The Greatest Places film project initiated the development of multiple educational support materials. These educational resources include:

• The Greatest Places Teacher Guide
• The Greatest Places Museum Trunk
• The Greatest Places Online.

This page was developed to provide teachers quick and direct access to the online resources that support the themes and activities in the Teacher Activity Guide.

Notes and Questions

During the summer of 1998, over forty teachers and museum educators attended The Greatest Places Leadership Institute. Dr. Cecil Keen's presentation about the seven Greatest Places was a highlight of the institute. Read Dr. Keen's notes about the Greatest Places

Dr. Keen continues to support The Greatest Places project with the on-line feature, Question of the Week. In Dr. Keen's words "I have a passionate interest in things geographic, and hope to teach, tease and tantalize you in the "Questions and Answers" about The Greatest Places.

The Greatest Places Teacher Activity Guide includes a variety of maps and mapping activities. The following are the best on-line resources we found to obtain additional maps and to use geographic information to make maps of your own greatest place.

• See a variety of map projections
• GIS to create your own map
• A demonstration of Global Orange mapping activity from the teacher activity guide.

Jim Heintzman, the developer of The Greatest Places Teacher Activity Guide and The Greatest Places Museum Trunk has selected his favorite greatest places websites. Jim reviews and updates this list monthly. Take a look:

The Global Orange and Off the Shelf activities from The Greatest Places Teacher Guide and many other hand-on activities are included in the Activity section of the Greatest Places On-Line.

For the complete listing of all the resources, activities, and images referenced by place, browse the Meta index.