Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Removing the Instruction Box on Our PPT Maps

We had a good question about the instruction block on our editable PowerPoint maps. We put it there to get you going and using our maps but sometimes not everyone knows how to delete it. I thought I would lay it out here.

1. Click on the text with your pointer/curser to select it, this allows you to edit the text, this also selects the text box

2. Then move the mouse curser over to the blue line that is running around the outside after you select it. This line is also connected to the 8 dots that you see when an object is selected.

3. Click on that line with the pointer, you can then do two things, click and hold and move the box around the screens or hit the Delete key on your keyboard and it will Delete.

This is the same thing you will do to color a county or block of text, click on it to select it and then change colors, or to edit or remove a county name

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

New! USA Maps and the 50 USA States Coloring Book

Our latest geography coloring book is out now on Amazon.com,  USA Maps and the 50 USA States Coloring Book: Includes Maps of Canada and North America

Learn about and color the basic geographic layout of the USA and each of the 50 US states with USA Maps and the 50 USA States Coloring Book: Including Maps of Canada and North America. USA State Maps are great for coloring, home school, education and even marking up a map for marketing.

Each outline map is presented in two ways, one page has the map with corresponding cities, capitals and physical features. the opposite page has the blank outline without any of the information, includes a blank state map set in context in a general US map and some basic state facts including State Capital, Population, Size, Statehood, State Motto, State Nickname, State Bird, State Flower, State Tree, and a Fun Fact.

Students can trace the outlines of the map, study and highlight cities, capitals and features, and finally review by filling in the pertinent data on the blank map. Each state is located on a USA map and is a great resource for students.

USA Maps and the 50 USA States Includes

Includes maps of all 50 US States: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho and Illinois. Also Includes maps of: Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada and New Hampshire. And outline state maps of: New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Also included are maps of US territories: Guam, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands.

The printable, blank, outline maps in this coloring book can be freely photocopied by a teacher or parent for use in a classroom or for home school lessons.

Check out a copy at Amazon.com (affiliate link)