Final week I wrote a weblog publish that includes the newly printed historic map assortment hosted by the Web Archive. That assortment, the David Rumsey Historic Map Assortment, is the most recent of the historic map collections that I’ve featured on this weblog during the last fifteen years. Listed below are some others that I’ve featured and utilized in my very own school rooms over time.
Previous Maps On-line is an internet map which you could browse and search to seek out historic maps to view on-line, to obtain, and to print. You’ll be able to search the map by coming into a location or you possibly can simply pan and zoom world wide to seek out historic maps. In the video embedded beneath I exhibit learn how to use Previous Maps On-line.
The Library of Congress housed lots of of 1000’s of maps protecting an enormous array of subjects from maps utilized by fireplace insurance coverage firms to inhabitants density to maps of navy battles and campaigns. The LOC’s assortment of maps of navy battles and campaigns accommodates greater than 4,000 maps which are free to view, obtain, and reuse. The overwhelming majority of the maps are from the 18th and nineteenth centuries though there are about 600 maps protecting World Conflict I and II.Â
In this video I present a brief overview of the 2 locations on the Library of Congress’s web site that I like to recommend college students search and browse to seek out pictures and maps that they will use and reuse.Â
Map-based Lesson Plans
DocsTeach is considered one of my go-to sources for historical past lecturers. DocsTeach offers 1000’s of main sources that lecturers can use to construct on-line and in-person historical past classes for center college and highschool college students. A few of the pre-made lesson actions hosted on DocsTeach are primarily based on maps. A few of these map-based classes are:
Flickr’s The Commons is a superb place to seek out every kind of fascinating historic images from museums and libraries everywhere in the world. The British Library’s King’s Topographical Assortment hosted on The Commons accommodates greater than 17,000 historic maps and pictures associated to maps. The King’s Topographical Assortment is comprised of maps and drawings produced between 1500 and 1824. You’ll be able to flick through, view, and obtain the entire maps and drawings within the assortment. Sadly, the flexibility to look inside the assortment on Flickr is proscribed to only utilizing “management+F” to seek for phrases on the displayed web page. Once you do discover one thing you want, click on the obtain button on the picture to reserve it in decision of your selection.Â
topoView
topoView is an efficient place to seek out historic maps which you could import into Google Earth. topoView is a USGS web site that gives historic maps courting again to 1880. You’ll be able to obtain the maps in number of file codecs together with JPG and KMZ. Within the following video I exhibit learn how to discover and obtain historic maps on the topoView web site.
Functions for Schooling One in all my favourite makes use of of Google Earth in historical past lessons is overlaying historic maps on present map views. Doing that may present college students with context for locations they examine in historical past classes. Doing that additionally offers a great way to see how locations change over time. Watch the video beneath to see how that is accomplished.Â
