Other
Online Expeditions: African Adventure
Use this site to explore several regions of Africa, without having to leave the classroom.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Africa Teacher Tools: Lesson Plans
Explore this comprehensive site featuring links to lesson plans for Africa. These teacher tools range in content and grade level. Use this site to discover more about the culture and history of Africa.
Quia
Quia: World Capitals Matching
Use this website to practice matching world capitals and the corresponding country.
Quia
Quia: World Capitals Concentration
Use this website to practice matching world capitals and the corresponding country in a concentration game type format.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Our Great Big Beautiful Planet
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flip chart teaches the continents and oceans.
Other
Banknotes.com: World Currency Gallery
Images of bank notes from many countries are available here. Choose a continent, then a country, and display pictures of that country's money.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: World Regions
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed to quiz students about their general understanding of regions around the world and includes countries that are in many of these regions. Use as a pre-test or review with...
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US Department of State
U.s. Department of State: Youth Passport Activity Book [Pdf]
Students will virtually travel the world and complete a passport. Activities include researching flags of countries, stamps, coloring, and completing a puzzle. At the end of the lesson, students will have their very own simulated passport!
Other
Mama Lisa's World: Songs & Rhymes of All Nations
This resource was organized by a mother who wanted to give people a sense of the nursery rhymes and songs from around the world. Find rhymes and songs from every continent, in many languages--you can even listen to some online.
Other
Mama Lisa's World: Songs & Rhymes of All Nations
This resource was organized by a mother who wanted to give people a sense of the nursery rhymes and songs from around the world. Find rhymes and songs from every continent, in many languages; you can even listen to some online.
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Countries, Districts, and Provinces of Africa, 1914
A map of the African continent in 1914 showing the European possessions at the time.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Continental Regions
[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart showing the different regions of the world: hot deserts, tundra, equatorial rainforest, Mediterranean, and also Irish landscapes. Some activities are included to present the vocabulary...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: World Atlas: The World
Provides continent, country, and ocean floor maps from all over the world. Click on a continent's name to access the detailed maps which also include statistical facts on each available country.
Other
Reach the World: Geogames Build Planet Earth
Practice your mapping skills with Build Planet Earth! This animated 3D globe challenges players to locate the Poles, continents, countries, and cities. Colorful graphics and sound effects as well as a teacher's lesson plan are included.
Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum: Dino Directory
An excellent database of over three hundred dinosaurs from around the world. They are organized by country, continent, time period, and by alphabetical order, and each dinosaur has pictures and facts about it.
United Nations
United Nations: Cartographic Section: The World Today [Pdf]
Here is an up-to-date political map of the world today. Very detailed with a good key.
Columbia University
Columbia University: Asia for Educators: East Asia in Geographic Perspective
This teacher resource is devoted to teaching about the geographic history of East Asia. Includes standards information and links to related lesson plans. Also features a downloadable world map (PDF, requires Adobe Reader).
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: World Flags
Enchanted Learning features this website devoted to the study of the world's flags. There are fact sheets, illustrations, current and historical flags, and related links.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Political Borders
Lesson in which students explore the concept of borders and regions by examining culture and physical location and determine how and where borders should be placed. Lesson contains two activities with maps.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Conflict on the Danube
Lesson in which students use maps and text to explore physical and cultural boundaries and the disputes over control of them. Includes two activities with comprehensive and adaptable materials.
National Geographic
National Geographic: More Physical Geography and Borders
Lesson on the physical features that create borders and boundaries. Small group and whole class activities, background information, worksheets and assessment.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Languages and Religions of the United Kingdom and Ireland
Lesson in which middle schoolers explore how language and religion have affected borders in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
National Geographic
National Geographic: More Human Geography and Borders
Lesson explores the ways in which human and cultural factors such as language and religion affect borders. Whole class and small group adaptable and interactive activities.
National Geographic
National Geographic: European Borders Through History
Lesson in which learners use maps to explore how European political borders have changed over time. Maps after WWI, WWII and European Union provided for comparison.