New York Map Society Educators' Page
http://www.nymapsociety.org
November, 2009: This page is still “Under Contstruction” and will eventually provide more links to resources which may be useful to educators searching for information related to teaching cartography and related subjects. If you know of a site that should be considered for inclusion here, please send an e-mail to to let us know about it.—JW.
Early Maps
Tony Campbell, Map Librarian (retired), British Library maintains a page with links to web-based educational materials relating to the history of maps.
Web Resources by Geographical Area
Galápagos Islands
A bibliographical list of maps and charts of the Galápagos Islands, with links to many of the listed items.
Patagonia & Tierra del Fuego
Similar to the Galápagos Islands site listed above, but still under construction, so the selection is quite limited. More to follow, as time and resources permit.
The Silk Road
At New York City's American Museum of Natural History, the “Trade and Travel Along the Silk Road” exhibit offers students an opportunity to locate and describe the geographic features of the four cities represented in the exhibition. See the Silk Road page for more details.
Map Libraries
Boston Public Library: Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Teacher Resources
The Map Center's resources may be searched for topics, ideas and skills appropriate for Elementary, Middle and High School levels.
New York Public Library: Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
The Map Division holds more than 400,000 maps and 16,000 atlases and books about cartography, dating from the 16th century to the present. Six computer mapping workstations are located in the newly renovated Map Division for public use.
Washington, DC—Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
The Library holds the world's largest cartographic collection, with over 5.5 million maps, 80,000 atlases and countless other cartographic resources. The following indexes display the resources sorted by:
Other Resources
See our Links Page for a listing of various other web sites which may be of interest to educators.