Geography
We suggest that you use a good world history atlas so that your students can have practice at the skill
of using maps and legends. Click the link below for our recommendation. The
next choice is to use the supporting links that you find
here. Please only let your student look at the teacher map in Map Aids as a
last resort.
Also:
Holman Bible Atlas: Colorful maps and informative text provide valuable information for those studying Bible history. This is a spine text for Year 1 that your rhetoric students will use over and over again. Younger students can use this to find map labels. 298 pages HB. Available for purchase on The Bookshelf.
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A real treasure: Study guide for the Holman Bible Atlas! This is a 69-page pdf download file.
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More great outline maps: easy to use and nice and clear!
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Robert Cox has done a superb job making this great site which will be lots of help in all four of our year-plans.
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Lisa has sent another neat site: MegaMaps. Print up maps from the size of a single page to 7 feet across!
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Nice quality maps of the Ancient World
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Imperial History of the Middle East: Who has conquered the Middle East over the course of world events? View this 90-second flash presentation!
Want to suggest a resource or link? Email Dana.
Week 1: Curtain Rises on Egypt: Gift of the Nile
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A helpful site for geography terms.
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GREAT site on Egypt: for Upper Elementary and up!
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Accept several WebQuest Missions and learn about Ancient Egypt! Links to other activities are included in this site.
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Egyptian Wildlife and Wild Animals
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Egyptian Flora
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Mineral Resources, Imports and Exports, Imported goods
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History of Irrigation, Shadufs, Farming
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Investigate the Nile in this Interactive Story
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Search for precious materials in the Jeweler of Memphis
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Simple clickable map of Egypt
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Need to learn about the black and red lands of Egypt? Click here for maps and helpful information.
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Article on details of Egyptian/Nile geography. Dialectic Level and up.
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Outline map of Africa (pdf file)
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Here is a .pdf file to download if you need a blank world map.
Week 2: Pharaohs and Pyramids
- Valley of Kings Atlas with movie
- Egyptian Flora
- Egyptian Fauna
- A topographical map of Egypt recommended by Jennifer.
Week 3: Egyptian Polytheism and the Judgment of God
- Colorful and informative site for pyramids, and temples
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Egyptian gods shows a chart of which deities were associated with the surrounding geography or wildlife.
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Pharaoh's Obelisk from NOVA TV
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Pyramid Design and Excavation from NOVA
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Creative play combining gods with geography: "When it Rained in Egypt"
Week 4: Creation Through Noah
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Terrific site on plate tectonics: theory and historical derivations, including "maps" of Pangaea, Gondwanaland, etc. Independent reading level is 6th + but the many visuals mean that all ages can enjoy this site.
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Kim suggested this animated map of plate tectonics that helped her LG & UG kids get an idea of how it might have happened.
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Parents: preview Pangea sites before your children, as many have different viewpoints than you may have. This site has neat animation showing the possible breakup of Pangea. Click here to read about this from the USGS. Another option to read NASA's version. Grammar-level students might like NASA's kid page that has another neat animation.
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Danielle recommends this site for detail about the descendants of Noah, as well as a map.
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Noah's descendants - Upper Grammar and above
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Scroll down just a bit to "The Ancient World" to see the see where the sons of Noah settled. Lower Grammar
Week 5: Babel to Ur: Early History of Mesopotamia
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Outline map of Mesopotamia. This link contributed by Ina.
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More helps for learning about Mesopotamia: this site has an interactive map and interactive dramatization of crop management. Danielle highly recommends this site.
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Ancient trade routes that merchants took between the Persian Gulf and Egypt. This site contributed by Dody.
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Drastic consequences from climate change - more general information
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Harvest dates as possible indications of climatic change in Ancient Mesopotamia
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Mesopotamian climate change
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Ancient Mesopotamian foods includes recipe for making Baby Goat Stew - yum!
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Iranian Cuisine explained
Week 6: The Patriarchs: From Ur to Egypt
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Simple geography of the Promised Land
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Detailed map of the Twelve Tribes of Israel
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Trace Abraham's journey here.
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Unique geography of the Promised Land explained here
Week 7: In The Wilderness: The Tabernacle and the Law
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No objectives
Week 8: In The Wilderness: Holiness: Worshipping God as God
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No objectives
Week 9: In The Wilderness: Slaves to Warriors The Wilderness: Slaves to Warriors
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Outline map of Egypt for review purposes
Want to suggest a resource or link? Email Dana.
Week 10: The Indus Valley, Hinduism, and Buddhism
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Very helpful map of the Canaanite tribes.
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Here's a map of many Canaanite/Phoenician towns and cities! Yikes! You probably won't need this too often, but if your older student simply must know where the action took place, this is the site to go to!
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Helpful map for for this week's physical features of India.
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More India geography.
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Scroll down to "India Map" for a map with labels. Lots of good stuff at this site!
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Maps of India recommended by Lesli
Week 11: Ancient China: Confucius and Taoism
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China geography: be sure and click on the "list of interactive maps". Lots of information here that will be helpful to you this week.
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Beauty of the land of China.
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Most of the places listed in the Student Activity Pages are found here.
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Blank outline map of China. A few of the map labels will need to be marked off of the map, but this should give you plenty of room.
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Enchanted Learning's Quiz Printout
Week 12: Ancient Americas: Inuit, Mound Builders, and Mayas
Week 13: Early Greeks: Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean, and Trojan Cultures
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Simple topographical map of the Grecian world with some later major cities shown. All ages.
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Map of Ancient Greece, or here, or here. Several of the links for this week are contributed by Dody.
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Another site that may be helpful as you work on the geography of Greece
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Maps for the Odyssey
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Don't skip this map! Very helpful for finding your map labels! Scroll down a bit for the map Trojanic Map.
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Map Quiz printout from Enchanted Learning
Week 14: Early Greeks: Everyday Life, Religion, and Mythology
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"The Aegean Sea and Greece". You'll find several excellent maps that will be helpful this week: with or without labels.
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What is a "Mediterranean climate"? Click here to find out.
Week 15: The Promised Land: Conquest and Settlement
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Very helpful map of the Canaanite tribes
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Land of Canaan: Scroll down for good information about topography
Week 16: Judges, Samuel, and Minor Neighboring Cultures
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Ancient Near East site maps that you can download and use for map work this week.
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Great map showing the geographical centers of these cultures.
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You'll find all of your map labels for Israel's neighbors here.
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Two blank outline maps of Israel from EnchantedLearning.com or National Geographic (Choose "basic" above the map, and if you want it enlarged, click below the map.)
Week 17: The Rise of Saul and the Philistines
Week 18: David, Shepherd of Israel; the Phoenicians
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Map showing Phoenician trading empire: colonies and lands they controlled.
Want to suggest a resource or link? Email Dana.
Week 19: Solomon's Divided Heart
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One map that may help you this week
Week 20: The Divided Kingdom
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Map of the divided kingdoms
Week 21: The Assyrian Scourge: The Northern Kingdom Is Deported
Week 22: The Chaldeans (New Babylonians) and the Babylonian Captivity
Week 23: The Medes and Persians: The Israelites Return Home
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Really neat interactive map showing the Silk Road
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Great map of the Persian Empire at its height. Shows the Royal Road.
Week 24: Persians and Greeks: The Persian Wars, Athens, and Sparta
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Helpful map shows the interactions between Greeks and Persians.
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Links to several maps of the Ancient Greek World
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Excellent website about Ancient Greece: click on "geography"
Week 25: The Golden Age of Greece and the Peloponnesian War
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Enchanted Learning's "Map of Greece Quiz/Coloring Printout"
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Greek colonization. Thanks to Teri for this site.
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Excellent website about Ancient Greece: click on "geography"
Week 26: Greek Achievements: Science, Mathematics, and Philosophy
Week 27: Alexander the Great: Preparation for Proclamation
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VERY cool: animated map of Alexander's campaigns, complete with time line dates!
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Alexander's Empire dissolved into three main regions: Antigonida (Macedonia), Seleucid Empire (former Persia), and the Ptolematic Empire (Egypt). The latter two of these fought each other for a couple of centuries and Palestine was often a small but choice bone of contention between them Here's a link to a clear map that shows the situation well.
Want to suggest a resource or link? Email Dana.
Week 28: The Etruscans and the Founding of Rome The Etruscans and the Founding of Rome
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Map of the Etruscan League and cities. GREAT!
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Ancient Italy: scroll down for maps with or without labels.
Week 29: The Roman Republic: Everyday Life Roman Republic: Everyday Life
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No objectives this week
Week 30: The Roman Republic Expands: The Punic Wars
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Map of the Carthaginian empire.
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WONDERFUL interactive atlas of the scope of the Punic Wars. Click on the bullets below the map and get a super picture of the interactions between these two rivals over the span of about 150 years. Outstanding!
Week 31: From Republic to Empire
Week 32: Imperial Rome: Backdrop to the Atonement
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Map of the Roman Empire in the time of Jesus
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One more excellent map that will help you this week. Don't miss this one!
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Ancient Italy: scroll down for maps with or without labels.
Week 33: The Zenith of Imperial Rome: Backdrop to the Early Church
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Neat map showing the spread of Christianity
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One of several online maps showing Paul's missionary journeys
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Blank outline map for labeling the Mediterranean World (pdf file)
Week 34: Rome Decays: Saints and Martyrs of the Early Church
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No objectives this week
Week 35: Christianity Conquers Rome: Of Church Hierarchies
Week 36: Western Rome Falls: Theology and Church Councils
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Look for maps of the Roman Empire in the right sidebars of this page.
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Review Units 3 and 4
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