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I had located a literature list that was paired with BJU's cultural geography course.  I've lost it and searching the web is not getting me anywhere.  Does anyone have a high school level literature list for geography?  Does not have to be BJU.  Thanks!

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Here's a list from an old thread: "Cultural Geography Book List". And here are a few works of Literature that esp. have a focus on culture or place, based on the units in BJUP's Cultural Geography:

 

Units 1-2 = World

- Around the World in 80 Days (Verne) -- gr. 7+

- Seabird (Holling) -- gr. 6+

- Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta (Rumford) -- gr. 5+ -- very worthwhile picture book into high school grades!

- Dove -OR- The Boy Who Sailed Around the World Alone (Graham)

 

Unit 3 = Europe and Russia

- I Am David (Holm) -- gr. 7+ -- YA fiction, 1960s Europe

- God's Smuggler (Andrew) -- gr. 8+) -- autobiography; Christian missionary in communist Europe

- A Day of Pleasure (Singer) -- gr. 8+ -- pre-WW1 Poland

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Solzhenitsyn) -- gr. 10+ -- communist USSR

 

Unit 4 = North America

- I Heard the Owl Call My Name (Craven) -- gr. 9+ -- N. American/Canadian first peoples

- Julie of the Wolves -OR- Water Sky (George) -- gr. 7+ -- N. American/US native peoples

- Call of the Wild -OR- White Fang (London) -- gr. 6+ -- turn of 20th century Alaska

A Walk Across America (Jenkins)

 

Unit 5 = Latin America

- Our Man in Havana (Greene) -- gr. 9+ -- 1950s; British in Cuba; humorous

- The Pearl (Steinbeck) -- gr. 8+ -- Mexico

- The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway) -- gr. 8+ -- Cuba

- My Invented Country (Allende) -- gr. 10+ -- memoir; Chile

- Bruchko (Olson) -- gr. 8+ -- autobiography; Christian missionary in S. America rain forest

 

Unit 6 = Africa

- Year of No Rain (Mead) -- gr. 6+ -- modern Sudan

- Cry the Beloved Country (Paton) -- gr. 9+ -- 1950s South Africa

- Things Fall Apart (Achebe) -- gr. 9+ -- Nigeria

- Tales from the African Plains (Gatti) -- folktales

- Beat the Story Drum Pum-Pum (Bryan) -- folktales

 

Unit 7 = Southwest Asia

- Alia's Mission: Saving the Books of Iraq (Stamaty) -- gr. 6+; non-fiction, graphic novel

- My Family and Other Animals (Durrell) -- gr. 8+ -- 1930s British family living on a Greek island

- Fountain and Tomb (Mahfouz) -- gr. 10+ -- Middle East

 

Unit 8 = Asia

- Malgudi Days (Narayan) -- gr. 10+ -- India -- short stories

- The Samurai's Tale (Haugaard) -- gr. 7+ -- 17th century samurai Japan

- The Land I Lost (Huynh) -- gr. 5+; autobiographical anecdotes of rural Vietnam, pre-Vietnam War

- Year of Impossible Goodbyes (Choi) -- 1940s Korea

- The Big Wave (Buck) -- gr. 4+ -- timeless story of tsunami and Japan

- The Good Earth (Buck) -- gr. 8+ -- early 20th century China

- The Samurai (Endu) -- gr. 10+ -- 16th century Japan

- Artist of the Floating World (Ishiguro) -- gr. 10+

- Japanese Children's Favorite Stories -- Japanese folktales

- Tales of a Korean Grandmother -- Korean folktales

- The ChiLi Purse (Fang) -- Chinese folktales

- Tales from Roof of World (Timpanelli) -- Tibet folktales

 

Unit 9 -- Australia and Oceania

- Kon Tiki (Heyersdahl) -- gr. 8+ -- non-fiction

- Robinson Crusoe (Dafoe) -- gr. 8+

- Rabbit Proof Fence (Pilkington) -- Australia, aboriginal children uprooted from their families

- Pacific Island Legends: Tales from Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia (Flood) -- folktales

- Dreamtime Aboriginal Stories (Nunukul) -- folktales of Australia

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Here's a list from an old thread: "Cultural Geography Book List". And here are a few works of Literature that esp. have a focus on culture or place, based on the units in BJUP's Cultural Geography:

 

Units 1-2 = World

- Around the World in 80 Days (Verne) -- gr. 7+

- Seabird (Holling) -- gr. 6+

- Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta (Rumford) -- gr. 5+ -- very worthwhile picture book into high school grades!

- Dove -OR- The Boy Who Sailed Around the World Alone (Graham)

 

Unit 3 = Europe and Russia

- I Am David (Holm) -- gr. 7+ -- YA fiction, 1960s Europe

- God's Smuggler (Andrew) -- gr. 8+) -- autobiography; Christian missionary in communist Europe

- A Day of Pleasure (Singer) -- gr. 8+ -- pre-WW1 Poland

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Solzhenitsyn) -- gr. 10+ -- communist USSR

 

Unit 4 = North America

- I Heard the Owl Call My Name (Craven) -- gr. 9+ -- N. American/Canadian first peoples

- Julie of the Wolves -OR- Water Sky (George) -- gr. 7+ -- N. American/US native peoples

- Call of the Wild -OR- White Fang (London) -- gr. 6+ -- turn of 20th century Alaska

A Walk Across America (Jenkins)

 

Unit 5 = Latin America

- Our Man in Havana (Greene) -- gr. 9+ -- 1950s; British in Cuba; humorous

- The Pearl (Steinbeck) -- gr. 8+ -- Mexico

- The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway) -- gr. 8+ -- Cuba

- My Invented Country (Allende) -- gr. 10+ -- memoir; Chile

- Bruchko (Olson) -- gr. 8+ -- autobiography; Christian missionary in S. America rain forest

 

Unit 6 = Africa

- Year of No Rain (Mead) -- gr. 6+ -- modern Sudan

- Cry the Beloved Country (Paton) -- gr. 9+ -- 1950s South Africa

- Things Fall Apart (Achebe) -- gr. 9+ -- Nigeria

- Tales from the African Plains (Gatti) -- folktales

- Beat the Story Drum Pum-Pum (Bryan) -- folktales

 

Unit 7 = Southwest Asia

- Alia's Mission: Saving the Books of Iraq (Stamaty) -- gr. 6+; non-fiction, graphic novel

- My Family and Other Animals (Durrell) -- gr. 8+ -- 1930s British family living on a Greek island

- Fountain and Tomb (Mahfouz) -- gr. 10+ -- Middle East

 

Unit 8 = Asia

- Malgudi Days (Narayan) -- gr. 10+ -- India -- short stories

- The Samurai's Tale (Haugaard) -- gr. 7+ -- 17th century samurai Japan

- The Land I Lost (Huynh) -- gr. 5+; autobiographical anecdotes of rural Vietnam, pre-Vietnam War

- Year of Impossible Goodbyes (Choi) -- 1940s Korea

- The Big Wave (Buck) -- gr. 4+ -- timeless story of tsunami and Japan

- The Good Earth (Buck) -- gr. 8+ -- early 20th century China

- The Samurai (Endu) -- gr. 10+ -- 16th century Japan

- Artist of the Floating World (Ishiguro) -- gr. 10+

- Japanese Children's Favorite Stories -- Japanese folktales

- Tales of a Korean Grandmother -- Korean folktales

- The ChiLi Purse (Fang) -- Chinese folktales

- Tales from Roof of World (Timpanelli) -- Tibet folktales

 

Unit 9 -- Australia and Oceania

- Kon Tiki (Heyersdahl) -- gr. 8+ -- non-fiction

- Robinson Crusoe (Dafoe) -- gr. 8+

- Rabbit Proof Fence (Pilkington) -- Australia, aboriginal children uprooted from their families

- Pacific Island Legends: Tales from Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia (Flood) -- folktales

- Dreamtime Aboriginal Stories (Nunukul) -- folktales of Australia

 

Wow!  Thanks, this is perfect!

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We used the Build Your Library High School Lit list mentioned above the last half of our year!!

 

The first part of our year, dd took the Intro to Literature with Online Virtual Homeschool Group(so she only completed 4 books)..... It was centered around authors from around the world..... they discussed, analyzed, had two writing assignments, quizzes, and one live class each week. Here is the book list they used..... you could check to see if they will have another class for 2016-2017 school year.

 

Fahrenheit 451

Red Badge of Courage

Animal Farm

Return of the Native

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Count of Monte Cristo

Anna Karenina

The Time Machine

The Old Man and the Sea

 

VHSG also had an online class that was a Book Club....just discussion, no assignments other than reading. It was Worldly based, too. 

 

 

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