Geography Project Idea: 50 States Notebook

 

The Fifty States of America is a popular notebooking topic. It can be the basis of a unit study, or it can be a supplement to your American history curriculum. When you're finished, you have a wonderful, homemade reference book.

check it out here: 

~posted by Andrea from Notes from a Homeschooling Mom

Social Studies/Geography (The World Factbook 2008)

The World Factbook 2008 is includes the following:

The U.S. government’s complete geographical handbook, featuring full-color maps and flags of all nations and geographical entities. Each country profile tracks such demographics as population, ethnicity and literacy rates, as well as political, geographical and economic data.

 This site is made available through Bartleby.com.

This is an excellent text to teach homeschoolers both geography and the facts of each country.  Pair this free book with a world atlas.

~posted by Andrea from Notes from a Homeschooling Mom

Geography Games at Sheppard Software

Geography doesn't have to be your nemesis with geography games from Shepard Software. The website promises that "By playing Sheppard Software's geography games, you will gain a mental map of the world's continents, countries, capitals, & landscapes!"

There are games that teach geography of the World, the United States and also other continents and countries.

Kidzone

I mentioned Kidzone phonics lessons back in 2007 when I started this blog.
Kidzone currently covers grades pre-k through grade 4 and with subjects being geography, language arts, math, science, with lesson plans and theme units.

Digital Library for Earth System Education

Get free Geos science curriculum at DLESE .

The Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) is a distributed community effort involving educators, students, and scientists working together to improve the quality, quantity, and efficiency of teaching and learning about the Earth system at all levels.