Wonder Maps!

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You Bright Ideas Press for such a wonderful new resource. I was very geographically hungry after a public school education followed by a B.A. & M.A. in education. I have finally found the time and experienced pure pleasure reading maps and geography books since we have started homeschooling.

 Mystery of History  goes well with  Wonder Maps, also.

Wonder Maps is wonderful new resource that lets you pick your map features and print them. It is a collection of over 350 customizable maps that you can use for any subject. It is designed with easy-to-use layers for:

• historical or modern-day maps
• outline, reference, political, or topographical maps
• black-and-white or color maps
• including names, border, rivers, cities, physical features, and graticules

It includes:

• 60+ maps of the world
• 60+ maps of the USA
• 125 historical maps, including 25 biblical maps
• The complete map sets from The Mystery of History volumes I-III and All American History volumes I & II

A Teacher's Guide is included and it contains ideas of how you can be more creative in using maps, a quick start guide, user manual and a tutorial video.

My favorite part of this program is the Timeline of Maps. The Jesus' Ministry ~The Gospels~ 30-33 AD map give 24 Bible references with the event and description of each one in the Map Key. They correspond with the numbers on the map to recognize the city. The layer effect is really cool because I can print the map exactly the way it is or I can remove the map border, city names, city numbers, or the map key so that the students can fill them in.

You can also get a timeline listing of each theme.

This resource would be a wonderful addition to any home-school or any household that uses maps.

Wonder Maps is available from Bright Idea Press for $49.95. It is a PDF format and works with Adobe Reader and is available for Windows or Mac. You can choose an instant download a CD or both. 

(If you subscribe to The Old Schoolhouse Magazine there is a promotional code on page 30 to receive 20% off of Wonder Maps - May 2011).

Bright Ideas Press was founded by Bob and Maggie Hogan. They developed their own curriculum to use with their boys and once they saw it was working decided to publish it for others to use. They are probably most known for The Mystery of History series but they also have other resources in their store.

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