Hi Chris - your email brought to mind a few interactive webmaps I gleaned from a class on WebGIS I took last semester. Webmaps would be less necessary if you are leading these sessions in person, but if you'll be remote, they might be of interest!
On the topic of segregation, the NYT's Mapping Segregation project displays U.S. Census data about race for a dozen cities. This could be usefully compared against another census-based webmap showing language use to think about differences/similarities.
Mapping Segregation: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/07/08/us/census-race-map.html
Predominant Language Spoken at Home: https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=4e02dbb42cff4471accfc3548e1d9317
On the topic of the presidential election, I found this gamified map very intriguing and could imagine ways to use it in discussions of larger issues (electoral college, redistricting, borders in general).
Redraw the States: https://kevinhayeswilson.com/redraw/
Best,
Becky
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Subject: mapping-related assignment for honors class
All,
Last year, I worked with several professors who were teaching a freshman honors class. Their students came to the library & talked to them about bias (implicit & explicit) in maps, touching on things like motivations behind the map makers, cultural perspective, what (who) was not shown, etc.
This year, the professors want to change things a bit. They want to concentrate on the data behind the map. Ideally, they would like to show the students a map & have them think/analyze/understand the map. Then add a new layer of data to the same area (or show the data in a different way), then ask the students to note how their perspective has changed, etc.
* Has anyone created a similar assignment?
* Are there places I can find canned data/maps to use?
* What topics/areas would you recommend I use?
An interesting starting point is the Mapping Prejudice project in Minnesota.
One topic I thought of was the presidential vote--who you can show votes in a number of ways to make things conform with your beliefs (counties won vs votes won)
I am not certain I am clearly describing the objectives, etc.
Many thanks in advance,
Christopher J.J. Thiry
Map & GIS Librarian
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