Free professional development opportunity for K16 educators!

Especially relevant for teaching social studies, urban studies, and environmental studies

August 5, 6, and 7, 2025 (10am-11:30am CT, via Zoom)

Event recordings available on YouTube here

Free teaching resources available through Google Drive here

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Maps are a compelling tool for student engagement: their visual presentation of information encourages exploration, critical analysis, and sometimes a new spatial approach to otherwise familiar topics. This three-day webinar series will provide participants with:

• • An interactive overview of free digitized maps of Latin America and the Caribbean, both historical and recent;
• • A workshop introduction to the free digital mapping tool allmaps.org, which allows users to overlay multiple maps for visual comparison (example); and
• • A presentation of two current large-scale mapping projects of the region (on Brazilian land use & Latin American mining conflicts), including discussion of how to use them in teaching.

Sessions will include workshop time to support participants in strategizing how to incorporate this material into their existing curriculum.

For questions or more information, contact Monica VanBladel (vanblade@uwm.edu).

Please register below by July 28, 2025. Everyone who completes the webform registration below will receive an email after July 28 with the zoom link for participation. 

This program is a collaboration between the UW-Milwaukee Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS); UWM Libraries; and Tulane University’s Stone Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. CLACS and the Stone Center are Title VI National Resource Centers, with funding from the U.S. Department of Education

Image: upper, “Brasilia et Peruvia,” Gerard de Jode, 1593 (American Geographical Society Libraries) / lower, “Cobertura,” MapBiomas Brasil, plataforma.brasil.mapbiomas.org/cobertura, accessed 23 June 2025.

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