Grant Opportunities
NGS Teacher Grant Opportunities

GIS
MAGE recommended GIS resources
http://www.macalester.edu/geography/mage/resources/gis/index.htm


Maps & Data

NGS Giant Map

U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/ (and choose American Factfinder)
Data for the entire United States

National Geographic Society http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/

National Atlas http://nationalatlas.gov/outline.html
Printer friendly maps

Education Place http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/index.html
Printer friendly outline maps

Minnesota Specific
State of Minnesota http://www.mnplan.state.mn.us/datanetweb/
Minnesota demographic data

Commnity Data Works http://www.communitydataworks.org/resources.html
(a project of Wilder Research Center and Excensus LLC) provides data sources for Ramsey and Hennepin Counties

Minnesota
Minnesota Historical Society
The Minnesota Historical Society is a private, non-profit educational and cultural institution established in 1849 to preserve and share Minnesota history.

Other
National Geographic Society State Geography Teaching Alliances

Professional Organizations
Association of American Geographers
The Association of American Geographers (AAG) is a scientific and educational society founded in 1904. Its 8,400+ members share interests in the theory, methods, and practice of geography and geographic education.

Minnesota Council for the Social
MCSS is a professional advocacy group that encourages teachers to be proactive leaders who challenge and educate empowered students to promote human dignity in an increasingly global society through the study of all social studies.

National Council for Geograhpic Education
The National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) works to enhance the status and quality of geography teaching and learning.

National Council for the Social Studies
The mission of National Council for the Social Studies is to provide leadership, service, and support for all social studies educators.

National Geographic Society Education Foundation
For more than a hundred years, the National Geographic Society has pursued its mission to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge. The Society has made a special effort to support this goal by establishing the Education & Children's Programs department, which works to motivate and enable each new generation to become geographically literate.

National Science Teachers Association
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), founded in 1944 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all.

United State Geological Survey (USGS)
Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment.

National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA)
unded by the Freeman Foundation, is a multi-year initiative to encourage and facilitate teaching and learning about Asia in world history, geography, social studies, and literature courses.

Publications
Minnesota Academic Standards in Social Studies
[K-3]
[Grades 4-8]
[Grade 9-12]*
* Excerpted from Minnesota Department of Education's Minnesota Academic Standards in History and Social Studies

Geography for Life National Geography Standards

5 Themes of Geography