The Black Hills Mapvew
contains 15 interactive layers that can be used to explore a) Native
American tribal lands in the Dakotas; b) encroaching Anglo-American
development and expansion into the Northern Plains; c) boundaries of
treaties made and broken with Siouan tribes in the Dakota territory;
and d) dates and locations of major conflicts between the Sioux and US
troops. Specifically, the maps are intended to generate
observations, inferences, and questions about western expansion and its
impact on Native Americans of the Northern Plains.
Current
data layers
available in this mapview:
Static
GIS data map images from various
stages of the inquiry
project:
At this stage of the grant, My World is needed in order to view
the interactive map layers being designed for this unit. MyWorld is a software that is
currently being developed at Northwestern University as part of a
research program in the adaptation of expert data visualization and
analysis tools to support inquiry-based learning.My World is a Geographic
Information System (GIS) designed specifically for use in middle school
through college classrooms.
(See http://www.worldwatcher.northwestern.edu/myworld/
)
Please send us any questions, feedback, or suggestions about this
mapview. If you are a classroom teacher using this mapview,
requests for additional interactive map layers will be
considered. Contact Josh Radinsky at joshuar@uic.edu.
