Our final student reflection features a European tour. Geography student Kelly Zippay demonstrates that the mapwalk can provide an alternative perspective even, and perhaps more so, for places with which we feel…
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Mapwalk Journeys: Alexander the Great
World history student and Social Studies major Mikey Withrow shares his reflection on Alexander the Great’s conquests integrating landmarks from the map well with his historical knowledge of Alexander’s campaign. Map Walk…
Mapwalk Journeys: The Silk Road
In this reflection Geography student Bill Lambrinoydis shares his experience walking the historical path of the Silk Road trade routes. He did a nice job observing the geographic features and recognizing changes…
Mapwalk Journeys: Aboriginal Australians
Our first map walk reflection is by Intro to Geography student Tarchelle (J.B.) Anderson. J.B. took her curiosity about the experiences of native Australians to a new level by examining Australian terrain…
Mapwalking in CSU's Woodling Gym
A CSU Tradition Each year Professor Stephen Cory reserves the Woodling Gym and carefully lays out over 500 tactical pilotage charts which make up a world map the size of basketball court. …
Teaching World History through Objects
At Cleveland State we strive to take pre-service Social Studies teachers in our upper-level World History course beyond the memorization of names, places and dates. We focus on the discipline of history…
