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Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Our Nation

For Students 3rd - 8th
Cartoon Ben Franklin guides students through a simple geography lesson about the seven continents, North America, the fifty states, and Washington, D.C.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mapping the Glaciers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students will use Minnesota Geological Survey 3-D maps of the upper Midwest to trace the outlines of where they believe glaciers may have affected North America. They will identify landforms that resulted from glacial...
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Carver, Jonathan 1781, New Map of North America

For Students 9th - 10th
"The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented. The collection categories...
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Holt, Rinehart and Winston: World Atlas: United States

For Students 9th - 10th
Features a detailed map of the United States with some basic facts. Click on each state name to get even a more detailed map and information.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Physical Map of South America, 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1898 of South America showing the general physical features including mountain systems, prominent peaks and volcanoes, river and lake systems, plateaus, and coastal features. The map includes an insert of the Isthmus of...
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Etc: Maps Etc: British Possessions in North America, 1765

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing the British possessions in North America in 1765 after the French and Indian War, as defined by the Treaty of 1763, Proclamation of 1763, and the Royal Orders of 1764-1767. The map shows the British Colonies on the...
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Etc: Maps Etc: British Possessions in North America, 1775

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing the British possessions in North America in 1775, before the outbreak of hostilities during the American Revolutionary War. The map shows the boundaries of the British Colonies along the Atlantic, the Proclamation Line of...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Crown Grants to Trading Companies in North America, 1606

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of eastern North America showing the land grants of the Plymouth Company and London Company established by charter of King James I in 1606. The map shows the London Company grant, which included Jamestown (1607), extending from 34...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Orographic Chart of North America, 1891

For Students 9th - 10th
An orographic map from 1891 of North America showing the principal mountain systems, rivers, and terrain features of the region. The map is coded to show high lands and mountain regions, and shaded regions of plains, with dark lines...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: South America, 1921

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1921 of South America showing the political boundaries of the time, major cities, railroads, terrain, rivers, and coastal features, and includes an insert map of the Galapagos Islands. " South America, the fourth largest grand...
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North America

For Students Pre-K - 1st
North America
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Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: North America

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Labeled map of the major geographical features of North America.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Relief Map of South America, 1890

For Students 9th - 10th
A relief map from 1890 showing terrain features of South America. "South America is the fourth continent in size, and strikingly resembles North America in the arrangement of its relief-forms. It has, like the latter, a predominant...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: South America, 1885

For Students 9th - 10th
An orographic map of South America from 1885 showing the primary mountain systems and general elevations. The map is color-coded to show highlands in buff tint, lowlands in green, and the major mountain chains with heavy black lines. The...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Mexico and Western North America, 1845

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Mexico in 1845, prior to the ceding of the northern territories to the United States in 1846. The map shows the territories of Oregon, Texas, and Central America under Mexican control, and the frontiers of the Missouri and...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Terminal Moraine Region of North America, Second Glacial Epoch

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1882 of the drift bearing area in the northern United States and Canada, showing the generalized directions of glacial movement, the direction of glacial striae, and the locations of prominent terminal moraines.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Central America, 1916

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1916 of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies, showing physical features and political boundaries at the time. The map uses color-contouring to show land elevations from sea level to over 5000 feet. The map shows...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Central America, 1914

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1914 of Central America showing political boundaries at the time, capitals and major cities, railroads, steamship routes with distances between major ports given in nautical miles, submarine telegraph cables, mountain systems...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Central America and West Indies, 1870

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1870 of Central America and the West Indies, including the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and Lesser Antilles. The map shows the political boundaries and British possessions (shaded pink) at the time, capitals and major cities,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Central America, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1920 of Central America showing political boundaries at the time, capitals and major cities, railroads, submarine telegraph cables, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, coastal features, banks or reefs, and the islands of Jamaica...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Central America, 1922

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1922 of Central America showing political boundaries at the time, capitals and major cities, railroads, submarine telegraph cables, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, coastal features, banks or reefs, and the islands of Jamaica...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Central America, 1909

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1909 of Central America showing political boundaries at the time, capitals and major cities, railroads, submarine telegraph cables, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, coastal features, banks or reefs, and the islands of Jamaica...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Central America, 1912

For Students 9th - 10th
A black and white map from 1912 of Central America showing political boundaries at the time, capitals and major cities, railroads, submarine telegraph cables, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, coastal features, banks or reefs, and the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Central America, 1861

For Students 9th - 10th
A French map from 1861 of the Yucatan Peninsula and Central America showing the territories of native groups, the sites of ancient ruins, terrain, lakes, rivers, and coastal features of the region.

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