World Geography Resources : Half a Hundred Acre Wood

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Welcome to our on-line teaching resources for World Geography (specifically, Europe, Asia, and Africa)!

I call this a link “buffet.” It is not intended that all of these resources be used. It is simply a convenient place to find information, videos, activities, and worksheets by history topic. As is all our lists of links, this page is a work in progress. If you come across broken or outdated links, or if you know of a resource you think should be added, please drop down to the comments to let us know!

Of this list, our children have especially enjoyed Sheppard Software and Seterra for drilling geography memory work on-line. Other activities include geography passports and flag sticker books (earned when the country location is mastered), geography puzzles, and Geopuzzles. These activities allow us to interact more as a family. We also continue to work on map tracing and our free-hand drawings of the continents.

For those who wish to complete an ongoing geography project in the coming year, you might choose from one of the following:

Make a passport and place a “stamp” in it when each location is mastered. (We purchased the Flags of the World Ultimate Sticker Book and pre-made passports.)
Make a geography pin map and add the locations throughout the year.
Use tabletop geography maps for some mealtime fun.
Make a notebook of national flag coloring sheets from Crayola.com. Also create a locator map for each country.
Study world geography with a missions focus using the book, Window on the World.
Complete some unit studies, lapbooks, or research reports on select countries of interest. Explore the physical features, monuments, animals, industry, and culture of some of the countries/areas we will be studying.

But more importantly, be sure to practice tracing and drawing maps – and memorizing countries (and even capitals!) at home! Committing to map-drawing practice will prepare your child for memorizing the world more than any other activity or project! Resources for map practice include…

Map Tracing: A Geography Plan with Printable Atlas
Practicing country locations and capitals with flashcards
Learning to draw the major circles of latitude free-hand
Learning to draw the world with blob maps
Learning to draw the world using Chalk Pastels
Learning to draw using the fantastic continent drawing books by Kristin Draeger

Because of the enormous amount of time it takes for me to research in compiling these link lists, I ask that you do not copy and paste the links in other documents, websites, or emails, but instead send people to this webpage. Thank you for honoring this request!

If you’re planning to memorize how to draw the world freehand, we highly recommend the entire Draw the… [Continent] books by Kristin Draeger. We use Draw the World and Draw the USA in our Mission: Great Commission curriculum.

Draw the World

Learn to draw the world from memory! Draw the World provides students with a simple method of committing a continent outline map of the world to memory. Through simple, step-by-step instructions, students learn to draw each continent as it connects to neighboring continents. This resource is also used in the Mission Pacific Peacemakers Six-Week Unit Study.

Suggested grades: Elementary through High School
Price: $19.95
Format: Paperback.

Fortunately, we’ve already memorized North & South American countries through Kathy Troxel’s Audio Memory Geography Songs CD/Bookletwhich is used in ourMission: World Wonders and Mission: Faith Forgers curriculum.

Geography Songs CD, Book, & Map Kit

Memorize the world through song! Divided by geographical regions, these echo-style songs make it simple to memorize the countries of the world. The audio CD includes 34 songs that teach the names of 225 countries, the continents & oceans, and the planets of the solar system. This resource is used in our Mission: World Wonders and Mission: Faith Forgers curriculum.

Suggested grades: Elementary through Middle School
Price: $22.95
Format: Kit consists of an audio CD, a 25″ x 36″ world map with items to label and song lyrics, and a family-reproducible workbook with lyrics and maps. Purchase here on Christian Book Distributors.

After designing curriculum plans for nearly a decade, we’ve embarked on developing a Christian Classical Curriculum that integrates the study of the world and the ongoing fulfillment of the Great Commission, with a focus on loving God, His Word, and fellow mankind. For a reading/curriculum plan that overlaps much of the memory work studied during Cycle 2 – with an integrated study of church history, world history/geography, science, and fine arts, check out our Mission: Faith Forgers Curriculum Plan.

Note: Although Mission: Faith Forgers is not directly correlated to the memory work, it includes a more complete study of astronomy, physical science, and history. The books selected for this reading plan were chosen as long-term resources for students to use when they embark on research and world geography memorization in grades 7+. This study has been designed to be used independently of Classical Conversations®. For families who use Classical Conversations®, the readings assigned in the Mission: Faith Forgers study overlaps much of the memory work studied during Cycle 2 but is not correlated week by week. This provides an opportunity for ongoing review and integration of the memory work throughout the year.

(For those in Classical Conversations, the resources and information in this post may be used with both the Foundations Guide 4th and 5th Editions – CC Cycle 2.) For more resources for world geography, world missions, and world cultures, visit the geography section of our website.