Readers send me links to the very coolest mapping sites. I've collected a batch. Most are educational (admit it, since high school, your skills in geography have dropped lower than the lower 48); others are hooked into Google in a variety of ways.
I found the Third Grade Geography Test on the Internet almost five years ago. It's been amazingly popular. Since I popped it on my site, there have been over 600,000 hits. Don't let the third grade thing fool you. It's tough even for grownups. You get a short amount of time to drag and drop the name of a state on its location.
Get a handle on the States with the
Third Grade Geography Test
You may be interested in the States Web Game, a more sophisticated mapping program, appropriate for mid- and high-level classes. It's like a jigsaw puzzle -- you get a blank map of the United States and as the program offers you states, you have to stick them in the right spot. I did pretty well with Florida, Texas, and California, but those tiny eastern states are a killer.
I haven't forgotten about those of you in Europe. Try out the European Countries map -- a tough one, for me, at least.
The Animated Atlas Growth of a Nation is a great learning tool showing the history of the United State's development from 1790 through 2000.
You can find even more mapping programs, with lots of levels, at Sheppard Software.
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