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literacy map of New York 
21st-Century Literary Map Project  
A featured part of the 2007 NCTE Annual Convention



Featured Literary Maps

 

 

How To Create a Literary Map

Internet Literacies
http://www.uatliteracyproject.com


Ellen Wolterbeek of the University of Advancing Technology in Tempe, Arizona, worked with teachers and college students at the university to create an online literary map detailing Internet literacies.




 


 



Literary Arizona
http://www.ncte.org/library/files/Related_Groups/Affilliates/ArizonaMap2007.pdf

Jean Boreen of Northern Arizona University, Jim Blasingame of Arizona State University, and David Pegram of the Arizona English Teachers’ Association completed a new literary map poster of famous authors who have spent time in Arizona.




 


DC Area Literary Map
http://www.bazmakaz.com/lit_map_dc

Vivian Vasquez of American University in Washington, DC, worked with teachers from different schools in the area and with graduate students to create an online literary map with podcasts. The project is ongoing and built upon from one class to the next.

 

 

 

 


Mapping the G/grammars of Fast Literacies  http://www.ncte.org/library/files/commaff/maps/aera/AERApresentationPJPEG.html

Deborah Kozdras, James Welsh, and James King of the University of South Florida created a print and online literary map of students’ use of semiotic systems and “grammars.”

 


 


Florida – In So Many Words – A Literary Map 
http://www.ncte.org/library/files/commaff/maps/floridalitmap/index.html

Kimberly Kimpton, Diana Meyer, Twink Wilkinson, Lisa Lefevre, and Janet Deleon of American Heritage School in Delray Beach, Florida, created a PowerPoint presentation on Florida authors.

 

 

 


Spirits of the Prairie
http://department.monm.edu/education/literary-map/

Monie Hayes, Tim Doubek, Craig Vivian, with faculty and students of Monmouth College, Illinois, created an online literary map featuring profiles of writers and ghost stories from Illinois.



 

 

 


Who’s Your Writer?
http://www.cathedral-irish.org/page.cfm?p=1171



Debbie Droste and secondary students of Cathedral High School, Indianapolis, Indiana, created a PowerPoint presentation featuring Indiana writers and their works.

 

 

 


 


SSMS Buccaneers: Digging for Treasure in Indiana http://web.mac.com/karenlynnsipes/iWeb/SSMSMappers/Podcast/Podcast.html

Karen Sipes worked with teachers and two classes of middle school students from South Side Middle School in Anderson, Indiana, to create an online literary map.  The classes created a group page so students could message each other, and add pictures, links, and videos spotlighting Indiana authors to the site. This map is an ongoing project.


Louisiana Authors and Literary Destinations of New Orleans
http://www.ncte.org/groups/affiliates/128614.htm

Jackie W. Jackson, Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana, and the Louisiana Council of Teachers of English, and Jennifer Easterday, New Orleans, worked with teachers from different schools in the area, college students, and community members to create Powerpoint literary maps of Louisiana and New Orleans authors.

 



A Literary Map of Michigan
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/engl/mi-literarymap

Elizabeth Vander Lei and Gary Schmidt of Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, worked with college students to create an online map, a “pamplist,” of Michigan authors.




 



 


A Curious Dream
http://cstl.semo.edu/molitmap

Thomas Eaton, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, is building a map site where students will study Missouri writers in fields from business and technology to religion and politics.

 

 


We're on the Map!: The Poetry of Queens, NYC
http://msfaughey.typepad.com/9/were-on-the-map.html

Dierdre Faughey and students from Queens High School for the Sciences in New York City created a Google Map featuring their own poetry about their neighborhood or New York City.


 


Writers of the Catskill Mountains
http://web.mac.com/denisemaltese/iWeb/Onteora%20Literary%20Map/Podcast/4A6381E6-F62B-4C12-B329-8326B6CF64EB.html

Denise Maltese and teachers and middle level students of Onteora Middle School, Boiceville, New York, created a podcast and print topographical map poster of writers of the Catskill Mountains.

 

 

 


Mapping Non-Fiction Writers: An Ohio Literacy Map http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&ie=UTF8&msid=103071773100179448636.00043b477e44adef085e1&om=0&ll=42.5207,-82.001953&spn=4.760987,8.041992&z=6%3e

Carrie Cubberley of Wright State University and Sheila Meyer of Celina Senior High School in Celina, Ohio, created a Google Map of non-fiction writers from Ohio.  They chose authors pertinent to high school English curriculum and used Amazon.com as a primary research site.


 


Oklahoma Children's Book Authors: A Literary Map
http://www.stillwater.k12.ok.us/dnn/Portals/0/Docs/tmatlock.ppt

Tammy Matlock, Annie Ortiz, and Michelle Biggs from Skyline Elementary in Stillwater, Oklahoma, worked with their elementary students to create an online map of Oklahoma authors. 

 

 


Literacy at its Core
http://www.elwm.richland2.org/~cjimenez/mapindex.htm

Cori Jimenez and teachers from the Center for Knowledge in Columbia, South Carolina, created an online map to show how “literacy brings the world together.”

 

 

 

 


A Literary Map of Texas
http://www.eliaking.com/literacymap

Carol Campbell, Elia King, and graduate students of Southwestern Adventist University in Keene, Texas, created an online map of distinguished authors from Texas.  They divided the state into ten regions and selected two to three authors from each region.

 

 

 


Texas Literary Map 
http://colfa.utsa.edu/ecpc/litmap.html

Sue Hum of the University of Texas and Melissa Boley of Rawlinson Middle School worked with their middle level, college, and graduate students to create an online map detailing over 100 Texas authors. This map is accompanied by a poster display.

 

 


Literary Map of Virginia
http://www.vate.org/litmapva.htm

The Virginia Association of Teachers of English (VATE) have rebuilt their original 1957Literary Map of Virginia in a digital format. They plan to continue to add to this new digital map; "it will never be finished."

This project was made possible by research from members of the Virginia Association of Teachers of English and VATE leader, Linda MacCleave. 


Authors of Note from Tidewater, Virginia
http://www.tidewaterliterarymap.org

Amy Jo Harrell, Fran Sharer, Frank Downs, and Amanda Ash from Virginia Beach, Virginia, joined teachers from different schools to create an online literary map of Tidewater authors using an old map
of the Tidewater area.


 

 

 


 


 
 
 
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