Mapping and Exploring New York City Change, 1905-2000: A Set of Interactive Web Based Tools

该项目将开发一套基于网络的工具，学生和其他人将使用这些工具来检查和了解纽约市从世纪之交到现在发生的巨大人口变化。探索性的视觉和地图支持的软件工具将使用一套独特的材料，这些材料来自于1905年以来美国和纽约州人口普查的数据和地图，这些数据和地图作为纽约时报长期项目的一部分正在计算机化。这些工具将允许学生比较和对比纽约市特定地区和特定群体在很长一段时间内的变化，特别是在种族、族裔血统、家庭状况、住房和收入方面。作为这些工具的补充的练习将使学生有可能研究他们自己或纽约市的另一个社区，并将其特征与整个城市进行比较。他们将能够比较不同种族、族裔和其他群体随着时间的推移的命运。这些工具将以视觉为导向，学生将制作地图和图表，使用Web浏览器交互式地说明感兴趣的主题。这些材料将在一套侧重于城市、种族和民族专题的课程中进行试点测试。然后，它们将在网上普遍提供。“皇后学院及其社会学系是小学和中学教师的主要生产者之一，也是获得博士学位的学生。在社会学中。该部门本身有大约900个专业。它的学生中约有70%是女性，来自居住在纽约市的各种种族和民族。还将通过与中学机构的伙伴关系，开发供中学生使用的工具和练习。

This project will develop a set of web-based tools that students and others will use to examine and understand the dramatic demographic changes that have occurred in New York City from the turn of the century to the present. Exploratory visual and map enabled software tools will use a unique set of materials drawn from data and maps based upon the U.S. and New York State Censuses going back to 1905, which are being computerized as part of a long term project for the New York Times.The tools will allow students to compare and contrast change in specific areas of New York City and among specific groups over a long time period, particularly in the areas of race, ethnic ancestry, family status, housing and income. Exercises that complement these tools will make it possible for students to study their own or another neighborhood in New York City and compare its characteristics with the city as a whole. They will be able to compare the fate of various race, ethnic and other groups over time. The tools will be visually oriented, and students will produce maps and charts that illustrate topics of interest interactively using a web browser. These materials will be pilot tested in a set of courses that focus upon urban, race and ethnic topics. They will then be offered generally "on the Web."Queens College and its sociology department is one of the premier producers of primary and secondary school teachers, as well as students who go on to get a Ph.D. in sociology. The department itself has about 900 majors. Its students, who are about 70 percent female, are drawn from the diverse mix of race and ethnic groups who inhabit New York City. Through partnerships with secondary institutions, the tools and exercises will also be developed for use by secondary school students.