Today, I’m showing you how to find a well laid out homeschool high school geography curriculum. Also, look at more ideas on my how to homeschool high school page.Too, look at my page Homeschool Geography for hands-on and simple ideas and tips.
The anatomy of a well laid out homeschool high school geography curriculum is not an easy find because so many programs want to stay focused only on a text-bookish style which I have a problem with.
If you have been homeschooling for any length of time then you know that after you get out of the preschool grades that homeschool geography curriculum options are slim to none.
Okay, that might be a slight exaggeration, but it sure feels like it when you homeschool the middle school/junior high and high school years.
So we have not wasted any time starting on our new North Star Geography curriculum by Tyler Hogan at Bright Ideas Press.
I have to show you some of the highlights of our new homeschool geography program.
High School Geography Curriculum Planning a Cinch
Because we have just started using it, you know I have to organize as much as I can first.
So if you missed Homeschool Geography Go To Resources that you can use alongside this curriculum, be sure to check them out.
Next, I just set up some quick go to temporary binders (you know I love them and especially in hot pink). Until I get the sweet curriculum in my little hands in final form, it’s hard to decide on an organizational system.
So just giving you a heads up now that no, the curriculum is not hot pink, though it would be a great color for it.
You know I tend to be pretty candid brutal on curriculum providers about giving tips for scheduling and planning when it comes to teacher’s manuals. It is one of the things I always mention when I review curriculum.
Maybe it comes from helping so many struggling homeschoolers. Please, I don’t want to guess how to make this curriculum work with multiple children.
Give me some options for scheduling and North Star Geography delivers.
Options include a one year intense schedule, a two year schedule and a one semester course when you need the bare bones.
Hands-on or Hands-off High School Geography
After the younger years, some curriculum really lags in the junior high and high school years for hands-on ideas too.
Mr. Awesome is the reason that I had to push myself outside of my comfortable teaching zone because he learns best by hands-on.
So right away I printed our first lesson so that he could get started. But also where possible, I will be including Tiny in this curriculum too.
High School Geography Curriculum Resources
- Simple and Fun Homeschool Geography Ideas for High School
- Homeschool Geography Go To Resources
- Mega List of Workbook Style Homeschool Curriculum For K to 12 Kids
- DIY Atlas – North Star Highschool Geography is Here!
It definitely can be used with multiple children though you may need to do some tweaking for your younger children or leave some parts out altogether.
Look at how North Star Geography is set up.
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More High School Geography Resources
Homeschool High School Geography Resources and Books
Geography for high school should still be fun and hands-on. It can take years to find the right resources. However, I’ve gathered up some of my favorite books and resources.
North Star Geography covers basic geography skills (maps, navigation) as well as physical geography (topography, biosphere, structure of the earth) and human geography (environmental stewardship, agriculture, culture, heritage & more)—all from a Christian perspective. Each lesson in the Reader is approximately 10-15 pages and geared toward junior high-high school students, though it may be adapted for younger students; the text features full-color maps, illustrations, and interesting sidebars. Accompanying each lesson on the Companion Guide, hands-on project options, as well as an “atlas building” section where students label outline maps, are provided. Note-taking pages feature ten questions taken from the text that can be used for review or comprehension questions, as well as for a study guide for the exam
Brenda Runkle’s World Physical Geography makes an often-boring topic come to life!
With our world seeming to shrink with each passing week, knowing about virtually all peoples and nations is more important than ever.
It focuses on physical geography, providing the basis for learning the fundamentals of geography.
Challenges students to remember important facts and encourages them to enjoy themselves in the process.Deals with facts and principles related to the study of life science, physical science, and earth and space science.
Around the World in 180 Days is a geography and history program covering the history, geography, and culture of each continent. And yet this is not a textbook. It is a series of questions that the student must research in order to answer. Plenty of resources are suggested to help students conduct their research, and the teacher's edition provides all the answers. This revised and updated curriculum is written with a multilevel approach with study questions for students of all grade levels, making this a curriculum your whole family can do together! This two-volume set includes an illustrated teacher's edition and a student workbook.
Get out the sombrero for your Mexican fiesta! Chinese egg rolls! Corn pancakes from Venezuela! Fried plantains form Nigeria! All this and more is yours when you take your family on a whirlwind tour of over thirty countries in this unique international cookbook. Jam-packed with delicious dinners, divine drinks, and delectable desserts, this book is sure to please.
Student worktexts include daily instruction and review as well as ample opportunity for assessment of student performance using self tests and unit tests. To encourage individualized instruction, we have included a teacher's guide designed to help you guide your student's learning experience according to his specific interests and needs. This essential teaching resource includes teaching notes for each unit, a complete answer key, and information about additional resources and learning activities.
If you would like a geography course that includes mapping activities, atlas usage, research, notebooking and culture with very little teacher preparation, look no further. The Trail Guide to World Geography is a week one, day one kind of teacher s manual with daily geography drills (answers included) and numerous weekly assignment choices. <P> Multi-level geography course for 36 week school year for elementary through high school. <P> Assign as much or as little as YOU decide.
Of course memorizing lists in our home is a competitive thing so they got to memorizing the first list from Lesson 1.
Does anybody fight in your house over who is going to be the first one to call out the list?
Other Homeschool Geography Activities
- First Grade Homeschool Curriculum for History and Geography
- 35 Hands-on Geography Activities to do in 15 Minutes or Less
And they started on the beginning touches of their atlases by designing their unique covers.
What do you think? Does it sound like a good fit so far for your crew?
I would love to find a reading list to go along with Northstar. I feel like that is the only thing missing.
Hmmm, I hear ya………..but too you have to remember it IS the curriculum……….so it’s not a framework….but having extra reading would certainly be an advantage♥