Top Navigation
University Relations
澳门六合彩历史记录 Home > News > Newsrelease Print
Related Images
(From left to right): Mr. Byron Oden-Shabazz, President of the McDonough Branch of the NAACP with the winners of the Story Map Competition, Harold Greene, Freshman MHS (2nd place), Nika Daytner, Junior MHS (winner), and Dr. Sunita George, Professor of Geography, and Education Secretary of the McDonough Branch of the NAACP at the award ceremony
Celebrating C.T. Vivian and BHM Through Geographic StoryMap Project
April 24, 2024
MACOMB, IL - - In celebration of Black History Month 2024, the McDonough County Branch of the NAACP partnered with 澳门六合彩历史记录鈥檚 Earth, Atmospheric and Geographic Information Sciences (EAGIS) Department faculty, the Schools of the Macomb Unified School District 185 to organize a series of competitions tailored to different grade levels on map projects.
Sunita George, professor of Geography, and education secretary of the McDonough County chapter of the NAACP, proposed a StoryMap project for this year鈥檚 Black History Month Student Competition because it had become increasingly apparent, at all levels of society, that there was a confounding ignorance of the under-girding role which geography plays in our understanding of all aspects of the landscape which we inhabit.
鈥淭he Black History Month Student Competition was created by the NAACP to raise awareness of, and celebrate the contributions of African-Americans to these United States, so it afforded a good opportunity to use geographic themes of peoples and places to tell the story of C.T.Vivian, a 鈥渘ative son鈥� of Macomb. By using ESRI鈥檚 StoryMap software, geographic thinking was encouraged and geographic skilling undertaken, thus reaching out to attract students to the department from the high school,鈥� George said.
Students of Macomb High School were invited to craft narratives honoring the life and legacy of civil rights activist and Macomb High School alumnus, C.T. Vivian, using ArcGIS online StoryMaps. This initiative aimed to cultivate geographical curiosity and stimulate proficiency in data and multimedia integration through the use of a geographical information systems (GIS) platform.
Students used ESRI鈥檚 ArcGIS Online StoryMaps to embed historical facts in a visual, geographic context. Supported by EAGIS at 澳门六合彩历史记录, 11 compelling story maps were submitted by 16 students (some working in pairs). 3 prize winners and 2 honorable mentions were chosen, and all 11 submissions were celebrated at the 2nd Annual Black History Month Award Ceremony hosted at the Macomb Art Center on Wednesday, April 10th, 2024.
Posted By: University Communications, University Relations
Phone: (309) 298-1993 * Fax: (309) 298-1606
