The War Before Independence: Contextualizing the American Revolution and Other Episodes of Early US History with WebMaps

The interplay between geography and history is essential to understanding the events and episodes that shaped the first 250 years of the United States.  This webinar will introduce teachers to the power of using short classroom-ready GeoInquiries tailored to early US history topics.   These free dynamic activities bring the geography of these events to life while also introducing teachers and students to the power of geographic information.  Topics covered will include:  The American Revolution, Early European Exploration, The Protestant Reformation, and The 13 English Colonies.

*This webinar is part 1 of the 3 part series support by The Virginia Geographic Alliance, Virginia Council for History Education, and Esri.  Parts 2 and 3 will provide overviews of GeoInquiries that cover 19th century and 20th century US history topics.

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Anita, a past middle and high school technology and social studies teacher, provides geospatial professional development, support, and curriculum design to K-12 and higher education teachers and students. She has authored multiple geospatial education books and is co-author of the Esri Earth Science, U.S. History, Elementary, World History, and World Geography GeoInquiries as well as the pre-service and in-service text GIS for Teachers: A Guide to Authentic K-12 Integration and Application. Ms. Palmer is a National Geographic Fellow and part of the National Geographic-supported “2892 Miles to Go” initiative, and she has created the ancillary StoryMap collections for nine Cengage Publishing textbooks.

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Chris Bunin, Virginia Geographic Alliance
Chris is a teacher of A.P. Human Geography, World History, and Geospatial Technologies at Albemarle High School in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has collaborated on projects focused on leveraging geospatial technologies and geo-literacy in the classroom. These include: “The Virginia Experiment” and “America on the World Stage” Teaching American History Projects; the iSTEM Teacher Scholars Program: An Applied Geospatial Curriculum for Middle Schools;  Esri’s GeoInquiries for US History, Human Geography, and World History; the U.S. Census Bureau’s Statistics in Schools Program; and co-author of the books Jamestown to Appomattox: Mapping U.S. History Using GIS (2014) and GIS for Teachers – A Guide to Authentic K-12 Integration and Application (2017) . He is Co-Coordinator of the Virginia Geographic Alliance and Vice-Chair for NCHE’s Board of Directors.

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