General Geography tools

Canadian Council for Geographic Education - The programs of the CCGE aim to strengthen geographic education in the classroom. In addition to increasing the emphasis on geography within the school system, the CCGE endeavours to increase the public awareness of the importance of geographical literacy

UN Cartographic Maps
Full colours maps in PDF format from the United Nations.

Canadian Geographic
This site provides a number of resources including an online mapmaker 

Atlapedia Online
Contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world

Statistics Canada
Hundreds of free tables of data for the social studies curriculum, also teachers kits and over 40 lesson plans and data and maps for every community in Canada. Check out Canadian Statistics and Learning Resources

Teaching and Learning about Canada
This site offers many maps of Canada (Physiographic Regions, Regions Maps, Forest regions, etc.) as well as printable maps of Canada and the provinces.  A great resource!

Habitat in the Balance
Habitat in the Balance is an online educational resource for teaching about socio-scientific issues and process skills. This interactive, decision-making program examines sustainable development issues in four topic areas – water, land, inhabitants, and air. Habitat in the Balance is a secondary school program that fits with learning outcomes in grades 7 to12 science, social studies, geography, and environmental studies.

Project Rainforest
"Project Rainforest" will be an animated and interactive tour for visitors interested in discovering the grandeur of the tropical rainforests. Major topics explored are the biodiversity, deforestation, and countless resources of the endangered rainforests. Along with the tour, visitors will be able to collaborate with others around the world by posting their ideas and/or chatting about respective issues

National Geographic

 Bring National Geographic to your classroom through lesson plans, maps, and reference resources.

Around the World 

The Canadian Encyclopedia Online 

Historica presents the full text of the acclaimed Canadian Encyclopedia 

Culture Canada
Government of Canada's one-stop Web access to government resources on the subjects of Culture, Heritage and Recreation.  

Inuvialuit of the Western Arctic
From Ancient Times to 1902. The Inuit living in the western Canadian Arctic - presented by Civilization.ca

Ancient Egypt -- The British Museum
A website dealing with many areas of study of Ancient Egypt. Explore Egyptian Life, Geography, Pyramids, and Time. Find out where writing was used in Ancient Egypt. Shockwave activities are included for each area of study. Check out the Staff area for a complete descriptions of resources

United States holocaust Memorial Museum
Educators, (kindergarten through college) will find at this site materials which can be brought into the classroom and studied. Whenever possible entire documents are included and may be downloaded for direct use in the classroom. In other instances a sample from the documents is presented.