
Below you will find web links, extra printables, and other resources to use along with the Mapping Our World units in the Layers of Learning curriculum.
Mapping Our World is sold as a single volume and as individual units, which are like chapters within the Mapping Our World book. Here’s a link to a free printable cover to accompany all of your Mapping Our World PDF units.
Western Europe
- Western Europe YouTube Playlist
- A good article for high schoolers on the complications of forming a new country
- The four steps to becoming a country
- Running a country is hard. Try it with this online game.
- Explore this website about the United Kingdom for kids
- Learn about Ireland with National Geographic Kids
- Spain with National Geographic Kids
- France Facts for Kids
- Learn about the Netherlands for kids
- Memorize the countries of Europe with this game
- Another set of games for quizzing on the countries of Europe
Near East
- Near East YouTube Playlist
- Latitude and longitude practice game
- PBS site about global grids
- Online global coordinate game for kids
- A-Z Kids Stuff Saudi Arabia
- Iraq Quizlet
- Israel Jeopardy
- Fairy Tales from Turkey
- Iran Mini-Book
- The Middle East Fact or Fiction
Southeast Asia
Pacific Islands
- Visit Metrocosm to read a discussion of map projections with maps that show the differences.
- Here is a site that explains the problem with the Mercator projection and then lets you play with maps to compare the Mercator with the reality.
- Play with map projections of a human head. How does the shape and size of the features change as you change map projections?
Eastern Europe
Northern South America
Mainland North America
West Africa
Central Asia
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