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My favorite subject to relearn with my children is history. Most of the time I find myself thinking I must have been absent the day {or the week!} we covered a particular topic. The reality is, I rarely missed school. We most likely just weren’t able to delve deeply into most topics in a classroom with 30+ kids and a curriculum mandated by the state. Reason #763 I love homeschooling, we have the flexibility to concentrate on the subjects and topics that interest us.
For instance, the year we did Paths of Exploration, we were fascinated by the Lewis & Clark Expedition. We read anything and everything we could on the subject. This year we are using Tapestry of Grace curriculum, but I appreciate having some of the resources from Heritage History to use as a supplement.
I’m intrigued by the idea of creating a Geography Big Book for use over and over again in our homeschool. It really looks fantastic!
I love this cute song for memorizing the 50 States
Heather @ Blog, She Wrote has a great series called Geography Quest. This particular link features some ideas for talking about the country of Brazil.
More History and Geography Resources from The Curriculum Choice Review Author Team
Barb:
World Geography for High School-Harmony Art Mom’s Plans to Download: “The best part about the plans that we have for learning about the modern world is that it is flexible and roomy enough to veer off the plan but still be on track. So many of the resources don’t feel like schoolwork….Most of the follow-up activities that are going to be offered are totally self-directed and could be considered various forms of narration: written narration, oral narration, commonplace books, map completion.”
How to Set Up a History Notebook Using a Timeline and Notebook Pages: ‘I am busy getting ready for my high school age son’s study of Modern History. We sat and discussed how he would like to document his reading and research and his choice was notebooking and a timeline.”
Cindy:
Creative Geography Lessons: “One of the end-of-the-year writing projects I gave the kids was to research any country of interest around the world and create a report and presentation.”
Slavery and the Civil War: “One of my favorite history units ever!”
Tricia:
Hands On Geography for Multiple Ages – What we found out is that when you actually make a model of something you have to pay attention to its qualities. The details. The boundaries and borders. These hands on geography activities also help the child see the big picture. To think of the Creator. Sometimes, a geography project helps children to fix a portion of the history timeline in their minds.
15 Minutes of Geography Supplement a Week – That 15 minutes to half an hour a week is a grounding and a jumping off place. A Biblical worldview.
What I’ve Learned Homeschooling With Tapestry of Grace – One of those wonderful benefits of homeschooling is continuing to learn right alongside your children. History, a love of art, composers, nature study. I just love continuing education. For many years now, Tapestry of Grace has truly woven together all the learning in our home. All ages learning the same topics, on their age, grade and skill level.
Stephanie:
American Revolution Unit Study Projects and Ideas– Lots of ideas for studying the American Revolution with your kids. This post includes a booklist, free copywork quotes, a geography mapping activity and field trip resources.
Free State Notebooking Pages- Whatever state your are in, I hope that you can use these Free State Notebook Pages in your homeschool. We’ll be using them all year as we study each state since one of our goals this coming year is to learn all the states and capitals and a little something about each state. The 4 page PDF includes:
- State Stats and basic info: Motto, Bird, Tree, Map, Nickname, Population, etc.
- Geography: Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, Location in U.S., etc.
- Historical Facts: Flag, Admission to the Union, Famous People, Events, etc.
- Writing Page: This page highlights the state seal and offers a space for your child to write about what was learned.
Homeschool Kansas– This series for homeschooling in Kansas is a resource which includes, homeschool laws and getting started, field trip ideas, a Kansas book list, and coming soon a Wonderful Wizard of Oz Unit Study.
FREE Jamestown Unit Study Resource– This is a collection of resources and ideas for a unit study on Jamestown. It includes links to many websites and project ideas fit to be a perfect supplement to any Jamestown study. It includes suggestions for books, archeology study, geography and mapping, character study, art, timeline suggestions, and science activities all relating to Jamestown.
Kendra:
Geography Cake – Make an edible map to track explorers’ routes! Very simple and so much fun.
Geography Night – a fun afternoon enjoying a lovely British tea. We even enjoyed a “tour” around England on an open top double decked bus!
Storing 3-d Maps – a quick and simple tip for storing those awesome 3D maps and projects. We store ours right inside our timeline notebooks.
Geography Wall – how we turned a spare wall into a year long geography project to boost map skills!
Supersizing Maps – print amazingly huge maps to hang up and display, play games with or whatever suits your fancy!
Easy Map Marking – an easy and simple way to mark maps while keeping them clean and easy to read!
Mary:
Using The Story of The World as a Spine for Learning – using the history text and activity guide as a spine for learning in your homeschool
Tips for Using The Story of the World – general tips for how to use this curriculum in your homeschool
Notebooking Through Story of the World – includes a vlog to demonstrate how notebooking is used with the curriculum
Heidi
50 States Unit Study – We spent a school year learning about the 50 United States, focusing on an overall understanding of our country and its natural beauty, amazing landmarks, blending of many different cultures and unique history. I wrote a 10 day series sharing books, videos, and internet resources along with notebooking and hands-on activities to explore the geography, natural environment, famous people and places that make up the USA and ideas for compiling a keepsake notebook along the way.
Betsy
Oak Meadow 5th Grade Complete Package – when we were looking for a curriculum for fifth grade, we wanted something that would nurture this explorative spirit, with lots of hands on projects – yet would still cover all the bases. We found this and more in Oak Meadow’s Fifth Grade Curriculum Package!
Review Team Features
- Our Curriculum Choice History and Geography Pinterest board
- Have you enjoyed this special post from our review authors? Our Curriculum Choice review team features a topic monthly. You can see all that our authors have shared on electives, math, curriculum choices and more under Review Team Features.
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