SilverMoon Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 (edited) . Edited May 23, 2023 by SilverMoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clear Creek Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Maybe you can put together what you are looking for from Barefoot Meandering's Geography Through Literature freebie? It contains a wide variety of videos, books, and other non-textbook resources sorted by targeted age ranges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted December 12, 2014 Author Share Posted December 12, 2014 I didn't think to check that list for nonfiction. Thanks. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I suggested this in another thread, but the Ken Jennings book Maphead is a nice little read about maps and geography. It's a light, pop adult nonfiction book. There are a few others in that vein if he enjoys reading, such as How the States Got Their Shapes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 (edited) Thanks. I added those to his list. 🙂 Edited May 23, 2023 by SilverMoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I also was looking for geography resources for around the same age. My ds chose to get Geography for Dummies, which looks like it may be at a good level (above little kid stuff, but not so hard as a high school AP class level). He also loved Iaian Stewart's Earth, which covered a lot of physical aspects of earth, such as volcanoes and subduction zones and so on. He has seen the film that goes with the book many times over the years. We also got a couple of games, and a geography coloring book by same person who did anatomy coloring book (reasonably high level in other words) and a used copy of a text that someone mentioned and looked good on my other thread should be arriving eventually. I also plan to use the National Geographic education website materials that someone mentioned in another thread I started for maps as needed. If he stays interested beyond these resources we may try the books Farrar suggested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 Is Don't Know Much About Geography appropriate for that age? IDK. History of the engine, though! WOW, cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Trail Guide for World Geography (or for US Geography, if that's what you're looking for) has a high school level geography that I think is perfect for a bright middle schooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedarling Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I'm using a Holt textbook (grades 6-8) as a spine, "The Americas" (I'm sure there are books for other regions, as well.) Its a textbook...not exciting, but part of my goal was to get my dd reading textbooks. We add literature, games, map drawing, etc. into our plans, as well, to make the text bearable. I've been happy with the content. If you do that, the teacher guide was useless, imo (its not an answer key.) You would need at least 2 region books to last a year, possibly more. Just throwing it out there as another option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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