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.
Online Maps, Map Vendors, and More!
- Outstanding interactive map quizzes, puzzles and downloads! Check it out for all ages!
- HyperHistory: Main page for links to resource maps, online time lines, much much more! Easy to use. Great online resource!
- Maps.com: Buy some, print some: all the maps you ever wanted in one place.
- About.Com>Education>Geography: GREAT site with over 1800 maps that you can print for personal use, but that I can't print and sell to you!
- National Geographic: All the modern source maps you could want. Black & White: print at will for private use!
- Geography Matters: Source for purchasing outline maps from home schoolers. Includes suggestions for geography study, etc.
- Map of Colonial Africa in 1930.
- From Susan in Florida: "This should be of help to those wanting to printout their maps online." US 50 States Counties of the US
- Knowledgequestmaps.com: black outline maps to purchase.
- 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!
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Week 1: Dawn of the Twentieth Century
- Here is a pdf. file to download if you need a blank world map.
- A helpful site for geography terms.
- Blank outline map of the United States
- Simple map showing the British Empire
- Map of Europe in 1900: This map will be key to your review this week
- US Territorial Map: 1900
Week 2: The Progressive Era
- Map of the Baltics
- This is a really neat animated atlas that you can use many more times while studying the rest of this year-plan. Don't miss it!
Week 3: Wilson's Reforms & Europe's War
- The Balkans in 1914
- Detailed map of Europe before 1914
- Blank map of Europe
- Another blank map of Europe from which to choose
- Allied and Central Powers
Week 4: Deadlock and Death
- Excellent! All the maps you'll need for teaching about WWI
Week 5: America Mobilizes & Russia Revolts
- Outline map of Russia
Week 6: Winning the War & Losing the Peace
- Map of Europe after WWI
- Europe: Before and after WWI
- Blank map of Europe
- Another blank map of Europe from which to choose
Week 7: Postwar America
- No objectives
Week 8: America's Roaring 20's & Russia's Stalin
- The second picture on this page shows Lindbergh's route across the Atlantic
Week 9: American Ballyhoo & Hitler's Early Career
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- Outstanding site has many maps and other geographic information on WWII.
Week 10: Bull Market and Black Market
- No objectives
Week 11: Crash! The Great Depression in America
- This map should help you discover the location of totalitarian governments.
- Map of Interwar Europe
- Blank map of Europe
- Another blank map of Europe from which to choose
Week 12: FDR and the New Deal
- No objectives this week
Week 13: Aggression and Appeasement
- Earhart's Around the World Flight
- Here is a pdf. file to download if you need a blank world map.
- Use this site and click on the map of Europe, and then the map of Spain for location of cities.
Week 14: Blitzkrieg!
- WWII Blitzkrieg! 1939-1940 maps
- Blank map of Europe
- Another blank map of Europe from which to choose
Week 15: World-Wide War
- These interactive maps should help show the spread of WWII.
- One more set of maps that you will find helpful this week.
- A helpful link for learning more about the Balkans
- Here is a pdf. file to download if you need a blank world map.
Week 16: Unconditional Surrender
- No objectives this week
Week 17: Hot War to Cold War
- German Territory before and after War
- Outline maps of Europe, with or without labels
Week 18: A Jewish Homeland
- Outline map of the Middle East
- Another choice for an outline map of the Middle East
- Find every label in the Student Activity Pages here.
- Use this site and click on the map of the Middle East, and then the map of Israel for location of cities.
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General Resources for the entire Unit:
- Many beautiful maps depicting key events in the Cold War. Use all unit long.
Week 19: India's Independence
- Salt March map of India.
- How to make a Salt Map.
- Use this site and click on the map of Asia, and then the map of India for location of cities.
- Outline map of India
- Map of India
- Monsoons
Week 20: China's Revolution
- How to make a Salt Map.
- Animated map of Mao's Long March.
- Use this site and click on the map of Asia, and then the map of China for location of cities.
- All the outline maps, geographical information, and map labels you'll need for a study of China.
Week 21: Truman: Korea & the Red Scare
- Wonderful interactive map of the stages of the Korean War from PBS. All ages, young ones with teacher assistance.
- Use this site and click on the map of Asia, and then the map of North or South for location of cities.
Week 22: Eisenhower's Oasis
Week 23: Conformity and Change
- Outline map of Cuba
- Use this site and click on the map of the Islands of the Caribbean, and then the map of Cuba for location of cities.
- Information on Cuba
Week 24: Kennedy's New Frontiers
Week 25: Camelot and Crisis
- Outline map of the Southern states
- African countries and when they gained independece
Week 26: Johnson's Great Society
- Outline map of Vietnam from EnchantedLearning.com
- Details about Vietnam from WorldAtlas.com
- Blank outline map of Vietnam
Week 27: A Nation in Distress
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Week 28: Nixon: Détente and Watergate
- Outline Map of United States
- Outline Map of World
- Middle East- New York Times International News
- Another Middle East news site
- Israel- News
Week 29: Ford's Integrity
Week 30: Carter's Malaise
- Outline Map of World
- Outline Map of United States
- Map of Middle East
- Map of Africa's Decolonization - 2 maps with different links- Northern
- Map of Africa's Decolonization- Southern
Week 31: Reagan's Revolution
- Outline Map of World
- Outline Map of United States
- Middle East Map
- Nations of the World and their Capitals
Week 32: G.H.W. Bush's New World Order
- Outline Map of World
- Outline Map of United States
- Outline map of Europe (pdf file)
- Map of Africa's Decolonization - 2 maps with different links- Northern
- Map of Africa's Decolonization- Southern
Week 33: Clinton's Lost Opportunity
- Outline maps of Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait
- Another helpful map of the Middle East
- Map of Russia: hold your cursor over the nations, and the name of the republic will appear.
- Excellent map showing the collapse of the Soviet Union
- Outline map of Russia
Week 34: George W. Bush: War on Terror
- Outline maps of Turkey, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Cyprus
- Outline map of South America (this is a pdf file)
- Outline map of Central America
Week 35: Obama: Hope and Change?
- Outline maps of Oman, Yemen and Sudan
- Outline map of North America (pdf file)
- Use these maps of the United States, Canada, and Middle America for part of your Rhetoric review this week. (pdf files)
- Click here for a map of the seven cities of the seven churches in Revelation
Week 36: Reflections and Revelation
- A fun map game labeling the countries of the middle East.
- Learn facts about the Middle East at this website. Click on the dot on each country.
- Country statistics at a glance
- World Almanac
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