David Peal, Tutor and Coach
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Geography resources 

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  • Brilliant Maps (interesting maps!)
  • Continents games
    • Identify continents
    • Find the continents
    • Another continents quiz
    • yet another
  • ​If it were my home (comparing the size and characteristics of countries and states with one another)
  • George the Geographer (excellent color maps for school use)
  • Where do the Red, White, Yellow, and Black Seas get their name?
  • The True Size of... (interactive map to compare size of countries and learn about impact of map projection on perception of relation country size)
  • ASU GeoHistory
  • Persuasive Maps (Cornell collection)
  • Google Earth tutorials
  • Discovery Atlas (presents United Streaming video documentaries as you click individual countries on an interactive world map)
  • 40 maps that explain the world (Washington Post)
  • 40 maps that explain the Middle East (Vox)
  • 40 maps that will help you make sense of the world (geography with attitude!)
  • Ten maps that changed the world
  • Collections of history map sites 
  • Mega maps (outline maps that print on several sheets)
  • Interactive maps in Flash
  • National Geographic Education
  • Index Mundi (highly detailed country profiles)
  • Basic map skills (interactive)
  • Interactive sites for social studies
  • Macrohistory (world history maps)
  • What is the difference between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?
  • Arizona Geographic Alliance (includes collection of excellent maps, activities, and lessons)
  • Windows on the Universe: Earth
  • 40 maps that explain the Roman Empire
  • British collection of interactive world maps (fun set of diverse places, topics)
  • Map puzzles (Owl & Mouse)Megamaps
  • WorldMapper (fascinating collection of world maps showing distribution of wealth, income, population, and other variables among the nations of the world)
  • Europe every hundred years (showing big changes over time)
  • WorldMap (interactive; shows "layers" of information; easier to use than Google Earth)
  • Mapping History (includes maps showing changes over time)
  • Maproom.org (tremendous collection of old atlases in the public domain; good image quality)
  • Eduplace Outline maps
  • Old Maps Online
  • Perry-Castenada Library Map Collection; including many historical maps; PCL's directory of outline maps
  • Online Map Bank (Pearson)
  • Old Maps- James Ford Bell Library
  • Historical Atlas showing changes in many countries over long periods
  • Outline maps (Perry-Castaneda Library)
  • WorldAtlas.com
  • Charting North America
  • US History interactive map (self-guided quiz)
  • Atlas of European History
  • Historical Atlas (mostly Europe)
  • Shocking Geography (quiz yourself)
  • Maps showing historical changes in Europe (in German, with some English)
  • Historic cities (original images of early cities, available in high resolution)
  • David Rumsey Collection
  • Maps (Le Monde - current issues)
  • Map as history (sampling of excellent animated historical maps) (subscription service, unfortunately)
  • Never Lost: Navigation in Polynesia (interactive)
  • d-Maps

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  • About
  • Resources
    • Study skills
    • The news & media literacy
    • History resources
    • Geography resources
    • Podcasts on history and the news