Geography Curriculum Index

Great resources for teaching geography at home--including many multi-level ones.

 

Multi-level Geography Curriculum

Around the World in 180 Days  is a multi-level course that teaches geography and history on a continent-by-continent basis.
Beautiful Feet Geography  is based on the Holling C. Holling books Tree in the Trail, Seabird, Paddle to the Sea, and Minn of the Mississippi.  This is a wonderful geography curriculum for grades 3-7.
Galloping the Globe  is an introduction to world geography for grades K to 3 from Geography Matters.
Cantering the Country  is a three year unit study based on the geography of the USA from Geography Matters.
Teaching Geography Through Art  offers different types of multi-level art projects from around the world.
Trail Guide to US Geography  is a multi-level teacher's manual for teaching United States Geography.  It has lesson plans and a student guide. The Captain's Dog is the book that is used in part of this book.
Trail Guide to World Geography  covers world geography in a multi-level format similar to the Trail Guide to US History. This book uses Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne.
Ultimate Geography and Timeline  (Revised 2006) is a geography curriculum guide for K-12 as well as a great geography resource.

Geography Resources

Geography Resources  will supplement any geography curriculum.
Exploring the World Around You  Explore the world through its seven biomes: desert, grassland, tropical rain forest, deciduous forest, taiga, tundra,  and chaparral.
Uncle Josh’s Outline Maps  has blank geography and historical maps.  It is available in book form or on a CD-Rom.

"Textbook Approach" Geography Curriculum

This section includes the geography curriculum that follows the "textbook approach." These courses are typically one year courses except as noted. They are more structured than the curriculum listed above.

Bob Jones Geography  is a textbook curriculum for grade 9. The student activities book is excellent.
LifePac History 4  covers world geography and culture for grade 4.
MCP Maps, Charts, and Graphs  are useful for a child who needs to know how to read and interpret data on maps, charts, or graphs.  The series runs from grade 1 to grade 8.
Spectrum Geography
Switched-On Schoolhouse History and Geography 4  is the CD-ROM curriculum version of LifePac History 4 from Alpha Omega.
LifePac History 9  covers Civics, Career, and World Geography for grade 9.
Runkle's Welcome to the Wonderful World of Geography  focuses on physical geography, and provides the basis for learning the fundamentals of world geography.
Switched-On Schoolhouse History and Geography 9  covers world geography for grade 9 from Alpha Omega.
Geography LifePac Select   A one semester course from Alpha Omega.