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i found the reading by Cunfer very interesting because he questions how the research of the dust bowl should have been more than just environmental but also more geographical. Cunfer argues that Worster’s research on the dust bowl was more focused on the two case studies on two small communities rather than the whole region. He discusses how the analysis of the whole region is more beneficial to understand the dust storms and the droughts. i found it interesting to see that although the GIS technology had already been invented during that time it was not largely used. the maps show how the dust storms did occur but that they were not rare because there were accounts of farmers and their families that the dust storms were of the norm. there was also a period of the dust bowl that was not studied and how it had continued through into 1879 and how it was not talked about roughly because there were no people living in the plains during this time.
i found the map of indigenous la to be very interesting because I could actually visualize the way that California had looked in the past. I also think that these graphics would be very useful in digital history classes because it would allow students to look more closely on graphs. I agree with my peer @rdaigh that said “Overall I think that a resource such as the Mapping Indigenous LA website would be a beneficial tool high school teachers and students or as a starting point for a project.”. I think graphs are very useful in history because it lets you look at the geography of a place from the past.