National Geographic
National Geographic: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Lesson reviews what learners have learned in the unit on European cultural and physical landscape. Students compare maps, questions and ideas from the beginning of the unit and identify new questions for research.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Government & Politics: Comparative Citizens, Society, State
AP Government and Politics learning module explores political patterns and how they are influenced by the interactions between state and society. Comprehensive, multi-media resources.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Human Geography: Language and Religion
AP Human Geography course unit on Language and Religion compares world language, religion and looks at conflict within. Comprehensive resources, multi-media sources and interactive material.
University of Texas at Austin
Francais Interactif Me Voici
Discussing families, pastimes, nationalities - telling time all presented with extensive vocabulary lists and utilized in context through audio, video and interview clips - excellent for listening comprehension and cultural exposure. Has...
The History Cat
The History Cat: Containing Communism
Describes how the Soviets under Stalin managed to infiltrate Eastern European countries and establish Communist governments, dividing the continent into East and West with a symbolic Iron Curtain separating the two. America scrambled to...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Go West: Imagining the Oregon Trail
A 2,000-mile trek across a continent-with no idea what awaits you on the other side. Tell your students to put on their traveling shoes and prepare for the journey of their lives! In this lesson, students compare imagined travel...
Other
Mooney's Flag Report
Great site for doing research on flags. You can search by continent or by country. Site provides historical information and pictures of the flags themselves.
Other
The Map as History: Europe's Colonial Expanision 1820 1939
European countries began exploring and seeking to dominate the rest of the world during the 15th and 16th centuries, thanks to their ability to control sea routes and to the discovery of the American continent. In the 19th century,...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Ring of Fire
Students identify plate boundaries as well as continents, countries, and bodies of water to become familiar with an area known as the "Ring of Fire."
Quia
Quia: World Capitals Word Search
Practice matching world capitals and the corresponding country in a word-search format.
University of Texas at Austin
Ut Library Online: Historical Map Collection
This extensive collection from the University of Texas Library Online of detailed maps of many regions of the Earth.
Other
Clari Net: Local Times Around the World
Click on a continent, and then a country to find out the current time. Includes date, time, latitude and longitude, local time zone, and whether or not the country is on standard time or daylight saving time.
Other
Escolar: Mapas De Continentes, Mapas Politicos Y Mapas De Paises
Check out this sizable selection of different maps of continents, countries, and states. Each page will give you additional information about the particular country or state.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: World Atlas
This site provides geographic maps of the world by continent, ocean, and country.
Other
Onlinenewspapers.com
Choose to view the newspapers from dozens of different cities world wide from this site. Choose by continent, country, then city. Most in the native language, but some indicated as English.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Maps and Globes
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews map and globe features. The seven continents, four oceans, and city-county-state-country relationships are also explained. Student assessment on directions is included.
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: World Capitals
Here is an interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is World Capitals.
Other
Space Hopper: Where Is This?
Study the place shown in the photograph. Where is it on the big map? Try interacting with the image or slideshow to look for more information about the location. Find the location on the map and click the red dot to make your choice,...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: World Geography
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed to quiz students about their general knowledge of World Geography. Use as a review or pre-test prior to instruction or just for fun.
World Geography Games
World Geography Games: Regions
Identify the world's major regions through this interactive quiz. Regions include the Great Plains, Southeast Asia and Micronesia
Science Struck
Science Struck: The Meaning of a Vernacular Region Explained
Gives the definition of a vernacular region, one of the three main types of geographical regions, along with examples.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pre Colonial Africa, 1872
A map of Africa showing the continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Drawing North America, 1872
A map exercise from 1872 for drawing North America. The map shows the general outline of the coasts, major waters and rivers, and a vertical profile cross-section of the continent from the San Francisco Bay area to Cape Hatteras....