This site kicks butt. I am sure there are few sites out there that
offer the same service (allow you to make your own maps), but I found
this
one. You enter lat. and long. as well as your preferences for what
should
appear on the map and boom! out it comes. The quality is not stellar,
but it would be a great tool to teach kids about the different components
of a map.
This is the Perry-Castaneda collection of maps. It is an extensive
collection of current world maps as well as historical maps. A truly
wonderful resource for visual learners and teachers! The only problem is that
the maps are often too large to fit on one screen and can not be printed
by a normal laser jet without cutting and pasting to either Photoshop
or Power Point.
I firmly believe that one can not have too many map resources. This
is yet another sight with world maps (current). You can't manipulate
them (enlarge or change perspective) and they are just a down and dirty
black
and white image. I think this would be great place to get blanks for
map
quizzes, etc. The maps do not have any country or city names on them,
just
stars for where the capital cities are located.
More maps! Yeah! The map selection is limited to places where relief
operations are underway (look at the page and surprise yourself with
how many areas this includes!) But the maps are very clear, include country
and city names and the web master has been nice enough to tell you
how large the files are. The maps are unmaniputable (can not change size
or perspective). World maps show the distribution of UN field units.
A great resource for talking about current UN intervention in the world.
This is billed as THE environmental page and it lives up to the title.
If you see geography as a teachable moment to help students understand
human impact on the environment, this is your page. It provides news
clips
on environmental crisis as well as tips to help students live a more
earth-friendly life.
This web site is a bit overwhelming. It has TONS of links that are
not very well described, but most of them are worth checking out. It
is
a great place to start a search for just about any social studies curriculum
topic.
This is a U of Georgia web page and has a southern slant. It has some
wonderful old maps of the civil and revolutionary wars. The maps are
too
big to fit on one screen, but for war or map buffs they are priceless.
Web master was nice enough to indicate file size next to the title
of the
maps.
Remember May 18th? This page has a lot of pictures before and after
the eruption as well as some information on the geology of volcanos.
The
info on the page is not very in-depth (like not at all, but the pictures
are enough to tell the story). Kinda cool to be able to study something
so close to home!