Interactive maps on US Geography and History
Interactive
maps provided by Annenberg Media on
U.S. Geography and History
1.
Interactive United States History Map:
From
Sea to
Shining Sea - Fifty States -
Indians -
Colonists - The Nation
Expands - Test Your Skills
topics:
Native American tribes, European colonial settlements, United States
topography
and land use with the interactive “United States History Map.”
2. 'A
Biography of
America' ( 26 chapters from
New World Encounters' to 'Contemporary History' ) includes a
corresponding map.
For
example, program 13, “America at the Centennial,”
shows states,
territories,
and battles in 1876.
A
Biography of America
America at
the Centennial
3.
Teaching Geography, workshop 3, “North
America”, includes segments on
four U.S. cities:
Boston, Denver, Chicago, and San Antonio.
In
these classes urban growth and its implications within their own
cities is explored.
4.
In
'Power of Place', unit 10, “North America,” program
24, “Cityscapes, Suburban
Sprawl,” case studies look at the ethnic make-up of
Boston and
changes
of land use along the outer edge of Chicago.
Power of
Place - Cityscapes and Suburban Sprawl
Program 26, “Regions and
Economies,” examines
Oregon and the
Midwest from an economic point of view, focusing on Japanese auto
plants and
water distribution.
5.
Human
Geography, program 5, “Alaska: The Last Frontier?” and
program 7, “Water Is for
Fighting Over,” underscore how uses of wilderness lands by
Native Americans is often in conflict with the demands placed on the
lands by urban populations.
