Diplomacy Local: State-By-State Map

Goal: Gamify an interactive United States map to make the information about how international relationships help state economies interesting to the public.

Concept: Creative liberties may be taken with design and question format. Some options include

• Compare “correct answer” results
• Social media/email embeds
• Highlight different states based on categories
• Track question answers

Data Sets: State Facts & Questions

Technology Best Practices for Museum Interactive

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• The Diplomacy Center’s mission is to tell the story of the impact American diplomacy in a way that would engage and inspire audiences. These are complex ideas that may feel dense or intimidating to non-specialists. Using the provided content, construct a U.S. map interactive that allows users explore content about how diplomacy impacts each state in a creative way.
• Admin friendly for content updates, including language
• Browser-based interactive is highly preferred for most adaptable use of interactive.
• All concepts presented will be open source for future development by the Diplomacy Center (either with the participants or independently) or other entities, royalty free.

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Intended Use

If successful, this project may be incorporated into the Smithsonian exhibit within the Center in 2019, with opportunity to be included in permanent exhibit. This also may live online on the Center’s website as an educational resource, or used on State.gov’s website. Material will be updated periodically. The project should entice domestic visitors to learn about how international relationships impact their life at home.

Target audience is high school and university students

Notes & Helpful Links

We want to go beyond the core function of creating an interactive U.S. map to make this exploration a fun or even social experience. Because this is a more straightforward project and one that can be of immediate use to the Diplomacy Center, we also want to get as close as possible to a finished, attractive product as possible. Some options include comparing “correct answer” results, social media/email embeds, highlighting different states based on categories, and tracking question answers

This is the current state-by-state map.

State By State Facts

State By State Data

Jobs Fact: Approximately $X per year per state because of foreign trade

Education Fact: # of Student Exchanges

Travel Fact: # of passports

State-related question: Diplomacy Center provides

Evergreen background photos of State: Research

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