Teaching with and through Maps

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 25.04.10

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2.  Rationale
  3. Background Knowledge and Content
  4. Historical Events and Figures
  5. History of Cartography 14
  6. Teaching Strategies
  7. Classroom Activities
  8. Classroom Activities
  9. Bibliography
  10. Cited Curricular Units
  11. Appendix:  Implementing District Standards20
  12. Notes:
  13. Notes

A Journey through the Rural Tapestry of Our City Using Maps

Vickie Anne Young Weatherspoon

Published September 2025

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Notes

1 Goodreads. 2018. Goodreads. Goodreads. 2018. https://www.goodreads.com.

2 Google. 2019. About - Google Maps. Google.com. 2019. https://www.google.com/maps/about/mymaps/.

3 Strong, Bernice, Ruiz, José Francisco, Handbook of Texas Online, accessed June 03, 2025, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/ruiz-jose-francisco. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

4 National FFA Organization. 2018. About Us | National FFA Organization. National FFA Organization. 2018. https://www.ffa.org/about/.

5 Weatherspark. 2025. Hearne January Weather, Average Temperature (Texas, United States) - Weather Spark. Weatherspark.com. 2025. https://weatherspark.com/m/8785/1/Average-Weather-in-January-in-Hearne-Texas-United-States#Figures-Temperature.

6 Hearne, Camp. 2025. Page Restricted. Easttexashistory.org. 2025. https://easttexashistory.org/items/show/157.Hearne railroad and local history museum: https://hearnedepot.org/.

7 Bowen, Elijah and Clio Admin. Historical Marker: Colored Graveyard in the Olde Towne of Hearne, Clio: Your Guide to History. October 23, 2020. Accessed July 12, 2025. https://theclio.com/entry/116697.

8 GATX. 2025. Welcome to GATX | GATX. Gatx.com - EN. July 18, 2025. https://www.gatx.com/.

9 Depot, Hearne. 2025. Hearne Depot. Hearne Depot. 2025. https://hearnedepot.org/.

10 Montgomery, William E., Hearne Academy, Handbook of Texas Online, accessed July 13, 2025, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hearne-academy.

11 Texas A&M Work-based Learning, https//cdd.tamu.edu/wbl-project/.

12 Tribune, Texas. 2015. Hearne ISD. Texas Public Schools. December 8, 2015. https://schools.texastribune.org/districts/hearne-isd/.

13 Gov, TEA. 2024. Disability Condition Eligibility Definitions | Texas SPED Support. Texas.gov. 2024. https://spedsupport.tea.texas.gov/resource-library/administrator-toolkit-sped-and-intervention-101/disability-condition-eligibility#intellectual-disability.

14 Berry, Jill K. & Linden McNeilly, Map Art Lab - 52 Exciting Art Explorations in Mapmaking, Imagination, and Travel. Beverly, MA: Quarry Books, 2014.

15 Wagoner, William A Cartography of the Self: Making Meaning of the World through Life maps. New Haven, CT.: Yale Contents of Curriculum 21.03.01, 2021.

16 Berry, Jill K. Personal Geographies - Explorations in Mixed-Media Mapmaking. Cincinnati, Ohio: North Light Books, 2011.

17 Price, Janelle.  Maps and Mapmaking for the Artist. New Haven, CT.: Yale Contents of Curriculum 07.03.05, 2007.

18 Sanborn Map Company. Hearne 1885 Sheet 1, map, 1885; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth550065/: accessed July 17, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.

19 Exceptional Children’s Assistance Center https://www.ecac-parentcenter.org/resource-documents/the-roadmap-to-meaningful-employment-and-independent-living/.

20 Texas Education Agency, STAAR Alternate 2 Spring Essence Statements/ https://tea.texas.gov/student-assessment/

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