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!
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Outstanding interactive map quizzes, puzzles and downloads! Check it out for all ages!
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HyperHistory: Main page for links to resource maps, online time lines, much much more! Easy to use. Great online resource!
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Maps.com: Buy some, print some: all the maps you ever wanted in one place.
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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!
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National Geographic: All the modern source maps you could want. Black & White: print at will for private use!
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US Information Agency: Incredible detailed description (with detailed source maps attached) of regions of the US. Like having a textbook online!
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Geography Matters: Source for purchasing outline maps from home schoolers. Includes suggestions for geography study, etc.
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Map of Colonial Africa in 1930.
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From Susan in Florida: "This should be of help to those wanting to printout their maps online."
US 50 States
Counties of the US
Canadian Provinces -
Knowledgequestmaps.com: black outline maps to purchase.
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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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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: Review
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Here is a pdf. file to download if you need a blank world map.
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A helpful site for geography terms.
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Blank outline map of the United States
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Simple map showing the British Empire
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Map of Europe in 1900: This map will be key to your review this week.
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Maps showing the history of the Ottoman Empire
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US Territorial Map: 1900
Week 2: Roosevelt, American Imperialism, Hawaii & Crumbling Empires
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Blank outline map of Hawaii
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Another fun map/quiz for Hawaii
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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: World War I: Europe in Flames
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The Balkans in 1914
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Detailed map of Europe before 1914
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Blank map of Europe
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Another blank map of Europe from which to choose
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This site includes a listing of battles and battlefield maps (in 3 different sizes for printing), a "who's who" listing, a timeline (including day-by-day account), an encyclopedia of the war, propaganda posters (9 pages of them for the US plus more for other countries; all in printable sizes), vintage media (audio and video) and photographs, western front today (photographs of battlefields as they appear today, weapons of war, war in the air, prose and poetry of wartime, memoirs and diaries, primary documents, and more.
Week 4: America in World War I: Over There and Over Here
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Excellent! All the maps you'll need for teaching about WWI
Week 5: The Russian Revolution
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Outline map of Russia
Week 6: World War I: Costs, Treaties, and Consequences
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Europe: Before and after WWI
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Blank map of Europe
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Another blank map of Europe from which to choose
Week 7: American Culture and the Return to Normalcy
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No objectives
Week 8: Cracks in Normalcy: Prohibition & the Bull Market
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The second picture on this page shows Lindbergh's route across the Atlantic
Week 9: Life During the Great Depression
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Map and information showing where Dust Bowl was located. Link contributed by Rhea.
Want to suggest a resource? Email Dana!

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Outstanding site has many maps and other geographic information on WWII.
Week 10: Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Man and his Policies
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No objectives
Week 11: The Rise of Totalitarianism: Germany, Italy, and Japan
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This map should help you discover the location of totalitarian governments.
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Blank map of Europe
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Another blank map of Europe from which to choose
Week 12: The Rise of Totalitarianism: The USSR under Stalin
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Here is a pdf. file to download if you need a blank world map.
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Map of the Baltics
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Small outline map to use for the Baltics
Week 13: Expansionism & Appeasement
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Blank outline map of Spain
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Label Me! map of Spain and Portugal
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Map for Spanish Civil War
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Use this site and click on the map of Europe, and then the map of Spain for location of cities.
Week 14: Blitzkrieg! Winston Churchill & The Battle of Britain
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WWII Blitzkrieg! 1939-1940 maps
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Blank map of Europe
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Another blank map of Europe from which to choose
Week 15: World War II: Global Conflict and the Holocaust
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These interactive maps should help show the spread of WWII.
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Although not assigned, you may find this map of the locations of the concentration camps to be interesting.
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Another interactive map showing key battles of the Pacific Theater
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One more set of maps that you will find helpful this week.
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A helpful link for learning more about the Balkans
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Here is a pdf. file to download if you need a blank world map.
Week 16: World War II: Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima
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Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
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Invasion of the Philippines
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Outline map of Asia: this will cover many of the labels in your assignment this week.
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Repeat from last week: Another interactive map showing key battles of the Pacific Theater
Week 17: Allied Victory: A New Europe
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Map showing how the Iron Curtain fell
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Another helpful interactive map
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Outline maps of Europe, with or without labels
Week 18: Survey of the Middle East: The Establishment of Israel
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Outline map of the Middle East
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Another choice for an outline map of the Middle East
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Find every label in the Student Activity Pages here.
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Use this site and click on the map of the Middle East, and then the map of Israel for location of cities.
Want to suggest a resource? Email Dana!

General Resources for the entire Unit:
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Many beautiful maps depicting key events in the Cold War. Use all unit long.
Week 19: Gandhi's India and Pakistani Independence
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Salt March map of India.
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Use this site and click on the map of Asia, and then the map of India for location of cities.
Week 20: Mao's China
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Animated map of Mao's Long March.
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Use this site and click on the map of Asia, and then the map of China for location of cities.
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All the outline maps, geographical information, and map labels you'll need for a study of China. Contributed by Robin M.
Week 21: The Korean War
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Wonderful interactive map of the stages of the Korean War from PBS. All ages, youngers with teacher assistance.
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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: The 50’s Oasis
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No objectives this week.
Week 23: US Civil Rights Movement & African Decolonization
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Free download from Owl & Mouse: Africa Map Puzzle
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Outline map of Africa
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From EnchantedLearning.com: A Coloring book to print about Africa
Week 24: The Kennedy Years
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Outline map of Cuba
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Use this site and click on the map of the Islands of the Caribbean, and then the map of Cuba for location of cities.
Week 25: The Space Race and Mutually Assured Destruction
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Interactive quiz/puzzle about Earth
Week 26: Lyndon B. Johnson: The Great Society and Vietnam
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Outline map of Vietnam from EnchantedLearning.com
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Details about Vietnam from WorldAtlas.com
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Blank outline map of Vietnam
Week 27: Cultural Developments of the 1960's
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Map showing details about the Six-Day War
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Another map about the Six-Day War that may prove to be helpful
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Review helps for India, China, Korea (South and North), The Middle East (click on "countries and major bodies of water in the Middle East" for your labels), African nations or Africa, The Berlin Wall, Vietnam
Want to suggest a resource? Email Dana!

Week 28: Foundering on the Rocks of Individualism
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Here is a pdf. file to download if you need a blank world map.
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Geography trivia game about the Middle East
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Another download from Owl & Mouse about geography of the Middle East
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All kinds of helpful information about the countries in the Middle East
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Rhetoric review: although this link doesn't list all of the countries of the world, it is another option for you to use. (pdf file) However, here is a list of the countries of the world.
Week 29: The Family Adrift
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Refer to week 28 for links for the Middle East
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Blank outline map of Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, and Antarctica
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Please note that if you do your own internet searches for the Pacific Islands, you will often find them labeled as "Oceania".
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Great link for your Rhetoric review of Australia and New Zealand. (pdf file)
Week 30: The Nixon Years
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Good information about Israel from WorldAtlas.com
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Outline map of Israel
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Outline map of Asia
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Rhetoric review for Asia (pdf file)
Week 31: Ford's Integrity & Carter's Malaise
Week 32: Reagan's "Revolution"
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Outline maps of Afghanistan, Jordan and Syria
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Don't forget to refer to Week 28 links for more helps for studying the Middle East
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Outline map of Europe (pdf file)
Week 33: George H. W. Bush's New World Order
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Outline maps of Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait
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Another helpful map of the Middle East
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Map of Russia: hold your cursor over the nations, and the name of the republic will appear.
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Excellent map showing the collapse of the Soviet Union
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Outline map of Russia
Week 34: Clinton's Opportunity
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Outline maps of Turkey, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Cyprus
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Outline map of South America (this is a pdf file)
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Outline map of Central America
Week 35: George W. Bush and the Early 21st Century
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Outline map of North America (pdf file)
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Use these maps of the United States, Canada, and Middle America for part of your Rhetoric review this week. (pdf files)
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Click here for a map of the seven cities of the seven churches in Revelation
Week 36: Review & Conclusions After the Second Millennium
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A fun map game labeling the countries of the middle East.
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Learn facts about the Middle East at this website. Click on the dot on each country.
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Country statistics at a glance







