Are you teaching world history this year?  If so, Blackline Maps of World History is one resource you definitely don't want to be without.  Created by Terri Johnson of Knowledge Quest Maps, this impressive black binder is chock full of approximately 240 pages of outline maps which follow a chronological progression through four periods:  The Ancients (5000 BC - 400 AD), The Middle Ages (400 AD - 1600 AD), The New World (1600 AD - 1850 AD), and The Modern World (1850 AD to the present).  I was impressed to have even found a map of the attacks on September 11th.  The binder format makes it super easy to find, remove, and copy any map you need.

Newly revised and updated in 2004, Blackline Maps of World History is a collection of four separate products sold by Knowledge Quest Maps, and is offered at a 30% discount over the individual prices of the separate time period map collections.  Each map consists of two 8 1/2 by 11 pages; one unlabeled and the other with some features noted and labeled.  Also included are suggested lesson plans for studying each map and the associated time period.  All you need to begin studying is a map, globe or atlas, some crayons or other art supplies, and your history books!  Assemble your completed maps in a notebook and you have a lovely keepsake which you can add to for years to come.  There is sure to be a map here for every historical period you need to cover - and then some!

Creator Terri Johnson and her family started Knowledge Quest in the summer of 2001.  A primary teacher, Terri was never satisfied with the selection of outline maps she found.  After identifying the need for quality blackline masters, she decided the solution rested with her....and so became Blackline Maps of World History.

Our homeschool program has been blessed by the addition of Blackline Maps of World History.  Yours will too if you visit www.knowledgequestmaps.com.  You can also email Knowledge Quest at inquiries@knowledgequestmaps.com, write to them at P.O. Box 474, Boring, OR  97009-0474, or phone them at 503-663-1210.  Blackline Maps of World History retails for $39.95 from the publisher.  Additionally, the sets of the four individual time periods are available from the publisher at a cost of $14.90 each, and a CD rom version of Blackline Maps of World History is now available at a cost of $29.95.

-Reviewed by Mrs. Richard Hostler - September, 2004

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