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The Adventures of Amelia the Pigeon: An animated adventure story with multimedia components to engage the K-4 audience and illustrate Earth science concepts. There is also a text-only version of this children's book available on the site. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics

African Wildlife Foundation: Detailed information about Africa's wildlife, geographical regions, and the African Wildlife Foundation's conservation projects (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: AWF

Africans in America: Chronicles the history of racial slavery in the United States using historical documents and interactive maps to accompany in-depth articles (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: PBS

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); Format: website/general; Provided by: Peter Mayes Productions

The Atlas of Canada: Provides authoritative, current and accessible geographic information and maps at a national level. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by:

Civil War Maps: Contains approximately 2,240 Civil War maps and charts and 76 atlases and sketchbooks depicting battles, troop positions and movements, engagements, and fortifications. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Library of Congress

Craven County Digital History Exhibit: Primary sources from historic New Bern and Craven County, North Carolina, include documents, currency, and maps. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: New Bern - Craven County Public Library

Cultural Landscapes: Maps in this collection show the growth of the United States during the period of westward expansion. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Library of Congress

David Rumsey Collection: State of the art technology brings over 10,000 rare and unique maps online to this website featuring North and South Americas as well as other parts of the world. Includes atlases, globes, and more. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Cartography Associates

Digital Durham: Life and Labor in the New South: Primary sources explore emancipation, industrialization, immigration, and urbanization in the context of the New South. Includes maps, images, letters, journals, and business ledgers. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Duke University

Digital South Asia Library: Books, journals, primary sources and academic finding aids for the study of South Asia. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Center for Research Libraries

Enchanted Learning Geography: A colorful site replete with maps, geography quizzes, reading activities, and flags of the world. (Learn more); Format: website/activity; Provided by:

Library of Congress: Offers many of its collections in a digital format and continues to add materials to makes its resources available to the people of the United States. Collections include American historical primary resources, legislative information, educator materials, world... (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: Library of Congress

Map Collections: 1500-2004: This site contains rich cartographic image information that is not easily located. This site is a component of the American Memory collection: Places in the News. The focus of Map Collections is Americana and Cartographic Treasures of the Library of Congress.... (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: Library of Congress

Map Machine: This comprehensive and interactive online atlas presents the world, oceans and space in a fascinating educational tool, National Geographic style. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: National Geographic

Mapping Canada: This comprehensive online and interactive National Geographic atlas of Canada is a valuable tool for searching geographic and historical information about Canada. It also features world maps and information. This is a vast resource of information and images.... (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Canadian Geographic

Mapping History: This rich site contains color coded United States and World interactive maps. Graphs, historical text, interactive features, map keys, and timelines enhance the content. A European Cultural Image Library presents selected small and large images of urban, religion,... (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Univerity of Oregon

Mapping History: This interesting and unique site sponsored by the British Library contains a limited variety of intriguing select historical cartographic images that are divided into four categories devised to teach a particular historic event. (Learn more); Format: website/activity; Provided by: British Library

Mapping the National Parks: Americas National Parks are featured in this Library of Congress: American Memories Collection. The story of these parks are reflected through the maps; from the initial stage of discovery, then exploration, and finally accurate mapping. The site contains... (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Library of Congress

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