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Adventure Learning Foundation

Photographs and travel journals from Southern Africa, Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, Baja California, Alaska and Yukon. Interested teachers may register their class to track the travelers on their next trip. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: QuestConnect.org

African Voices

An online exhibit of historical and modern materials from Africa, as well as selections from contemporary interviews, literature, proverbs, prayers, folk tales, songs, and oral epics that reflect the diversity, dynamism, and global influence of Africa's peoples... (Learn more)

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Provided by: Smithsonian Institution

Afro-Americ@: Kids Zone

The Afro-Am News Kids Zone provides games, brain teasers, myths and fables and more for kids to learn about Africa. (Learn more)

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Provided by: African America News

America's Byways: National Scenic Byways Online

Online travelers and adventures planning a road trip can browse America's byways by state or look them up by name. Many of these featured scenic roads include historical information and photographic slideshows. (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: US Department of Transportation

American Factfinder

Enter an city, a county, or a state and find detailed demographic information about population, housing, education, business and more in that area of the United States. (Learn more)

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Provided by: U.S. Census Bureau

American Journeys

More than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration from rare books, original manuscripts, images, and classic travel narratives. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Wisconsin Historical Society

The American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition

An online collection of photographs, field notes, anthropological objects, and many other multi-media resources that document and provide context to James Chapin and Herbert Lang's Congo expedition. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: American Museum of Natural History

Ancient China

An in-depth look at ancient Chinese culture through Crafts and Artisans, Geography, Time, Tombs and Ancestors, and Writing. (Learn more)

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Provided by: British Museum

Ancient Egypt

An interactive website that explores a variety of aspects of ancient Egyptian life from the typical mummification and pyramids to the less often addressed timekeeping in an Egyptian temple and ancient workshops. (Learn more)

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Provided by: British Museum

Ancient World Mapping Center

Free, downloable maps of the ancient world including ancient sites in and around the Aegean Sea, ancient Greece, ancient Italy, ancient Egypt, and Constantinople, as well as maps depicting the campaigns of such historical figures as Augustus, Caesar, Pompey,... (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Animated Atlas: Growth of a Nation

Portrays large chapters of American history with animated maps and geographic features. Also find a free ten minute narrated movie about the political geographic history of the United States. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Peter Mayes Productions

Antarctica: Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole

A multimedia website that uses such resources as webcasts, interactive maps, and video clips to document the journey of a team of explorers throughout Antarctica. (Learn more)

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Provided by: The Exploratorium

Asia for Educators

Features classroom materials and teaching guides on Asia for use by educators and students in world history, culture, geography, art, and literature. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Columbia University

AsiaSource

Asia and its cultures, geography, political systems, arts, history, and business and economy. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Asia Society

AskAsia: A K-12 resource of the Asia Society

Provides students and teachers with learning and teaching resources about Asia including activities, images, timelines, and more. Topics incorporate features such as art, religion, and stereotypes in an effort to help students and teachers develop a mutual... (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: AskAsia

Association of American Geographers: Careers in Geography

Explains to students exploring college planning and career options what geography is and potential geographic fields, how to know if he or she really wants to be a geographer, and what it will take to get a good job. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Association of American Geographers

Atlapedia Online

Provides factual information as well as physical and political maps for countries around the world. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Latimer Clarke

The Atlas of Canada

Provides authoritative, current and accessible geographic information and maps at a national level. (Learn more)

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Atlas of the Biosphere

An online collection of environmentally related maps and schematics of various earth cycles. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

Ballard & the Black Sea: The Search for Noah's Flood

Follow a maritime explorer as he searches the bottom of the Black Sea to find evidence of the flood described in the biblical story of Noah and the Ark. Discover how other cultures, from Babylon to Native America, have stories about a great flood that are... (Learn more)

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Provided by: National Geographic