Geography Call Numbers
Use the Advanced Search in Library Catalog Search to limit your search to the Children's Literature collection. It is easy to do keyword searching from there. You can also visit the collection and search the shelves with these call numbers to browse books about geography.
G1021 - GA408 Atlases and Maps
Learn More About Geography
These resources will help you learn more about various aspects in geography. They are written in easily accessible language and will provide background knowledge on a variety of geographic concepts.
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National Geographic Society's Glossary Input glossary terms to learn more about geography vocabulary. |
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Atlapedia Full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world. |
Geography Classroom Resources
These resources include lesson plans and other materials that will help you teach geography. You may find the Social Studies page very helpful as well.
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National Geographic Teaching Resources The Activities sections are especially relevant. Opportunities for using narrative children's literature in the mapping storybooks activity (including storybook titles conducive to this type of activity). |
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Mapmaker Interactive Various ways to look at geospatial information and various other data points. |
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Map Analysis Worksheet A National Archives-created worksheet that could be used in any analysis of a map. |
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Google Maps Ideas for how to use Google Maps in the classroom. |
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Gapminder |