Country Maps is an interactive way to explore the geography of 19 countries: their regions, capital cities, cities and bodies of water. You can use it in two modes: Explore to freely look around, or Practice to test students’ knowledge with exercises.
How it works:
Open Country Maps from the library, or find it in the tools menu under Lesson builders.
Go to Settings to choose your options:
Mode:
Explore to freely click and view features.
Practice to start exercises like “Find Antwerp on the map.”
Country: Choose one of the 19 countries, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Level: For Belgium and the Netherlands, choose the regional level you want to work with.
Map: Select the region you want to focus on.
Geographical features: Show regions, capital cities, cities or bodies of water.
Names: Decide if names are shown by default or only revealed when clicked.
Click Save to begin.
Explore mode:
Zoom in or out with the +/- buttons or pinch with your fingers. The further you zoom in, the more features can appear.
Drag the map to move around when you are zoomed in.
Use the legend in the top left to see which features are shown, and the mini-map in the top right to see where you are.
Click on a place to display its name. Click again to hide it.
Practice mode:
Choose the number of exercises in Settings before starting.
A question bar will appear, for example: “Find Antwerp on the map.” The region to search in is shown automatically.
Click the location to answer. If incorrect, try again.
Click Show answer to reveal it and continue to the next exercise.
💡Tip: Start in Explore mode with all names hidden. Point to a place and let students name it, then click to check. When they feel confident, switch to Practice mode for a quick review at the end of the lesson.