World Maps Teaching Resources

Browse world maps created for students and teachers by our team of teachers!

This collection of blank and labeled maps covers each continent, plus a variety of teaching topics from climate zones of the world to time zones. With both printable and digital options, you'll have the whole world at your fingertips ... literally!

Looking for ideas to put these maps to use in your lessons? Read on for some simple but effective ideas from our teacher team!

Teacher-Tested World Maps Ideas for Your Classroom

1. Plot Coordinates for a Virtual Field Trip

When you're teaching about the imaginary lines that wrap around the Earth, pulling out a world map can help make the abstract concept of latitude and longitude much easier to understand.

Practice plotting specific coordinates on your maps, then take your students on virtual field trips to the spots you've plotted!

2. Practice Measuring Distances From Place to Place

Explore the concept of scale and practice measuring distances between different locations around the world! Students can make the measurements with a ruler, then practice converting the units measured to real-world distances using the map scale.

Using their maps, students can measure how many miles stretch from one end of a continent to the other (from North to South or East to West), measure how far apart different capital cities are, measure the length of major rivers and a whole lot more.

3. Put Teams to the Test

Separate students into small groups or teams, and give each team a large world map.

Tell students their job is to label as many countries as they can within a given time limit. The team that correctly labels the most countries wins.