History and Social Studies Education

This data visualization project is a great way to demonstrate the geographic expansion of the United States.  This is much more interactive than the typical time lapse video since you can scroll through the maps and explore each map through the interactive features. 

Tags: historical, USA, visualization, mapping.

This link is a companion site to the book, "Mapping the Nation: History & Cartography in 19th Century America" by Susan Schulten.  The author and publisher have made all of the images available digitally, and they are organized by chapter as well as chronologically. This a great resource to find some of the important maps that shaped America and help mold the manner in which we conceptualize America. Geography and history teachers alike will be able to draw on these materials. The chapters include:

1. The Graphic Foundations of American History
2. Capturing the Past Through Maps
3. Disease, Expansion and the Rise of Environmental Mapping
4. Slavery and the Origin of Statistical Cartography
5. The Cartographic Consolidating of America

Amazing work from wikipedia, summarizing the evolution of the US formation, originally here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_the_United_States

Tags: USA, historical, visualization.