You Have Maps101 - Now Learn What You Get

With a name like “Maps101” you KNOW we have maps for you. We have THOUSANDS of maps for you. Many are exclusive to Maps101, made by our highly educated team of cartographers. These include physical maps, political maps, thematic maps, outline maps, and an exclusive Reference Atlas with CIA Factbook statistics. We even have maps specifically designed for K-3. We also have a large archive of maps from National Geographic.

Maps101 is far more than maps, however. We have exclusive interactive lessons called Lesson Maps, that provide all of the lesson content your student needs in order to understand the topic, with images, context, and engaging, multidisciplinary insight. Lesson Maps even include a full Teacher-Wraparound Edition resource to help you teach the lesson topic. Suggested activities are leveled for all learners, including ELL, and they include direct instruction. SEL activities are included throughout, and critical-thinking skills are the backbone of the activities. With Maps101, you can explain the world to your students!

Also included in a subscription with Maps101 is the Geography News Network—a weekly news article and map that focus on current issues or timeless topics that engage students in all subject areas. Each article includes critical-thinking questions at the end, to initiate classroom discussion. GNN also includes a junior version for younger learners that appears monthly basis. It includes more margin space in the PDF version for note-taking and is at the reading level of, and on topics of interest for, upper elementary students. 

GeoInquiries and GeoQuests provide students with interactive lessons that are connected to layered maps. They help students expand their understanding of the role mapping plays in all curricula. Topics include science, English language arts, and mathematics, in addition to social studies. There are also state-specific lessons that focus on geographic, economic, and social data for each state.

Maps101 contains numerous curated collections on important topics, including Women’s History month, Black History month, and climate change. In the climate change collection, we focus our attention on Earth and the challenges our planet faces due to changes in the climate. With severe drought, massive fires, record high temperatures, and flooding happening all over the world, it is clear that climate change is a topic students will need to focus on and understand today, and for their future.