Interdisciplinary Team Teaching by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030563028
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Initial Site Investigation

With the skills acquired and practiced in the first assignment, students form into teams of two to begin their investigation of the place selected for the semester’s research. This investigation begins with a geographic analysis of the site using online sources including Google Earth and Google Maps and historic maps available through local libraries, map collections, and the Library of Congress. Using these tools, the site area is clarified and its primary geographic characteristics defined. Combining contemporary and historic maps in this analysis allows students to visualize and document change in the study area through close observation. This change is often the touchstone for further investigation and research (Fig. 4.2).27

Fig. 4.2Student analysis of a study area using historic fire atlas

(Source Robinson’s Atlas of the City of Brooklyn, New York 1886)

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