• National Geographic: modern maps (source; printable) for every country in the world.
• More great outline maps: easy to use and nice and clear!
• Excellent link for all units! Click here for the Historic Atlas Resource.
• Janet S. has recommended an excellent site for reviewing geography. Click here and scroll down to "Educational Software from Owl & Mouse". They have map games for each continent, and so much more. All the continent games are free downloads. It makes it fun for the children to learn the shape of the continent, each country on the continent, the capitals and where each country belongs. Check it out!
• Great historical map site recommended by Dana W.
• Interative Historic Atlas.
• 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!
• Imperial History of the Middle East: Who has conquered the Middle East over the course of world events? View this 90-second flash presentation!

States:

• Use this site as you are making your deck of state cards. 50states.com

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Week 1: When John Adams Was President

• A helpful site for geography terms.
• The Key to Understanding Maps
• Find most of the labels for this week's assignment here.
• Map showing dates that each state entered the union
• Here is a pdf. file to download if you need a blank world map.

Week 2: Napoleon: The Man and His Career

• Full map of Europe in year 1800
• Germany and Italy before Napoleon. This site contributed by Michelle.
• French Empire at its greatest extent, c. 1810
• From USGS: Map projections
• From National Geographic: introduction to latitude and longitude
• Another lesson on map reading. Scroll to the bottom for a worksheet for practicing finding longitude and latitude (pdf file).
• Here is a pdf. file to download if you need a blank world map.
• Blank pdf. map of Europe for you to label.

Week 3: Early Industrial Revolution

• Labeled map of the British Isles
• Another good map of the United Kingdom
• Identify the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa here.
• Blank map of the British Isles

Week 4: Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase

• Map showing the Louisiana Purchase, Oregon Country, holdings of Spain, Illinois Territory, Michigan Territory, Indiana Territory, and the Mississippi Territory
• Another map of the Louisiana Purchase, showing the modern U.S. states
• One more to help you find labels for your assignment

Week 5: Jefferson and the Supreme Court

• There are no objectives this week.

Week 6: Madison and the War of 1812

• Battles of the War of 1812
• The Northern Frontier in the War of 1812
• War of 1812 battle maps
• USMA maps to use this week. Highly recommended!

Week 7: Reshaping Europe and South America

• World Factbook: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia
• From Enchanted Learning: South America
• From Enchanted Learning: Flags of South America
• Plants of South America
• From Enchanted Learning: South American Animals
• Animals from South America
• South America Map Puzzle
• Map of South America
• Blank outline maps of South America
• Map of Europe at the time of the Congress of Vienna. Link contributed by Donna.
• Map of Napoleonic EuropeThis Map includes Napoleon's conquests and battles.
• Click here for a site that has several maps that will aide in your studies of the Congress of Vienna.

Week 8: South America in Transition

• World Factbook: Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina
• From Enchanted Learning: South America
• From Enchanted Learning: Flags of South America
• Plants of South America
• From Enchanted Learning: South American Animals
• Animals from South America
• South America Map Puzzle
• Blank outline maps of South America
• Map of Europe at the time of the Congress of Vienna. Link contributed by Donna.
• Map of Napoleonic Europe This Map includes Napoleon's conquests and battles.
• Click here for a site that has several maps that will aide in your studies of the Congress of Vienna.

Week 9: Monroe and the American Hemisphere

• World Factbook: Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Suriname, Guyana
• Natural resources of Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, and the Guianas
• South American Independence Days
• Map of Europe after the Congress of Vienna
• Map of Napoleonic EuropeThis Map includes Napoleon's conquests and battles.
• Your choice of a blank map of South America, or one with labels. Contributed by Cindy in KS.
• Map of Europe at the time of the Congress of Vienna. Link contributed by Donna.
• Map of Napoleonic Europe This Map includes Napoleon's conquests and battles.
• Click here for a site that has several maps that will aide in your studies of the Congress of Vienna.

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Week 10: John Quincy Adams and Political Realignments

• Map of Erie Canal
• Map of Texas Rivers
• Map of Texas

Week 11: Jacksonian Democracy

• Map showing the Five Civilized Tribes

Week 12: Revolutions in Texas & Europe

• Republic of Texas
• Texas Frontier Development
• From Wikipedia: Climate of Texas

Week 13: Victorian England

• Really neat map of the War of 1812. Click on "play" in order to view the battles.
• Blank outline map of the War of 1812 (pdf file)
• Use this map or this one to find locations of various Native American tribes
• Chart showing lots of good information about Native Americans. Excellent!
• Blank outline map of the US (pdf file)

Week 14: Victorians at Home and Abroad

• Blank map of Australia
• Nice National Geographic map of Australia
• Map of New Zealand

Week 15: Manifest Destiny

• Trail of Tears Map

Week 16: Sea to Shining Sea

• Map of Mexican Territory
• The Mormon Trail

Week 17: The Oregon Trail

• The Oregon Trail Map
• Pictures of the Rockies

Week 18: 1848: Gold Dust & Gunpowder

• The Gold Rush map

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Week 19: Westerners in Asia

• Blank outline map of China
• The same site at Enchanted Learning offers more information about China. Excellent!
• All the outline maps, geographical information, and map labels you'll need for a study of China. Contributed by Robin M.
• Map of China
• Map of Japan
• Outline map of Japan

Week 20: Franklin Pierce & the Crimean War

• Crimean War
• Another map showing places in the Crimean War
• Map of Europe in 1853

Week 21: America Divides & Italy Unites

• Very clear map showing slave and free states.
• Blank outline map of the United States. This is a pdf file.
• This is a really neat animated atlas that you can use anytime while studying the rest of this year-plan. Don't miss it!

Week 22: Lincoln and the Start of the Civil War

• WOW! Wonderful, clear maps of Civil War battles, state by state. GREAT resource for kids (Upper Grammar and up).

Week 23: Decisive Years of the Civil War

Week 24: Closing Years of the Civil War

• Use this map to find the states readmitted after the Civil War.

Week 25: Andrew Johnson vs. Radical Reconstruction

• Blank outline map of the United States. This is a pdf file.
• Links to maps of Indian tribes
• Map of battles, posts, and tribes Link contributed by Jennifer.

Week 26: Ulysses Grant & the Plains Indians Wars

• Toward the Unification of Germany
• Another helpful map showing the unification of Germany
• This map gives dates, which is another helpful resource
• Several maps, showing the progression of the states from 1812 to 1990
• A blank map of Germany, ready for printing and labeling.

Week 27: Technological Progress & the Unification of Germany

• Location of the Suez Canal
• Map of Bismarck's new German Empire

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• Great Maps of Africa
• Great Video's about Africa

Week 28: Introducing Africa and Reforming Empires

• Maps, pictures, and other informationabout West Africa.
• Blank outline map of Africa
• A labeled map of Africa and Southwest Asia.  (pdf file) 
• Interactive map of Africa.  Really cool!
• Map of Africa's Bodies of Water

Week 29: The Scramble for Empire

• Fun site:The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire.
• Map and infomation about Eastern Africa
• Map and infomation about Central Arica
• The scramble for Africa including dates
• Map of Africa, Imperial boundaries, 1914
• European Colonies in Africa and Aisa
• European Colonies in Aisa

Week 30: Imperialism and Culture

• European Colonies in Africa and Aisa
• European Colonies in Aisa

Week 31: Waves of Immigrants

• Excellent site!  Look through this timeline to see from where many immigrants deported.
• Another really, good site showing immigration throughout US History.  Click on the timeline for more information.

• Great interactive map that shows the way immigrants moved acorss America
• Download this blank world map. (pdf file)
• US Territorial Maps 1775-1920

Week 32: Captains of Industry

• Outline Maps for all 50 States
• Printable Maps of the USA

Week 33: Labor Issues and the New South

• Outline Maps for all 50 States
• Printable Maps of the USA

Week 34: Farmers, Populists, Gold Strikes and Gold Standards

• blank outline of North America

Week 35: Powerful Men and Inspiring Women

• Review geography terms
• US map with Hawaii
• Austria-Hungary

Week 36: The Balkan Problem & American Imperialism

• Map of Cuba
• Blank China outline map
• Map of South Pacific islands
• Blank outline map of Hawaii
• Map of the Spanish-American war

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