julie Oltman & Tom Hammond; StoryMap by Tom Hammond
Description: Uses colony boundaries from 1763, population data from 1770, and data about the signers of the Declaration from archives.gov (https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/signers-factsheet); slave ownership data from https://www.mrheintz.com/how-many-signers-of-the-declaration-of-independence-owned-slaves.html
(FYI: The Declaration was adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776; the signing was actually on a different date. For our purposes, this is not important.)
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1791 - 1794: Whiskey Rebellion
ArcGIS.com map created by Tom Hammond, 2018. Note that this is a replica of a project by Jeff Snyder (2010), created as a My World GIS file: Whiskey_Rebellion_ver01.m3vz
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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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