• This interactive map and summary provide up-to-date information about the state of droughts in the United States, Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands, and some Pacific Islands.
• There are links for additional information, students can click on various regions for more details, and all maps and data can be downloaded.
  

Positives

• This resource is updated weekly and provides a summary of drought conditions in eight regions within the United States. 
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should know how to read a map.
  

Differentiation

• The map identifies the locations of major rivers and all state boundaries, so it could be useful for geography courses.
• Related topics to explore with students include the links between droughts and more intense wildfires, food and water security, wildlife populations, plant communities, and human migration patterns.
• Other resources about drought include this video about the drought in California, this article about droughts, and this article about climate migrants affected by drought.
  

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