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Cycle 4 Geography Form 2+

STAR Homeschool Geography Cycle 4


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 II

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. Readings are repeated if they also apply to another week’s locations.

This resource is scheduled for all four cycles.

There are readings scheduled in this book for twenty-eight of the twenty-eight weeks.

You can download the pdf here:

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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 nine of the twenty-eight weeks.

You can download the pdf here:

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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 is only scheduled two times in Cycle 4.

There are readings scheduled in this book for eleven of the twenty-eight weeks.

You can download the pdf here:

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Cycle 4 Geography Form 3+

STAR Homeschool Geography Cycle 4

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 III

Material World: A Global Family Portrait by Peter Menzel

This is a fun, colorful book that shows the material possessions of people from all over the world. Note that there is some nudity in this book.

This resource is scheduled for all four cycles.

There are readings scheduled in this book for eleven of the twenty-eight weeks.

You can download the pdf here:

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National Geographic People of the World

This is a fascinating book with full color photos and long descriptions to read.

There are readings scheduled in this book for twenty of the twenty-eight weeks.

You can download the pdf here:

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Pray for the World by Patrick Johnstone

This is a fabulous resource and is used by Form 4 and 5 students for geography. Each section contains a detailed description about how to pray for a country, as well as the country’s statistics and basic information. This book is used the most in cycles 1, 2 and 4.

There are readings scheduled in this book for twenty-two of the twenty-eight weeks.

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You can download the pdf here:

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What I Eat by Peter Menzel

This is a really fun book, with photos of people from all over the world and the food they would eat in a week’s time. My children have stared at this book for hours on end.

This resource is scheduled for all four cycles.

There are readings scheduled in this book for twelve of the twenty-eight weeks. 

You can download the pdf here:

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Cycle 4 Geography Form 1+

STAR Homeschool Geography Cycle 4

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 fifteen of the twenty-eight weeks.

You can download the pdf here:

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Children Just Like Me by D.K.

This is a fun book with big, colorful pictures, though it is a bit dated. Note, purchase the 1995 version and not the 2016 version. The 2016 version includes a same-sex relationship in the text.

This resource is scheduled in cycles 1, 2 and 4.

There are readings scheduled in this book for eleven of the twenty-eight weeks.

You can download the pdf here:

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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 and also in Cycle 2 science.

There are assignments scheduled in this book for twenty-five of the twenty-eight weeks.

You can download the pdf here:

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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 nineteen of the twenty-eight weeks.

You can download the pdf here:

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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 assignments scheduled in this book for twenty-three of the twenty-eight weeks (though some of the pages are read multiple times).

You can download the pdf here:

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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.

You can download the pdf here:

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Seabird by Holling C. Holling

This book is scheduled at a pace of one chapter per week for weeks 1 through 28. This book is only scheduled during Cycle 4.

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Tree in the Trail by Holding C. Holling

This book is scheduled at a pace of one chapter per week for weeks 1 through 28. This book is only scheduled during Cycle 4.

You can download the pdf here:

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