Geography and Map Resources

Working With Maps (Map skills activities for grades K-12 from the U.S. Geological Survey)
http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/students/index.htm

National Geographic Xpeditions (Maps, lesson plans, and geography activities from National Geographic)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/

Marco Polo (web site on travels of Marco Polo)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/ 10/marcopolo.html

Blue Ribbon Geography Links (from National Geographic)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/links.html

Lesson Index (from National Geographic – lessons on a variety of topics, sorted by national geography standard and grade level)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/matrix.html

Matching World Flag Quiz (Match flag with country names – use the "refresh" button to bring up a new quiz)
http://quizhub.com/quiz/f-flags.cfm

Short descriptions about 190 nations, with links to national flags (from the World Almanac for Kids Online web site)
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/nations.html

Historical World Maps (Links to historical world maps from various time periods)
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html

U.S. Territorial and Cultural Maps, American Historical Atlas, and American Map Collections (Historic maps and related narrative, state maps, and map collections, compiled by the American Studies Department of the University of Virginia)
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MAP/map_hp.html