{"id":525,"date":"2015-09-10T12:34:56","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T16:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog210s13\/?p=12"},"modified":"2015-09-10T12:34:56","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T16:34:56","slug":"maggies-storymap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog210\/2015\/09\/10\/maggies-storymap\/","title":{"rendered":"Maggie\u2019s StoryMap"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p><em>&#8220;A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>-Marcus Garvey<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Whenever I travel, I always make a point of trying\u00a0to do a variety of different excursions.\u00a0 In each stop, I try a new activity, taste a new food, or visit the local attractions.\u00a0 One of the most fascinating parts of visiting a new place is discovering not only the modern culture, but the historical culture of the site as well.\u00a0 I love learning about ancient societies, what kind of people lived there hundreds, or even thousands, of years ago, and how things have changed over time.<\/p>\n<p>Studying history is extremely important for all people, not just a select few in Academia.\u00a0 A nation\u2019s past can reveal volumes about its current culture, which is, as globalization becomes a more widespread phenomenon, becoming even more important.\u00a0 Experiencing cultural differences is the key to overcoming prejudice and building tolerance for people different than me.\u00a0 I believe there is intrinsic value in the people, things, and ideals that constitute a nation\u2019s history.\u00a0 By examining the past and current culture of my travel destinations, I become a more knowledgeable person; as a member of the human race and a citizen of this planet, I feel that is my duty to do this.<\/p>\n<p>This StoryMap highlights some of my favorite places in the world I have visited that have an interesting historical narrative.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads.knightlab.com\/storymapjs\/0bb64a266ed87bfc94b739c6a5069371\/human-geography-storymap-1\/index.html\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"800\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots.&#8221;<br \/>\n-Marcus Garvey<br \/>\nWhenever I travel, I always make a point of trying\u00a0to do a variety of different excursions.\u00a0 In each stop, I try a ne&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2094,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29790,32853,31562],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fall-2015","category-global-citizen-storymap","category-section-1","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2094"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/geog210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}