Getting Started with Our Living Geography Homeschool Curriculum

Living Geography introduces young homeschool students to a few of the many cultures and countries of the world through the story of Lucy, who is stuck inside while recovering from an illness. Printable Living Geography homeschool activities focus on communicating key geography concepts to elementary students.

Overview

• 16 weeks
• Includes printable lessons, readings, activities, and links to World Book Online resources
• Grades 1-2

Supplies Needed

Corresponding lessons on SchoolhouseTeachers.com

What to Do

Go to Class Lessons and download the lesson plan and lessons file. Start with the Day 1 reading assignment. Follow the instructions each day on the lesson plan and check them off when completed.

Course Sample for Our Living Geography Homeschool Curriculum

Lucy’s uncle and Mother Bunch traveled around the world by ship. Mother Bunch was born at sea and married a sailor, so she wasn’t from any one place.

Draw a picture below of how you travel today. Watch these World Book videos to give your early learners ideas.

Lucy is allowed to play with a globe while she is at her uncle’s house. A globe is a replica of any planet. The globe Lucy was twirling looks just like Earth, only smaller. It shows bodies of water and land.

This globe also contains the constellations. During this time, sailors used the stars to find their way in the ocean.

If you flatten a globe it becomes a map.

If you zoom in on the map and combine all those maps into a book you will have an atlas.

What do we use today to find our way?

To view a full sample of this class, click here.