Exploring Maps101

Dear Educator,

Your school or district has provided you with a subscription to Maps101. If you haven’t used it before or if you are accustomed to your favorites, it’s time to explore more of what Maps101 offers. Of course, we have hundreds of maps—thematic maps, interactive maps, atlases, outline maps, and more. But Maps101 includes a rich variety of content for your classroom. Let’s take a look at some of the goodies available to you with your subscription.

During the calendar year, Texas recognizes events, people, and holidays of which students should be aware. Our exclusive collection of content for Texas Recognition Days is designed to help those of you in Texas celebrate these events with your students. 

Our printable PDF worksheets for the elementary classroom keep you from having to search for them online or make them yourself. Students can practice basic math skills, time, basics in government and geography, phonics, and more, with our collection of worksheets.

Those of you in California have access to a rich atlas, filled with data for numerous classrooms. Find average daily temperatures, regions in the state, native lands, history maps, missions and presidios, resources and industry maps, transportation, and much more, in this special atlas for California.

Like the California Atlas, we also have a special atlas for the state of Texas, with all the data you need to teach Texas history, geography, Earth Science, and more. There are over 25 maps in the Texas Atlas collection. 

Finally, we don’t want to forget to include Geography News Network (GNN). Every week, our editorial staff writes an article accompanied by a map made by one of our cartographers to discuss current events, to delve into the lives of important people, to explore new scientific discoveries, and more. Each article includes critical-thinking questions to stimulate classroom discussion. Every article also includes vetted additional websites to extend the content. Articles are levelled for students, not adult readers, and are intended for grades 6-12. We have a special series of GNN Junior articles meant for grades 3-6 that is released about once a month. For the month of February, we are focusing on Black History Month. If students are unfamiliar with who Henrietta Lacks was, have them read the latest GNN to find out why she is important to know.