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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Bosnia and Herzegovina

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of Bosnia and Herzegovina, including its geography, natural resources, history, government, economy, and much more. Maps and images are also included, along with sources used to create the entry.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Bulgaria

For Students 9th - 10th
The Encyclopedia of Earth provides an overview of Bulgaria, including its geography, natural resources, history, government, economy, and much more. Maps and images are also included, along with sources used to create the entry.
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Website
BBC

Bbc News: Inside Europe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the current events of the European Union. The items included are news stories, photos, country profiles, maps, and much more on this thorough site.
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Lesson Plan
National Geographic

National Geographic: Looking Back, Looking Forward

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Lesson reviews what learners have learned in the unit on European cultural and physical landscape. Students compare maps, questions and ideas from the beginning of the unit and identify new questions for research.
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Africa Before the Berlin Conference, 1884

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an interesting map of Africa showing the continent before the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Physical and Political Map of Africa, 1879

For Students 9th - 10th
Map of pre-colonial Africa, showing the predominately native countries and territories of the African continent in 1879. The counties include the Barbary States of Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, Tripoli and Fezzan, the Egyptian territories of...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Colonial Africa, 1904

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa shortly after the Berlin Conference of 1885, which established the European colonial territory claims on the continent. These European and independent boundaries include Algeria and the Saharan Sphere of French Influence,...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Africa Before the Berlin Conference, 1882

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa as it was known in 1882 before the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Egypt, Abyssinia, Et Cetera, 1904

For Students 9th - 10th
"Egypt is another of those countries whose prehistoric ages are wrapped in mystery as impenetrable as the sources of her Nile, whose exact location ling baffled the most enterprising of explorers. Great interest attaches to the country's...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Africa, 1906

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the African continent in 1906 showing European land claims such as British East Africa, German East Africa, Portuguese East Africa, Italian Somalia, and others, and European colonies and corporate states such as Cape Colony,...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Sketch Map of Mid Century Africa, Circa 1850

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa around the middle of the nineteenth century showing European interests on the continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, which established their territorial claims. The majority of the continent was unexplored at...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Europe at the Beginning of the Modern Era, 1792

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Europe in 1792 during the French Revolution and the beginning of the Modern Era. This map is color-coded to distinguish between various countries throughout the continent, including Great Britain, France, United Netherlands,...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Ethnolinguistic Groups of China, 1971

For Students 9th - 10th
" Ethnolinguistic Groups - Almost all inhabitants of mainland China are of Mongoloid stock, and ethnic distinctions in the country are largely linguistic rather than racial. The Han comprise nearly 95 percent of the population; the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pre Colonial Africa, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa showing the continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Political and Physical Africa, 1901

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1901 of the political and physical features of Africa. The map uses color-contouring to show highlands above 2000 feet in buff tints, lowlands in greens, and the submerged part of the continental plateau in light blue. The map...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pre Colonial Africa, 1885

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the African continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of the...
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Etc: Maps Etc: The Great Powers and Imperialism in China, 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of China from 1919 showing the territorial possessions claimed in the country under European and Japanese imperialism after the Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895) between Japan and China, and the Conference of Paris, or Paris Peace...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Colonial Africa, 1912

For Students 9th - 10th
Map of Africa showing European colonies and independent countries. Also shows waterways, railroads, and cities. Includes an insert map of Cape Verde Islands.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The Story of Africa, 1912

For Students 9th - 10th
A stylized relief map of Africa, showing the Sahara, major rivers and lakes, mountains, "wild country," and other features. The Sahara is labeled as "The Great Desert that No Man Could Cross." with pyramids and temples drawn along the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Claims in North America, 1760

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of North America in 1760 showing the territorial claims at the time. The map is color-coded to show the claims of the French, English, and the Spanish. The Oregon Country is also shown, however this was a region unexplored by the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Russia, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1920 of western Russia showing the political divisions within the country at the time. The map is color-coded to show the boundaries of European Russia, including the territories of Finland, the Baltic Provinces, Poland, White...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Africa, 1897

For Students 9th - 10th
Map of Africa in 1897 showing European colonial possessions and spheres of influence, and the independent territories at the time. The map is color-coded to show the areas controlled by the British, French, German, Turkish, Italian,...
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Maps Etc: The Colonization of Africa, 1870 1910

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing the European colonization of the African continent before and after the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Old Claims in the Present Territory of the United States, 1763

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the present day territory of the United States, showing the European claims to the land before 1763 and the end of the French and Indian Wars. The map shows the claims of the British, French, and Spanish, and shows the...