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

Place

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

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