Location Biography Project
Location Biography Project Outline Guide
Shelley Rose
Use this guide to construct your location biography project outline. You can imagine each heading as a page on your website or you may use this as general pre-writing exercise for your site.
Review the Location Biography Instructions: https://pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu/csugelab/part/location-biography/.
Overview of Location
- Name of Location
- Description of Location
- URL for YOUR project website.
Space
- Include and cite a definition of space.
- Describe the absolute location and relative location of the space
- See the section on location here for reference: https://www.opengeography.org/ch-1-intro-to-geographic-science.html or https://slcc.pressbooks.pub/physicalgeography/chapter/1-3/
- Give GPS coordinates of the location or include a Google Map (https://www.google.com/maps/about/mymaps/). If you are new to creating Google Maps, visit this tutorial page.
Place
- Include and cite a definition of place. See Open Geography Education, https://www.opengeography.org/ch-1-intro-to-geographic-science.html , Andrew Jones, Human Geography: The Basics or Harm de Blij, Power of Place
- What is the meaning of this location? Think about its significance in terms of human geography. (cultural, historical, political, and economic identity of the location)
Environment
- Analyze the context of the location (what is in the surrounding area? are there important physical features that help define the space or place meaning?)
- How have humans changed or adapted the physical space of the location?
- Think about including a map of your location and its context (Suggested tools: Google Maps, Google Earth, StoryMaps)
Change over Time
- Be sure that you analyze and show your understanding of change over time in this location. For example, the Cleveland Trust Company building downtown is now occupied by a Heinen’s Grocery store. (see https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/761) The building remains in the same absolute location, but the use of the space has changed over time.
Bibliography of Sources
Include at least 5 sources you will use for your location biography. Use Chicago Style to format your references. See https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
