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 1+
50 Maps of the World by Kayla Ryan and Ben Handicott
This is a vibrant and colorful book and is full of illustrated maps with lots of details.
This resource is scheduled for all four cycles.
There are assignments scheduled in this book for three of the twenty-eight weeks.
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A Child’s Geography of the World by V.M. Hillyer
This book is read over Cycle 3 and Cycle 4. This is a read-aloud title with some hand-drawn, black and white images scattered throughout it. Hillyer is also the author of A Child’s History of the World, which is read in Cycles 1 and 2. His writing style is interesting and entertaining for young children. Note that this book mentions evolution in chapter 2.
This is scheduled at a pace of one chapter per week for Week 1 through Week 28.
- Internet Archive free
- Exodus paperback
- Amazon paperback
You can download the pdf here:
DK: The 50 States
This is a DK book, and even though it is only used for three terms in Cycle 3 (Terms 2, 3, and 4), I recommend it for its beautiful photos and two page spreads for each state.
There are readings scheduled in this book for sixteen out of twenty-eight weeks.
- Amazon paperback
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Geography Songs by Larry and Kathy Troxel
This is a coloring book of maps and lyrics with a CD of songs. This resource is scheduled for all four cycles. You may choose to sing these songs with your children each week that these locations are studied. The book includes coloring pages, and the CD includes music that is catchy and fun.
This resource is scheduled for all four cycles.
There are assignments scheduled in this book for nineteen of the twenty-eight weeks.
- Exodus Books paperback
- Amazon paperback
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Maps by Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski
This book is full of illustrated maps with lots of details.
This resource is scheduled for all four cycles.
There are assignments scheduled in this book for five of the twenty-eight weeks.
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Paddle to the Sea by Holling Clancy Holling
This adventure story teaches children about the Great Lakes. It is scheduled at a pace of one chapter per week for Week 1 through Week 15. It is only scheduled in Cycle 3.
You can download the pdf here:
The 50 States by Gabrielle Balkan
This is similar to 50 Maps of the World but it is more tailored to this cycle because of its focus on the United States. You will only use it two terms (terms 3 and 4), but the full two-page spreads of colorful illustrations and details will likely engage your children and keep them interested.
There are readings assigned for thirteen out of twenty-eight weeks in this cycle.
- Amazon hardcover
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Usborne Big Picture Atlas by Emily Bone
This colorful book is full of illustrated maps with lots of details.
This resource is scheduled for all four cycles.
There are only four pages scheduled in this book in Cycle 3, but your children may want to look at the same four pages for several weeks as you study North America.
- Amazon hardcover
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