Getting Started with Our A Splash of Geography Homeschool Course

Terri Johnson of Knowledge Quest teaches geography to homeschool students through SchoolhouseTeachers.com. A Splash of Geography homeschool lessons are divided into levels that allow the course to be used with any age student. Each lesson can be studied independently of the others, in any order that best fits individual schedules. The A Splash of Geography homeschool course includes map work for the students and geography-based quizzes with answer keys.

Overview

•   22 weeks, 5 days a week
•   Includes reading assignments, maps, map assignments, activities, and links to additional information
•   Grades 1st-12th

Supplies Needed

Corresponding lessons on SchoolhouseTeachers.com; journal or notebook for writing assignments, notetaking, and research

What to Do

Go to Class Lessons and download the lesson plan and files for the first unit. Start with the Day 1 reading assignment. Follow the instructions each day on the lesson plan and check them off when completed. Or, download the files for a selected unit and follow the directions within the lesson.

Course Outline for Our A Splash of Geography Homeschool Course

A Splash of Geography homeschool lessons include color and blackline maps from Terri Johnson of Knowledge Quest.

• Week One: Ireland and St. Patrick
• Week Two: 20th Century: Famous Flights
• Week Three: 20th Century: Unemployment Rate/US States
• Week Four: 20th Century: European Countries
• Week Five: 20th Century: The British Empire
• Week Six: 20th Century: World War I
• Week Seven: 20th Century: Independence for India
• Week Eight: 20th Century: Louisiana
• Week Nine: 20th Century: The Dominion of Canada
• Week Ten: 20th Century: The Boxer Rebellion
• Week Eleven: 20th Century: China and Japan at War
• Week Twelve: 20th Century: War in the South Pacific
• Week Thirteen: New Zealand
• Week Fourteen: My Country Book
• Week Fifteen: Explore His Earth
• Week Sixteen: Explore the Holy Land
• Week Seventeen: European Settlers and Native American Tribes: American History for Beginners: Pilgrims, Puritans, and Separatists & William Bradford and the Mayflower Compact
• Week Eighteen: European Settlers and Native American Tribes: American History for Beginners: Native American Tribes and The Pilgrims and Thanksgiving Day
• Week Nineteen: Industrial England
• Week Twenty: Jacques Cartier Voyages and Sacagawea Stolen
• Week Twenty-One: Golden Age of Greece and Alexander the Great
• Week Twenty-Two: The Roman Empire

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