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"The 1507 World Map by Martin Waldseemüller is one of the world's most important maps. For the first time, this map labels America and shows the continent as a separate land mass. It is often referred to as America's Birth Certificate. Students will investigate this map by looking closely at the details of each section of the map and then draw conclusions on the revelation of this new and unusual world to the people of 1507."

Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. There are now nearly 700 maps. Maps 1-366 are also available as PDF posters

"Virginia Official State Transportation Map You can order this free map online, or view as a PDF by clicking on one of the boxes below. You can even print all 10 of the 8.5 by 11-inch pieces and connect them together to make your own map."

Categories:  Teacher Use, Student Use, Web-Based Learning, Simulations, Tutorials, Interactive Learning Brief Description:  interactive three dimensional models for learning about human anatomy. Body Maps has male and female models. The models have eight layer views, from skin to skeletal, that you can select.

"2008 Campaign Finance Maps. Campaign finance information is now available viaeasy to use maps of the USA for both Presidential and H

zone maps for plant hardiness, events, education, statistics

Categories:  Student Use, Exploration, Web-Based Learning Brief Description:  The TimeMap of World History is an all inclusive look at world history. It combines maps, timelines and chronological narratives that work together to enhance historical understanding. New content added daily.

maps and info of the spread of early printing

Campus Bird is a free site designed to help students locate a college that fits their needs and wants. The site offers all of the usual selection criterion like major, location, campus size that you find on most college search sites. The differentiating aspect of Campus Bird is that they have embedded a Google Maps view of all of the colleges in their index. Once you have selected your search criteria you can quickly view the location of each college and explore the surrounding area. In some cases you will be taken to a virtual tour of a college's campus. Campus Bird says that it is working on adding more virtual tours to their database.

free website enables interactive digital stories using video, audio, pictures, text, google earth maps, and other media. Some teachers are using it as a resource for flipped classrooms. The site calls their format "four-dimensional" stories.

Shakespeare's Life and Times introduces you to the world Shakespeare lived and worked in. This section of the Internet Shakespeare Editions is like a shelf of books, each of which is listed in the navigational bar beneath the page header. Each book, in turn, is divided into chapters dealing with related topics. *There is a detailed biography of his life (and we actually know quite a lot about him). *There is a book about the stage Shakespeare wrote for. *And one that explores the society of the time, showing how it differs from our own. *Further books discuss the history and politics of Elizabethan England, *And look at the way people of the time thought and argued about religion and the physical makeup of the universe. *You can learn about the kinds of plays and literature Shakespeare read, *See samples of paintings of the time, and listen to Renaissance music. *There is a book that shows how different parts of this rich library of resources help you understand the plays, *And there is an extensive reference volume that gives chronologies, maps, and bibliographies for further reading.

Categories:  Student use, Teacher Use, Interactive Learning, Web-Based Learning, Exploration Brief Description:  Our interactives provide rich multimedia content including interactive stories, maps, games, timelines, audio, and much more.   Educators can also find primary resource documents, as well as ideas and activies for classroom use