K-12 Educational Resources

 Map Resources and Visual Images

 

 
 2002 Youth Literacy Map (Worldmapper)
 
 
Around the World in the 1890s: Photographs from the World's Transportation Commission, 1894-1896 nearly 900 images of modes of transportation in North Africa, Asia, Australia, and Oceania, from the Library of Congress National Digital Library Program.
 
The Gapminder  visualizes global statistics into eye-catching, dynamic, and easy to understand graphs
 
Global Education Project resources about Earth, the Middle East, and Ancient Egypt and fact-packed educational wall posters for purchase
 
MAPS ETC over 5,000 historic maps representing many different time periods

National Geographic MapMachine maps by region or theme, country and culture profiles, and photo galleries

Perry-Castanda Library Map Collection maps of world regions, historic and thematic maps, and featured maps on current issues of interest

Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Stackler Gallery online guides, resources, lesson plans, and exhibitions connected to the more than six thousand objects from these collections of American art, Ancient Egypt, the Islamic world, and Asian countries
 
UN Cartographic Section maps of regions, countries, political operations, and thematic topics 
 
UN Environment Programme GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics library maps and graphics available in a wide range of themes related to environment and sustainable development, searchable by regions and themes
 
Worldmapper offers interactive maps that are resized by topics such as religion, disease, and wealth
 
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