Graphic
Google

Google Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the entire world or your local area through Google's maps, Street View photos, satellite images, and in a 360-degree panorama. Take a virtual field trip to an Arctic town or a Pacific island, a famous landmark, a bird sanctuary,...
Activity
Can Teach

Can Teach: Creating an Edible Map

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This imaginative lesson uses food products to demonstrate the physical characteristics of maps.
Website
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Book Review of Espada's, " Imagine the Angels of Bread"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides biographical information, as well as a review of Martin Espada and his work.
Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Monarch Butterfly

For Students Pre-K - 1st
All things related to the beautiful monarch butterfly are found here! Tons of links to everything you might imagine. Photos, video clips, plus teacher resources are also included.
Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Adventure Island [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson, students will study examples of treasure maps and make a list of features and symbols. They will use their imaginations to create their own treasure maps and compose narratives to describe them.
Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Comparative Projections of Asia, 1800 1899

For Students 9th - 10th
A map using comparative map projections of Asia, as part of a hemisphere and on a Mercator's projection, to illustrate European misconceptions of land claims during territorial colonialism. In the 19th century, European powers were...
Website
Brigham Young University

World War I Document Archive: The War With Germany, a Statistical Summary

For Students 9th - 10th
This lengthy document, written at the end of World War I, is filled with statistics pertaining to every facet imaginable of the United States' participation in World War I. The chapters look at the men who served, the munitions, battles,...
Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: A Vision of Puerto Rico

For Students 9th - 10th
A virtual look at a wide-ranging mix of art and artifacts that visually represent Puerto Rico's culture and history. With thematic overviews of everyday life on the island, music, families, and religion along with many useful educational...
Primary
Other

Van Gogh Museum: Vincent Van Gogh: The Letters

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this exhibit of over nine hundred letters to and from Van Gogh. The archive is searchable by period, correspondent, and place. Additional navigation takes you directly to letters with sketches, which deftly demonstrate Van Gogh's...