History pedagogy, or the approach to teaching history, has been revolutionized by HGIS through instruction on spatial thinking skills, and enabling the concept of ‘community-engaged teaching’. Three case studies are described in the article, wherein faculty and graduate students engaged with local communities and heritage organizations by providing access to historical data in a GIS interface with community-led applications. Those involved in each example were not just able to review facts and statistics. They were able to view a landscape in history, while walking through it in the present, and they learned about the culture of their region while doing it.
To learn more about the walk through Lake Linden using an HGIS map, which is discussed in the article, check out KeTT’s blog post from July 21, 2016. If you haven’t checked out the Keweenaw Time Traveler's Explore App yet, click here
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