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Teaching with Maps

Maps and social studies go hand in hand, so we’ve put together a lesson plan and our best (and printable!) mapping resources here. Try the lesson plan and share the maps with students. These resources will elevate your world history lessons—no origami required.
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OER PROJECT MAPS

Maps are more than just places on a page, and these political and thematic maps will help develop historical thinking skills like contextualization, CCOT, and causation. Use them to give students an understanding of the time and place of historic events.

Blank world maps
Orient students to our world with versatile blank maps.
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Political maps
Political maps help students identify communities.
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Thematic maps
Maps to support, extend, and challenge historical narratives.
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OUR RESOURCES FOR TEACHING WITH MAPS

Feeling lost at sea? Navigate to the resources below and sail into a map-infested curriculum.
Maps Community Discussion
WEBPAGE External link
Maps Blog
WEBPAGE External link
Map Index
PDF / 3 MB External link
Mapping Regional Trade Networks
PDF / 551 KB External link
Climate Data Exploration
PDF / 5 MB External link

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