View a global map from NASA's Earth Observatory that shows land surface temperature from February 2000 to November 2008. Learn how land surface temperature is measured and monitored.

Lesson for K-12 using historical map teaches students about the relationship between perspectives of the world and map projections.

Keep up to date with the everchanging Middle East Region. The Middle East has been a tangled web of alliances since WWI. These maps attempt to make sense out of the this often confusing area. The 7 maps show the relationships among...

Learning to use and create maps builds students' spatial thinking skills as well as language skills in the early years. For this lesson, students practice using the language of location and then apply that language when creating a map of...

A collection of primary source materials linked to a map that explore the history of China from 1200 B.C. to 1931. This is a world map with links on other continents as well, so zoom into China and click on a numbered circle. A popup...

This site provides geothermal maps of Colorado with the intent being to identify possible sources of geothermal energy. It explains how the temperature measurements were taken and the reasons the results must be considered to be...

A collection of primary source materials linked to a map that explore a wide scope of events in the history of the world. Click on any numbered circle and a popup appears showing one or more thumbnails and where the material is located....

A collection of primary source materials linked to a map that showcase illuminated manuscripts from 764 to 1889 that are in European museums and libraries. Click on a numbered circle and a popup appears showing one or more thumbnails and...

A collection of primary source materials linked to a map that showcase the state of the Russian Empire in the 1800s. Click on any numbered circle and a popup appears showing one or more thumbnails of cards that highlight the unique...

K-12 lessons using historical maps from Newberry Library presents an Indian map of the Southeast, ca. 1721. Students use maps to understand how spatial relationships are represented. Links to supplemental resources and reference material.

This site is from the American Treasures of the Library of Congress, this site contains information and a link to a "Moby-Dick" literary map titled "The Voyage of the Pequod." The map link provides a full-color image of this historic...

A historic map of the Atlantic coast of America created by cartographer Joan Vinckeboons around 1639 for the Dutch West India Company. A feature on the page allows the visitor to listen to and read the accompanying descriptive text in...

This site provides a comprehensive timeline of the 2011 riots which occurred in London as well as an interactive map showing where most of the looting and rioting took place. Links to related articles and videos are featured.

Lesson for K-12 using historical maps examine the geographic, political, and economic factors that influenced the growth of railroads.

Young scholars K-12 explore a map of the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, to get a sense of how Americans entertained themselve prior to the automobile.

Lesson that teaches students how to find important and significant information while reading text. After locating information through strategies, students learn how to summarize content-area text. A downloadable fishbone template is linked.

A detailed, thorough account of commercial map making during the Civil War. Site contains a propaganda map for the Anaconda Plan, encircling the South.

A few maps and some good text on the topography and its importance during both the American Revolution and the French and Indian War.

This history of the American railroad from the Library of Congress also provides an understanding of how maps and mapmaking were so closely related to the growth of our railway system.

Excellent resource consists of a collection of maps, graphs and informational text on the demogrpahy of the U.S. explaining how America is a nation of immigrants.

This interactive map and video from A Biography of America will help compare how key issues in the elections of 1896 and 1900 influenced geographical patterns in both presidential and congressional election results. Although the...

Set of six maps of North and South Vietnam.

Did the settlers know where they were going when they headed west? This site gives an explanation of maps that were used during the westward movement.

Find out about plans for a transcontinental railroad and surveys which plotted out possible routes. Part of a larger site on the history of railroads and maps.