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Join this United States and World geography course for your student to learn the states and capitals of the US and world — and increase your student’s understanding of places in history (and navigation skills!).
Total Classes: 13
Duration: 55 minutes
Prerequisite: None
Suggested Grade Level: 6th to 8th grade
Suggested Credit: One full semester Geography
Description
We will apply two Practical Applications: First: As our world gets smaller because of rapid communication and travel, it is becoming more necessary to know our global neighbors, but before we can know them we must have a basic familiarity of where we are talking about. Second: Students in middle school are beginning to study history. While many of the stories in history are exciting on their own, it is impossible to advance in history without basic knowledge of geography. Interesting facts about most places will be discussed to help the students ground themselves more into the areas that we will study.
OUR ULTIMATE GOAL: Memorize all of the states and capitals of the United States. Then memorize all of the countries and capitals of the world. We will also be looking at all of the continents, major mountain ranges, and rivers of the world.
Outline
Class 1 – Introduction – Continents & Oceans – Western United States
Class 2 – Plains States
Class 3 – Midwest and Southern States
Class 4 – Eastern States Part 1
Class 5 – Eastern States Part 2
Class 6 – North America
Class 7 – REVIEW
Class 8 – Greater and Lesser Antilles
Class 9 – South America
Class 10 – Western Europe
Class 11 – North Central Europe
Class 12 – South Central Europe
Class 13 – South Western Europe
Materials and Homework
Course Materials: Geography Coloring Book (3rd Edition) by Wynn Kapit, Krishnan Namboodiri Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2002, ISBN-13: 978-0131014725 (https://amzn.to/3aIKKly or bookfinder.com). Musical videos, created by the instructor, are provided free as a memorization tool.
Homework: Homework will include: Daily reading & studying for 10-15 minutes, completing coloring pages in text, and online quizzes for immediate feedback.
