Helpful Links
The SCGeo is partnered with several professional and education organizations that promote geography education and provide useful classroom materials and instructional ideas.
Instructional materials, sample exam questions, and current course information for one of the fastest growing exams nationwide, AP® Human Geography.
The skills progression is a tool for teachers to use to make learning more transparent and to help students in their progress towards mastering each geographic thinking skill.
Harness the power of GIS! Take your students to new places with free online mapping tools and activities for your school.
National Council for Geographic Education
Geography webinars, lesson ideas, and teaching materials at all education levels.
Tool to create interactive content with maps, media, and GIS.
Digital mapping tool created by the National Geographic Society and Esri that contains a collection of base maps, data layers, and tutorials for teaching and learning.
Standards-based inquiry activities for teaching map-based content.
Resource to help choose the most appropriate graph, map, or model for data sets.
Thousands of historic maps housed online at the Perry-Castañeda Library.
Lesson plans, outstanding photographs and videos, and mapping resources
South Carolina African American Historic Sites Map
The South Carolina African American Historic Sites Map features 27 sites within South Carolina that include lesson plans, primary source documents, audio and video files, and more to enhance instruction.
Materials for using GPS receivers and designing geocaching routes.
Historic maps of South Carolina towns dating back to 1884.
American Association of Geographers
Award-winning materials for teaching geography, including online modules on resource use, earth science, and international political issues.