Students use an online geographic information system (GIS) to uncover the geographic and social context of streets named after Martin Luther King, Jr. They map street locations to identify regional patterns in honoring King, consider issues related to data accuracy, explore the demographic character of the streets' host communities, and gain proficiency using a geospatial tool. (Note: If the link for the handout doesn't work, it can be found at: https://web.archive.org/web/20190715075117/http://web.utk.edu/%7Edalderma/mlkstreet/alderman_chapter.pdf)

Concepts

data analysis, geographic information systems

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Additional Tags

geographic data, gis, martin luther king, jr., national geographic society, national geographic: the politics of place-naming, geospatial tool

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional