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Subject

English Language Arts (2005)

Description

This three dimensional map offers a bird's eye view of Brooklyn, New York in 1897.

With the MrSID Viewer, the user can pan and zoom to see extreme details of the city or town, including individual homes.

Courtesy of the Library of Congress

Resource/Materials

Interactive Map - Brooklyn, NY 1897

Related Academic Standards

New York State

ARTS.VA.E.3.1.D Students explain how ideas, themes, or concepts in the visual arts are expressed in other disciplines (e.g., mathematics, science, literature, social studies, etc.).

SS.E.3.1C Students locate places within the local community, state, and nation; locate the earth's continents in relation to each other and to principal parallels and meridians.

SS.I.3.1B Students understand the characteristics, functions, and applications of maps, global, aerial and other photographs, satellite-produced images, and models.

SS.C.3.2D Students analyze geographic information by developing and testing inferences and hypotheses, and formulating conclusions from maps, photographs, computer models, and other geographic representations.

ELA1.E.LR1A Students gather and interpret information from children's reference books, magazines, textbooks, electronic bulletin boards, audio and media presentations, oral interviews, and from such forms as charts, graphs, maps and diagrams.