Latest Contributions by ChrisBunin

Congratulations on 10 years of GeoInquiries!  Accessed 1.6 million times annually - I had no idea., It am grateful for the opportunity to help design activities for the Advanced Human Geography, US History, and World History collections.  With the support of Esri ConnectED funding I also had the opportunity to work with the Virginia Geographic Alliance and Cobb County Public Schools (GA) to help create state standards aligned GeoInquiries for Virginia and Georgia. These activities transformed my use of webGIS with core subject instruction (World History, US History, AP Human Geography, and World Regional Geography).  I now use at least one GeoInquiry for each unit of study.  I also enjoy blending GeoInquiries together to make more robust inquiry based lessons. I look forward to seeing these resources make impacts on classroom instruction worldwide! Let's GeO!   C. Bunin ... View more

Georgeanne Hribar and I recently completed a year-long Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources project that tasked a group of gr. 5-12 teachers with creating best practice US History Story Maps that leveraged the power of primary source analysis and the story map platform.  Eleven story maps were created and Georgeanne applied some serious GIS wizardry to make these really solid resources for the classroom. As part of the project we have been introducing folks to ArcGIS Online, GeoInquiries, Story Maps,and the LoC collections.  Since November 1 we've connected with nearly 50 Virginia educators via three face to face trainings.  You can view the collection here.  Each story map is accompanied with a lesson plan, student materials, and answer keys.   ... View more