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Bassett, Thomas J.; Scheven, Yvette – 2000
The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Library, the third largest academic library in the United States, houses one of the best Africana map collections in the United States. This checklist is intended to provide scholars and other map users with sufficient information to locate and examine maps of Africa in the UIUC Library. The…
Descriptors: Atlases, Cartography, Check Lists, Foreign Countries
Kurath, Hans – 1967
This study, based on the "Linguistic Atlas," is concerned with the regional and local vocabulary of the Eastern United States. This geographically restricted vocabulary is in daily use among millions of Americans in all walks of life and characterizes them as New Englanders, Pennsylvanians, West Virginians, Virginians, North Carolinians,…
Descriptors: Atlases, Charts, Dialect Studies, Geographic Regions
Vautour, Faith – 1993
This lesson plan is intended to be a model for teaching the geography of any area of the world. The unit attempts to teach the five themes of geography (location, place, region, human-environment interaction, and movement) while also teaching the geography of Asia and India. The volume also recommends that teachers canvas magazines, travel…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian Studies, Atlases, Cartography
Harris, Chauncy D., Ed. – 1985
The purpose of this extensive annotated bibliography is to assist libraries in the United States, Canada, and other countries to identify, select, and secure publications of value in geography that are appropriate for the purposes and resources of each library collection. More than 2900 entries, published between 1970 and 1984, are arranged by…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Atlases, Conservation Education