Students can design and create their own maps using resources from the Smithsonian Museums.

The NC map includes state boundaries, interstate highways, rivers, and the top ten most populous cities in the state. The map is available as a downloadable tiled PDF that can be printed, laminated, and assembled to engage students in group work to learn about their state's geography. The tiled map is a large map that prints out on several 8.5'' by 11'' sheets of paper for easy assembly and convenient printing. The map is also available as a "poster version" that can be printed on a large-format printer.

This interactive map of North America contains links to country maps which provide information such as, population, flag, language, capital, industry, and agriculture.

This interactive map of the North Pole contains links to country maps which provide information such as, population, flag, language, capital, industry, and agriculture.

Students brainstorm and display on a map a variety of ways they are connected to the ocean.

In this lesson, students will look at highway maps to draw conclusions about the growth of towns and cities in the state over time.

Did you know that gold was first discovered in the United States in North Carolina? In this short video, students can learn about what makes gold so special, this historic discovery, and how people searched for it in the past.

This interactive map of South America contains links to country maps which provide information such as, population, flag, language, capital, industry, and agriculture.

This booklet from the U.S. Department of Interior shows the varied map symbols that represent such features as streets, buildings, streams, and vegetation on a topographic map.

Students will find and explore a local place that is connected to trains, such as a train station, a train museum, or train tracks. This is connect with the Smithsonian Museums.

For this resource, students make their own USA by demonstrating their understanding of the locations of the major physical features of the United States.

This interactive resource allow students to identify the states and capitals of the United States.

This interactive will allow students to become familiar with the rivers and mountains of the United States. Students will drag and position the features to the correct location on the map.

Students will use Google Maps to first find your school, and then find and learn about the closest body of water to your school.

This lesson will address the physical and human characteristics of the local community. Students will build geographic vocabulary as well as use map skills.

In this lesson, students compare rural, suburban, and urban communities.

In this lesson, students explore why people have settled near water and the roles that water serves for communities. Students will examine maps to identify large population centers near lakes, rivers, and coastlines. They will then use art supplies to create 3D models which demonstrate how and why a community may depend on a nearby water supply.