Social Studies/Geography - Maps

All the World's Maps
http://www.embassyworld.com/maps/maps.html
This is the site to go to if you need a map of any country. There are many maps to choose from for each country. You can also access maps of cities within each country.

Canadian Atlas Online
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlasmapping/
This interactive map of Canada provides measuring, zooming, and panning tools, along with location and feature data, for learning and demonstrating mapping skills.

Finding Our Place in the World
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/maps/about.asp
This Field Museum's site called Maps: Finding Our Place In The World has great online activities that are too numerous to mention. Be sure to explore all the links on the "sidebar."

Get Lost!
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/earth/lostshock.html
Students practice compass skills on Nova’s educational game Get Lost: Compass Game. Your first trip to Mount Everest. Which way should you go? Use your compass to find your way. A compass always points North, so for each problem, begin by rotating your compass until the red arrow is lined up with the red N.

Go on a Family Adventure
http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/toolsforadventure/games/family.html
Students use different types of maps and clues to get to their secret destination as quickly as possible on the educational game Go on a Family Adventure. There are 6 different land and sea adventures to take.  Practice map skills including using compass directions, grid locations, legends, street, and subway maps. There are easy and hard difficulty levels.

Kid Info Reference Resources: The World
http://www.kidinfo.com/Geography/The_World.html
Young people interested in learning more about the world will want to bookmark this site. The links here include categories such as Countries of the World, Currencies of the World, Costumes, Famous Landmarks, Flags, World Holidays and Festivals, Maps, and Trivia.

Map Collections: 1500 to 2004
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
The Library of Congress has a great collection of maps. With maps dating as far back as the 1500's and as recent as 2004 there's a lot this site has to offer. Topics include Cities and Towns, Conservation and Environment, Discovery and Exploration, General Maps, Cultural Landscapes, and Military Battles and Campaigns. When you view maps if you click them to make them larger, you will also be able to use the Zoom feature. So you can zoom in and out for more or less detail.

Map Guessing Game
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/usaquiz.html
Test your geography skills with this map quiz. Choose from eleven different maps. (Takes a long time to load.)

Map Zone
http://www.map-zone.net/
This is an online collection of maps from around the world. Click on a continent or region, and then click on a country. Below the map of each country is a list of pertinent geographic facts.

National Geographic Maps and Geography
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/index.html

National Geographic Maps: Tools for Adventure
http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/toolsforadventure/index.html
This site contains online map games, lesson plans, and map activities for K-12. The lessons and activities are aligned with national standards and the site was created by National Geographic and the Children's Museum of Indianapolis.

SHOW®USA
http://show.mappingworlds.com/
From Spanish speakers to bales of cotton produced to number of UFO sightings, SHOW®USA displays each state's numbers in animated, easy-to-understand maps that resize the state to the data rather than geographical area. The results are cartograms that bring the numbers to life - and reveal a few surprises. Users can browse the maps, visit the data source's website, download data or a map image for use in a slideshow, report, homework, link to a map, and more. Try the international version as well.

USA Map Games
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm
Students can learn the states and their capitals with fun online games. There are also links to many other educational activities on this page.

World Conflict Map
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/peace/conflictmap/
The Nobel Peace Prize organization has provided an interactive map that shows conflict areas in the world from 1900 to 2001. A description pops up when a specified conflict area and time frame are chosen. This activity map will be very intriguing to students and will definitely prompt their study of conflict and conflict resolution.

Zoom Into Maps
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/maps/index.html
Many state standards include activities such as reading, analyzing and creating maps. This map-centric site can help. It leads students through basic map reading skills, using historic maps whose subjects include: migration, settlement, travel, transportation, and military campaigns. Some are pictorial maps. There is also a section, called Unusual Maps, offering ways to use such maps in the classroom. This engagingly interactive site also includes a graphic organizer.