Post on 03-Oct-2020
1. Walk-through a sample GeoInquiry designed for AP Human Geography, “USA Demographics” (developed by the Esri education team)
2. Extend the Geoinquiry with the “Online Atlas of Illinois for K-12 Classrooms” (created by the Illinois Geographic Alliance and Illinois State University with funding from the National Geographic Education Foundation)
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U.S.A. Demographics
• 2012 Presidential Election Votes
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Online Atlas of Illinois for K-12 Classrooms
This project is funded in whole by a grant from the National Geographic Society Education Foundation.
Presenter: Jenni Dahl
Introducing The Online Atlas of Illinoishttp://iga.illinoisstate.edu/atlas/
• The Online Atlas of Illinois is a free atlas created and supported by the Illinois Geographic Alliance for k-12 students/ teachers and the general public
Other Teacher Resources on the IGA website
• Lesson Plans, based on learning standards, which may be adapted for online mapping
• Maps for printing (named and unnamed for assessment)
• 28 interactive maps
About, More Information and Navigation
Welcome to the Online Illinois Atlas
Topics include:
• Physical Geography
• Historical Geography
• Population
• Cultural Processes and Patterns
• Political Geography
• Agricultural and Rural Land Use
• Industrialization & Economic Development
• Cities and Urban Land Use
• General Reference Maps
Physical Geography
Industrialization and Economic Development
Historical Geography
Population
Cultural Processes and Patterns
Agricultural and Land Use
Political Geography
Cities and Urban Land Use
General Reference Map
Special Features of the Online Atlas of Illinois
http://iga.illinoisstate.edu/atlas/
Annotations and Web Links
Embedded Video
Legend and Pop-ups
Topics of Interest to Illinoisians
AP Human Geography Course Detailshttps://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/
Think Geospatialhttp://thinkgeospatial.education
Email comments and feedbackIllinoisAtlas@ilstu.edu
Email Jenni Dahljenni@thinkgeospatial.education
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