Teaching with and through Maps

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 25.04.09

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Rationale
  2. Introduction
  3. Content Objectives
  4. Teaching Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Appendix on Implementing District Standards
  7. Resources
  8. Notes

Pittsburgh 412 and Beyond: The Map Files

Michelle Newton

Published September 2025

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Notes

1 Black, Jeremy. Maps and politics. Picturing history. London: Reaktion, 1997.

2 Monmonier, Mark S. 2018. How to Lie with Maps. 3rd ed. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

3 Ramachandran, Ayesha. The worldmakers: global imagining in early modern Europe. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2016.

4 Short, John R. 2003. The World through Maps : A History of Cartography. Toronto: Firefly Books.

5 Jacob, Christian, and Edward H Dahl. 2006. The Sovereign Map : Theoretical Approaches in Cartography throughout History. Chicago: University Of Chicago Press.

6 [Pocket terrestrial globe], London, circa 1679 (Globe 41).

7 Monmonier, Mark S. 2018. How to Lie with Maps. 3rd ed. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

8 Monmonier, Mark S. 2018. How to Lie with Maps. 3rd ed. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

9 Ramachandran, Ayesha. The worldmakers: global imagining in early modern Europe. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2016.

10 Monmonier, Mark S. 2018. How to Lie with Maps. 3rd ed. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

11 “Pennsylvania.” 2025. Google. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pennsylvania/@40.9251412,-78.4225315,7z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x882d80261e32e589:0xc24621475022b43d!8m2!3d41.2033216!4d-77.1945247!16zL20vMDV0Ym4?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDcwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D.

12 “General Map of Pennsylvania, United States.” n.d. Map of Pennsylvania. Nations Online Project. Accessed July 14, 2025. https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/USA/pennsylvania_map.htm.

13 Black, Jeremy. Maps and politics. Picturing history. London: Reaktion, 1997.

14 “Pittsburgh Demographics.” n.d. City of Pittsburgh. Accessed July 14, 2025. https://pittsburghpa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=d62bd11fce6c40bb824d03ef9c076708.

15 Ortelius, Abraham, Creator. Theater of the World. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1587. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666800/.

16 Geographia Map Company. Standard map of the World. [S.l, 1942] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/00556407/.

17 Fahr Campbell, Erica . 2014. “The First Photograph of the Moon.” Time, December 20, 2014. https://time.com/3805947/the-first-photograph-of-the-moon/.

18 Ramachandran, Ayesha. The worldmakers: global imagining in early modern Europe. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2016.

19 Johnson, A. I., C. B Pettersson, and James L Fulton. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and mapping: practices and standards. STP. Philadelphia: ASTM, 1992.

20 Learning to Think Spatially, National Academies Press, 2005. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/yale-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3378043. Created from yale-ebooks on 2025-07-13 00:56:05.

21 Davies, Maree, and Kane Meissel. 2015. “The Use of Quality Talk to Increase Critical Analytical Speaking and Writing of Students in Three Secondary Schools.” British Educational Research Journal 42 (2): 342–65. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3210.

22 Tao, Yang, and Gaowei Chen. “The Relationship between Teacher Talk and Students’ Academic Achievement: A Meta-Analysis.” Educational research review 45 (2024).

23 Learning to Think Spatially. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2005. Accessed July 15, 2025. ProQuest Ebook Central.

24 McDowell, Michael. Teaching for Transfer : A Guide for Designing Learning with Real-World Application (a Guide to Instructional Strategies That Build Transferable Skills in K-12 Students), Solution Tree, 2020. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/yale-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6260219. Created from yale-ebooks on 2025-07-13 01:05:41.

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