The following tutorial is an adaptation of Rick Thomas' excellent GIS Dust Bowl tutorial for the In Time and Place library of teaching materials for American History. Thomas' focus is in teaching GIS skills. Many humanities and social sciences instructors may want to use these resources, but feel that teaching GIS to students is outside the scope of their curriculum. This ArcGIS Explorer Desktop adaptation of the Dust Bowl unit is meant to aid instructors who do not have access to ArcGIS software or who might not have the time to teach GIS skills in the classroom.
Install ArcGIS Explorer Desktop
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To find files for this tutorial, go to https://depts.drew.edu/envstudies/GIS
Tutorials/Dust Bowl.zip
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Once this field points to your computer's Desktop, click Next. Windows will unzip the file and tell you that the extraction is complete. Click the Finish button.
Adding Layers to ArcGIS Explorer Desktop
Examining Conclusions Worksheet