The geography assignments listed here are lined up with the memory work. You may also want to use these resources to look up any locations that were mentioned in your history or literature reading.
Geography may be studied once per week, or every day, as you explore other subjects.
Teaching Geography
Choose one or more books from this page to read aloud to your children throughout the school year. Please do not attempt to read every book listed on this page. Remember that there are four cycles, and that, eventually, you will come back around to this cycle, and at that time you can choose other books (or, you may choose to re-read some favorites!).
If you have a child who is able to read independently, choose a book from this page and print the reading schedule for your child’s binder of independent work.
Form 2+
National Geographic Student Atlas
This is a good basic atlas, with some details about each state and country. It is not as detailed and interesting for young children as many of the other books on this list.
This resource is scheduled for all four cycles.
There are readings scheduled in this book for twenty-six of the twenty-eight weeks.
- Exodus Books (paperback)
- Amazon (paperback)
You can download the pdf here:
The Usborne Geography Encyclopedia Complete Wold Atlas
This book has colorful photos and long descriptions about each location. It is best suited for children in Forms 2 and up due to the amount of details. Note that there is information about “Climate Change” in this book that you may wish to skip.
This resource is scheduled for all four cycles.
There are readings scheduled in this book for twenty-five of the twenty-eight weeks.
- Amazon (paperback)
You can download the pdf here:
Window on the World by Molly Wall and Jason Mandryk
This is a wonderful resource, and I highly recommend owning a copy and going through it with your children. It is mostly used in cycles 1, 2 and 4, and a couple of times in Cycle 3.
There are readings scheduled in this book for twenty-three of the twenty-eight weeks.
- Amazon (paperback)
You can download the pdf here:
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