Geography

MapQuest

Are your students reading books about unfamiliar towns and cities. Use MapQuest to see a map of the area they are studying and orient them within the story.

How far is it?

Want your students to find the distance between two points on the earth? This Web site can help.

Mesoamerican Ballgame

Explore the history of the ancient Mesoamerican Ballgame at this beautiful, highly interactive site. There is also a set of fun classroom activities..

Salmon: Spirit of Land and Sea

Join an expedition to the coastal waters of Alaska and British Columbia and learn why salmon is vitally important to the ecosystem there. This site is rich with multimedia elements.

Indian Land Tenure Foundation

The Indian land tenure curriculum has been designed to help teachers educate their students about one of our most important resources: land. Indian ownership and stewardship of land is fundamental to Indian culture, tribal sovereignty, community well-being and economic strength.

This curriculum was designed specifically with Native American tribal issues and values in mind, but the context illustrates the important relationship between land and people in general, not just Native Americans. Whether teachers are on an Indian reservation or in an urban school with students from many ethnic backgrounds, they will find lessons that will be valuable to students of a variety of heritages.