Category Archives: Geography Printables
Balkan Peninsula Map
The Balkans are a geographic area of southeast Europe lying between Italy and Turkey. The area is named for the Balkan mountain range in Bulgaria and Serbia. The entire region is very hilly and mountainous and is a peninsula, surrounded … Continue reading
Germany
Color a map of Germany. Trace the rivers, label the cities, write in the seas, and don’t forget the Black Forest and the Bavarian Alps. The Saar River of Germany Also remember to find Germany on a world map or … Continue reading
South Carolina State Study
Print out this map of South Carolina and using a student atlas label the major cities and natural features of the state. While you’re kids are working tell them something of the history of South Carolina. South Carolina was inhabited … Continue reading
Florida State Study
Florida was the last settled of the eastern states. Its settlement and pioneer period was actually contemporary with the states of the west. The peninsula was controlled by the Spanish, though the French and the British both tried to control … Continue reading
Georgia State Study
Georgia has been home to many people, the Mississippian culture mound builders being the most advanced and prolific pre-Columbian people we know of. They were succeeded by the Cherokee, Creek, and Yamasee peoples who were descended in part at least form the Mississippian culture. The first European settlements in the area were short … Continue reading
Alabama State Study
Also known as the Heart of Dixie, the name Alabama, comes from the name of the Alabama tribe, which people are written of from the earliest Spanish explorations of Hernando de Soto on down to the French colonizers of the territory. The French founded the … Continue reading
David Thompson: Cartographer
David Thompson was a Canadian explorer, surveyor, and map maker of the early 1800′s. He is known as the greatest land geographer who ever lived. The natives of the North American continent knew him as Koo-Koo-Sint, “Star-Gazer”. Born in England in 1770, he was poor and … Continue reading
Tennessee State Study
Tennessee was inhabited early by the Muscogee and Yuchi people. For unknown reasons many of these people moved or died out soon after their first contact with Europeans. They were replaced by the Cherokee who expanded into Tennessee from the … Continue reading
Where I Live In The Solar System
Young kids can have a hard time understanding multiple layers of location. Make a nesting book to show where you live. The book will have six pages and a cover. Each page will be progressively larger than the last so that the … Continue reading
Travel Brochure
Travel brochures are a great way for kids to record information about neat places around the world. With the internet it’s really easy to find travel information, but it’s still more fun to go find a travel agency. They have … Continue reading
Kentucky State Study
Kentucky, unlike most of the rest of the North American continent was uninhabited by any tribes when white settlers began to explore and settle there. The region was used as a hunting ground by several tribes including the Iroquois, the Shawnee, and the Cherokee. It … Continue reading
Wayang Puppets
Wayang puppets come from Bali and Java in southeast Asia. They’ve been around as a form of art and entertainment for thousands of years and they’re still vying with TV for entertainment value. The puppets are shadow puppets, silhouettes on a … Continue reading
Russia Fact Book
Print out this PDF fact book of Russia for your kids. It has pages on Natural Resources, Religion, Cities, Language, and Holidays. The cover has a picture of the Russian flag to color. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend … Continue reading
Hawaii State Study
To read about Hawaii’s history go here. Hawaiian fun facts: There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet and five of those are vowels, making Hawaiian a very melodic and beautiful spoken language. (a, e, i, o, u, k, … Continue reading
Map of Ancient Egypt
Historical maps are great tool for understanding the past. You can see when you look at a map of Egypt why people lived only along the river. You can see the boundaries of the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms and … Continue reading
Oregon & Population Maps
Oregon, inhabited first by American Indian tribes, was settled temporarily by the Spanish in the 1600-1700′s. But the territory soon fell into other hands. Captian Cook in looking for the Northwest Passage landed at Oregon in 1778. Lewis and Clark camped on … Continue reading
Continent Research Form
I frequently take the kiddos to the library for some good old fashioned research. I know, I know…the internet has it all, but there’s just something to the idea of finding things out in a book. Before we go I … Continue reading
Continental Drift
In the 1960′s scientists perfected a theory about the continents on earth. They decided the great plates that make up the continents were not fixed, but rather were drifting. Drifting so much that at one time there had been only … Continue reading
