Teaching Maps

Print out your own free big maps for kids. Make large maps to learn geography, US states, "where in the world". Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and more. Draw on them, color and trace journeys. Free classroom maps.

The US50 is a extensive guide to history, outdoors, tourism, events and attractions for the fifty states.

Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.

What Does Your State do Best?

The coolest gif you'll see all day.

How Each Of The 50 US States Got Their Names

A challenging crossword puzzle to help students learn the names of the U.S. state capital cities. Fifty clues in all. Solution included.

To review the physical characteristics of the United States, my students make 3-D clay maps. Make sure to have them start out by gluing an outline of the United States to the piece of construction paper. Our geography unit falls around Halloween every year, so my students make Pumpkin Globes! Supplies: 2 rubber bands blue paint cut out of each continent green permanent marker red permanent marker paint brush Your students will... -Glue each continent where it belongs -Place on one rubber…

Some prime examples of map porn for all my fellow amateur cartographers to get lost in. Get it?

The coolest gif you'll see all day.

This extensive list of resources helps parents and teachers take their kids on a virtual trip around the world using country units.