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Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: Historical Maps With a Modern Use

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How can we use historical maps to strengthen our mental maps of the modern world?
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Other

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
The collection of more than 150,000 maps focuses on rare 18th and 19th-century maps of North and South America, although it also has maps of the World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. The collection includes atlases, wall maps,...
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University of Texas at Austin

Ut Library Online: Historical Maps of Asia

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection from the University of Texas Library Online of historical maps contains a wide variety of maps from various parts of the continent and from different parts of history. Each map is accompanied by a brief description and is...
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University of Texas at Austin

Ut Library Online: Historical Maps of the United States

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive collection of Historical United States maps from the University of Texas Library Online cover early inhabitants, exploration and settlement, territorial growth, military history, and later historical maps. These maps are...
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University of Texas at Austin

Ut Library Online: Historical Maps of the Polar Regions

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection from the University of Texas Library Online of historical maps contains a variety of maps from various parts of the polar region and from different parts of history. Each map is accompanied by a brief description and is...
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Yale University

The Yale Map Collection: Online Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
Yale University provides us with one of the largest collection of maps in the United States. Here you can view historical online maps covering a variety of subjects.
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The University of Southern Mississippi: Maps Digital Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This Maps Digital collection contains a selection of historical maps that feature Mississippi in the 1800s.
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Curated OER

History Matters: Making Sense of Maps

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Very detailed site from History Matters containing an explanation of how to read maps and understand them. An excellent resource for teachers. The site covers how to begin, how to use a scale, how to create a flat map for a round world,...
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: History Sourcebook: France 1360 the Peace of Bretigny

For Students 9th - 10th
This Fordham University map shows France's boundaries in 1360, which lands were ceded to Edward, and the path of his march to Calais.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: History Sourcebook: France in the Late 15th Century

For Students 9th - 10th
France 1461 is divided into various duchies, provinces, and these are marked with the names of their rulers (i.e., the Duc d'Alencon).
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Curated OER

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...