skimomma Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Any suggestions for an 8th grader that recently asked if Tennessee is a city?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinsfamily Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 I am using MP US geography with DS12 in two years (he'll be in 9th then) alongside SL US History. It isn't fancy but looks like it will get the job done. I am adding Little Man in the Map, Yo Sacremento, and Yo Millard Fillmore for fun. We are using the World Geo portions of MP Geo 1 & 2 for 7th and 8th while he studies SL world history. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 We liked Trail Guide to US Geography pretty well last year. However, I think the mapping is good, and my kids liked that, and if I'd had more time, the supplemental stuff (like "Pennsylvania produces a lot of coal; learn more about coal") would have been good too. We found the questions to be tedious, though -- too time-consuming for the little retention, so we have dropped the questions for this year with World Geography. We used TGtUSG along with 50 States and Where to Find Them, and that was good for looking at the state symbols, tidbits about history, geographical features of each state, flags, and fun facts. It gave us more of an idea about what makes each state special. There are some good games for geography at sheppardsoftware.com too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Fifty States and Where to Find Them (without all the coloring) and Trail Guide to US Geography would be things you could modify to get US geography done pretty quickly with a checklist/same every day approach. Fifty States is for younger kids but could be done quickly because of that, or you could bring in more age-appropriate stuff along with it. Trail Guide has suggestions for upper grades. Horrible Geography books make for some fun thematic/conceptual geography. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17305522-horrible-geography-collection-10-books-set If you want to just wing it, maybe find a get 'er done spine, and then look around the library--there are a lot of thematic books that combine history and geography that are a lot of fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Oops, happypamama beat me to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheApprentice Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 We're trying Trail Guides by GeoMatters. We're going to try World Geography, but they have both World Geography and US Geography. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 we have used Around the World in 180 Days and PAC World Cultural Geography. Both were very good world geo programs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimomma Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 It sounds like Trail Guides is the way to go with perhaps some supplementing. Sad to say, this is a "get it done" deal in that the school schedule is already daunting this year. Thanks for the suggestions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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