ASSIGNMENT: Digital Mapping Multimodal Project

ASSIGNMENT: Digital Mapping Multimodal Project

Description After spending the semester analyzing digital texts of different stylistic “modes” (linguistic, aural, visual, spatial, gestural), students produce their own digital texts through a mapping assignment. Students choose a public issue of local interest and...
ASSIGNMENT: Lab Project – Archaeological Methods

ASSIGNMENT: Lab Project – Archaeological Methods

Description This assignment takes students through the archaeological methods related to processing a new collection. Through this project, students learn the correct terms to describe artifacts, as well as the correct cataloging procedure. Students practice...
ASSIGNMENT: Centennial & Sweet Auburn Field Trip

ASSIGNMENT: Centennial & Sweet Auburn Field Trip

Description While on a field trip to Sweet Auburn Market, students interview locals to discover the location’s underexposed narratives. They search for “missing plaques,” or histories that could be told but were excluded for some reason. After the...
ASSIGNMENT: Guided Tour Mapping Assignment

ASSIGNMENT: Guided Tour Mapping Assignment

Description Students work in groups to create a guided tour, either of Peachtree Street or Auburn Avenue. Students physically visit their assigned locations, take photographs, and conduct research on significant sites within their parameters. Completed projects will...
ASSIGNMENT: Book Mapping Atlanta

ASSIGNMENT: Book Mapping Atlanta

Description Students work in groups to create a digital map, based upon a book about Atlanta. (The resources needed for this assignment, as written by this teacher, include: Google Earth; access to primary and secondary sources pertaining to the area of study.)...