• A real treasure: Study guide for the Holman Bible Atlas! This is a 69-page pdf download file.

• More great outline maps: easy to use and nice and clear!

• Robert Cox has done a superb job making this great site which will be lots of help in all four of our year-plans.

• Lisa has sent another neat site: MegaMaps. Print up maps from the size of a single page to 7 feet across!

• Nice quality maps of the Ancient World

• Imperial History of the Middle East: Who has conquered the Middle East over the course of world events? View this 90-second flash presentation!

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Week 1: Curtain Rises on Egypt: Gift of the Nile

• A helpful site for geography terms.

• GREAT site on Egypt: for Upper Elementary and up!

• Egyptian Wildlife and Wild Animals

• Egyptian Flora

• Mineral Resources , Imports and Exports

• Longitude and Latitude Glossary, Activity, and answers

• History of Irrigation, Shadufs, Farming

• Investigate the Nile in this Interactive Story

• Search for precious materials in the Jeweler of Memphis

• Simple clickable map of Egypt

• Need to learn about the black and red lands of Egypt? Click here for maps and helpful information.

• Ethiopian Highlands

• Outline map of Egypt. A good pdf map here too.

• Outline map of Africa (pdf file)

• 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

• Egyptian gods shows a chart of which deities were associated with the surrounding geography or wildlife.

• Pharaoh's Obelisk from NOVA TV

• Pyramid Design and Excavation from NOVA

• Step Pyramid of Djoser

• Creative play combining gods with geography: "When it Rained in Egypt"

Week 4: Creation Through Noah

• Plate Tectonics/Continental Drift

• Terrific site on 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.

• Kim suggested this animated map of plate tectonics that helped her LG & UG kids get an idea of how it might have happened.

• The Layered Earth

• 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.

• Danielle recommends this site for detail about the descendants of Noah, as well as a map.

• Noah's descendants - Upper Grammar and above

• 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

• Outline map of Mesopotamia. This link contributed by Ina.

• More helps for learning about Mesopotamia: this site has an interactive map and interactive dramatization of crop management. Danielle highly recommends this site.

• Ancient trade routes that merchants took between the Persian Gulf and Egypt. This site contributed by Dody.

• Drastic consequences from climate change - more general information

• Harvest dates as possible indications of climatic change in Ancient Mesopotamia

• Mesopotamian climate change

• Ancient Mesopotamian foods includes recipe for making Baby Goat Stew - yum!

Week 6: The Patriarchs: From Ur to Egypt

• Simple geography of the Promised Land

• Detailed map of the Twelve Tribes of Israel

• Trace Abraham's journey here.

• Unique geography of the Promised Land explained here

Week 7: In The Wilderness: The Tabernacle and the Law

• No objectives

Week 8: In The Wilderness: Holiness: Worshipping God as God

• No objectives

Week 9: In The Wilderness: Slaves to Warriors The Wilderness: Slaves to Warriors

• The Exodus from Egypt

• Outline map of Egypt for review purposes

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Week 10: The Indus Valley, Hinduism, and Buddhism

• Very helpful map of the Canaanite tribes.

• 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!

• More India geography.

• Ancient Harappa in 3-D

• Maps of India recommended by Lesli

Week 11: Ancient China: Confucius and Taoism

• Tibetan High­lands

• China geography: be sure and click on the "list of interactive maps". Lots of information here that will be helpful to you this week.

• Beauty of the land of China.

• Most of the places listed in the Student Activity Pages are found here.

• 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.

• Enchanted Learning's Quiz Printout

Week 12: Ancient Americas: Inuit, Mound Builders, and Mayas

• Scroll down just a bit for some maps of where the Inuit lived.
• Explore the MesoAmerican World

Week 13: Early Greeks: Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean, and Trojan Cultures

• Simple topographical map of the Grecian world with some later major cities shown. All ages.

• Map of Ancient Greece or here. Several of the links for this week are contributed by Dody.

• align="left"> Homeric geography
• align="left">Maps for the Odyssey
• align="left">Don't skip this map! Very helpful for finding your map labels! Scroll down a bit for the map Trojanic Map.
• align="left"> Map Quiz printout from Enchanted Learning

Week 14: Early Greeks: Everyday Life, Religion, and Mythology

• "The Aegean Sea and Greece". You'll find several excellent maps that will be helpful this week: with or without labels.

• What is a "Mediterranean climate"? Click here to find out.

Week 15: The Promised Land: Conquest and Settlement

• Very helpful map of the Canaanite tribes

• Land of Canaan: Scroll down for good information about topography

• Topographical map of Israel

Week 16: Judges, Samuel, and Minor Neighboring Cultures

• Ancient Near East site maps that you can download and use for map work this week.

• Great map showing the geographical centers of these cultures.

• You'll find all of your map labels for Israel's neighbors here.

• 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

• No objectives.

Week 18: David, Shepherd of Israel; the Phoenicians

• Map showing Phoenician trade routes.

• Map showing Phoenician trading empire: colonies and lands they controlled.

• Two maps side-by-side showing the Empire of David and Solomon

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Week 19: Solomon's Divided Heart

• One map that may help you this week

• Two maps side-by-side showing the Empire of David and Solomon

Week 20: The Divided Kingdom

• Map of the divided kingdoms

Week 21: The Assyrian Scourge: The Northern Kingdom Is Deported

• Assyria Area

• Map of Assyria

• Map of Historic Assyria

Week 22: The Chaldeans (New Babylonians) and the Babylonian Captivity

• Chaldean New Babylonia

• Median and Chaldean Empires

• Babylon

Week 23: The Medes and Persians: The Israelites Return Home

• Really neat interactive map showing the Silk Road

• The Persian Royal Road

• Great map of the Persian Empire at its height. Shows the Royal Road.

Week 24: Persians and Greeks: The Persian Wars, Athens, and Sparta

• Helpful map shows the interactions between Greeks and Persians.

• Links to several maps of the Ancient Greek World

• Excellent website about Ancient Greece: click on "geography"

Week 25: The Golden Age of Greece and the Peloponnesian War

• Enchanted Learning's "Map of Greece Quiz/Coloring Printout"

• Excellent website about Ancient Greece: click on "geography"

Week 26: Greek Achievements: Science, Mathematics, and Philosophy

• Syracuse

Week 27: Alexander the Great: Preparation for Proclamation

• The Extent of the Hellenistic Empire under Alexander

• 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.

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Week 28: The Etruscans and the Founding of Rome The Etruscans and the Founding of Rome

• Map of the Etruscan League and cities. GREAT!

• Ancient Italy: scroll down for maps with or without labels.

Week 29: The Roman Republic: Everyday Life Roman Republic: Everyday Life

• No objectives this week

Week 30: The Roman Republic Expands: The Punic Wars

• Map of the Carthaginian empire.

• 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

• Blank map of Europe

Week 32: Imperial Rome: Backdrop to the Atonement

• Map of the Roman Empire in the time of Jesus

• One more excellent map that will help you this week. Don't miss this one!

• Ancient Italy: scroll down for maps with or without labels.

Week 33: The Zenith of Imperial Rome: Backdrop to the Early Church

• Neat map showing the spread of Christianity

• One of several online maps showing Paul's missionary journeys

• Color map of Paul's first or second missionary journey

• Blank outline map for labeling the Mediterranean World (pdf file)

• The Diaspora

Week 34: Rome Decays: Saints and Martyrs of the Early Church

• No objectives this week

Week 35: Christianity Conquers Rome: Of Church Hierarchies

• Diocletian

• Constantinople

Week 36: Western Rome Falls: Theology and Church Councils

• Look for maps of the Roman Empire in the right sidebars of this page.

• Review Units 3 and 4

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