To whom it may concern:
I would like to bring to your attention two exciting
geographical programs
for school teachers we are currently operating at the Newberry
Library's
Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography.
The first is a work in progress that we are very excited
about, namely an
educational Web site we call "Historic Maps in K-12
Classrooms." This
online resource incorporating images of historic map documents
and
lesson plans is designed to help teachers at all K-12 levels
teach
geography and map skills and the geographic dimensions of
American
history. We are nearing completion of this resource and would
very much
like to have your help in contacting elementary and secondary
school
teachers who are willing to test a preliminary version of the
Web site in
their classrooms before the end of the 2002-2003 school year.
The second program is an NEH summer institute entitled
"Everyday
Maps: Historic and Teaching Perspectives." The institute will
be offered
here at the Newberry from June 30 to July 25, 2003. We are
currently
accepting applications for the institute, and will continue to
do through
March 3, 2003.
I would be very grateful to have your help in spreading the
word about
these opportunities in the AAG Newsletter. Please find
attached two brief
descriptions of the programs that you might use to announce
the programs
in your newsletter or LISTSERV, or in any other forum you feel
is
appropriate. Please feel free to edit the announcement as
required.
My sincere thanks for your assistance.
Sincerely,
James R. Akerman
Director, Hermon Dunlap Smith Center
for the History of Cartography
The Newberry Library
60 W. Walton Street
Chicago, IL 60610
phone 312-255-3523; fax 312-255-3502
e-mail <mailto:akermanj@newberry.org>akermanj@newberry.org
The Newberry Library Seeks Teachers to Test Historic Maps in
K-12 Classrooms Web Site
The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography
at the
Newberry Library is seeking elementary and secondary school
teachers
nationwide to test in the classroom a preliminary version of
its new
educational Web site, "Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms." The
site uses
original historic maps to teach the geographic dimensions of
American
History. When the site is publicly launched at the end of
2003, it will
include images of maps and other documents dating from the
fifteenth to
the twentieth centuries drawn from the renowned collections of
the
Newberry Library. Lesson plans based on these maps explore six
major
themes in American historical geography: discovery and
encounter,
migration and settlement, environmental history,
transportation and
communication, political and military geography, and the
geography of
communities. Macromedia Flash technology will allow users to
pan
around and zoom in on map images. Historical background and
commentary on the map, supplemental images, interactive
student
exercises, and lesson plans appropriate for different grade
levels (K-2,
3-5, 6-8, and 9-12) will accompany each map. Designed to
accommodate a variety of K-12 curricula, these materials will
exploit the
particular ability of historic maps to excite students'
imagination of past
landscapes, events, and human geographical conditions. A CD
version of
the site will also be available.
The project staff would be delighted to make contact with
teachers of all
grade levels who are willing to test the site in their
classrooms at any time
during the 2003-03 academic year. Interested teachers should
register as
a teacher-tester by submitting their name, the name and
mailing address of
their school, the grades and subjects they teach, and their
e-mail address
to: The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center, The Newberry Library, 60 W
Walton Street, Chicago IL 60610; e-mail
<mailto:smithctr@newberry.org;>smithctr@newberry.org. Further
project
details and testing information are available at
<http://www.newberry.org/K12>www.newberry.org/K12.
......................................................................................................
The Newberry Library Offers "Everyday Maps" Institute for
Teachers
June 30 - July 25, 2003
The Newberry Library's Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of
Cartography invites school teachers across the United States
to apply for
its 2003 NEH summer institute, "Everyday Maps: Teaching and
Historical
Perspectives." The institute, led by Smith Center director
James R.
Akerman, will explore the culture and history of commonplace
maps and
will help teachers develop skills and strategies for using
these maps to
teach a variety of school subjects. The institute will be held
at the
Newberry Library, in the heart of Chicago's Near North Side,
from June
30 to July 25, 2003. During the four weeks of the institute a
distinguished
faculty from the fields of geography, history, art history,
and literature will
lead participants in a program of lectures, workshops, and
collective
discovery of the most common types of maps, including atlases,
pedagogic maps, journalistic cartography, transportation
cartography, and
maps in advertising, literature, and the arts. Participants
will have the
opportunity to research and develop their own lesson plans or
activities
utilizing the Newberry's internationally renowned collection
of historic
maps.
Teachers of a wide variety of courses and grade levels, at
public and
private schools, are encouraged to apply. Completed
applications must be
postmarked no later than Monday, March 3, 2003. Successful
applicants
will receive a stipend of $2,800 to help defray travel and
housing
expenses. For further information and application materials,
contact Susan
Hanf, The Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, IL
60610;
e-mail hanfs@newberry.org; phone 312-255-3659. Information and
application materials are also available at
www.newberry.org/K12/everydaymaps. "Everyday Maps" is
supported
by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
--
Mary Croix Ludwick ludwick@swbell.net (home)
Ludwickm@lisd.net (school) Librarian, Owen Elementary, The Colony,
Tx.
Lewisville ISD (near Dallas) K-5
"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that
in the process he does not become a monster."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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