sjp Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 am looking for a geography curriculum for the elementary grades. am also looking for a set of outline maps of the world. (hopefully a curriculum that includes these). what do you all use? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonia Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Not a curriculum, but this site has good maps. As to a geography curriuculum, not sure if you are looking for something that is strictly geography or more of a world cultures study - if it's a world cultures study you are looking for, I have some plans posted at my blog (linked below). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fshinkevich Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Well I use History Odyssey which includes some mapping. I do Evan Moor's Daily Geography and then we also find places on the map/globe as we read about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlockOfSillies Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 www.evan-moor.com Look under "Social Studies." You can look through many, if not all, of the books at the website -- page by page. And lots of them are reproducible, so you can re-use them for younger kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazakaal Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Depends exactly what you're looking for. A Child's Geography book 2 is a great study of the Middle East. If you just want dc to learn country borders and bodies of water, capitals, etc, Mapping the World By Heart is for 5th-12th grade. If you want to do something on countries and cultures, My Father's World has a one year geography course for 2nd-8th grade, Sonlight's Core K is an introduction to world cultures for 5-7yos, and Winter Promise has a Children Around the World course for elementary. This year I'm doing a year of world geography and cultures with my PK and 1st grader. I didn't especially like the look of the Sonlight program and the others seemed like they would be too old for my dc, so I've just gotten the Trip Around the World, Maps and Globes, and Geography A to Z books that MFW uses (for $1 each at a used curriculum sale - yea!) and I'm supplementing with the DK books How People Live, Children Just Like Me, and Children from Australia to Zimbabwe, along with some great stories from and about various countries. Hope you find what you're looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 I have a plan involving zoology/geography with Draw Write Now and The Usborne Living World Encyclopedia, geography/culture with atlases, Material World and library books. DWN has lessons for drawing a map of the world and of each continent. I have a schedule for most of this, including folk tales and library books. It is really very simple to do your own. We are working through this for first grade and I add to it as we go, but some of the resources I scheduled are for much higher grades and I have a library list for culture at all grade levels. Let me know if you want my plan and I can email it to you. Their is also Winter Promise Children Around the World, and some resources at Ourlosbanos.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandpsmommy Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 This year we are using The Geography Book: Activities For Exploring, Mapping And Enjoying Your World by Caroline Arnold (Mostly physical geography and map-reading skills), National Geographic's Beginner's World Atlas (more about maps and information about each continent); and Audiomemory's Geography Songs: Sing Around The World kit by Larry & Kathy Troxel (songs to help kids remember the names of states in the U.S.A and where they are, and to learn the names, locations, and landmarks of the nations of the world). The book with lyrics also contains blackline maps of the areas, but no blank ones for filling in on your own. There is also a poster-size blackline map that has continents labeled and some (but not all) countries labeled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Trail Guide to Geography has resources that include Uncle Josh's Outline Maps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trivium Academy Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Galloping the Globe! http://www.geomatters.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Heather in Neverland Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 We are loving A Child's Geography vol. 2!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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