Free Online Resources:
- World Atlas... if you need a map, you'll find it here. The choices are endless.
- Shepphard Software has GREAT geography games for both world geography and US geography. Be sure to check it out!
- Free State Maps Request... Here's where you can request state maps & brochures for free, for every state in the US.
- Mega Maps... This is so cool! You can print maps large or small here... you can make floor maps spread across 25 or 36 sheets of paper.
- Here is my free Printable Passport! I made it to write in the countries we study, along with date stamps.
- If you use passports with blank pages, here is a cute template to make custom "stamps" for each country.
- Here's a free Trip Journal template to print off for each of your kids, turning your next family trip into an opportunity for learning.
Really Neat Supplemental Books:
- Material World: A Global Family Portrait, by Peter Menzel - This book introduces you to real families around the world, and prominently features photographs showing their living conditions, home, and material possessions. There are explanations, insights & statistics for comparison, but the photographs take priority and are given most of the page space. It is such a unique book, and a real eye-opener to see just how much we are truly blessed, and how little other people in the world have. I viewed it from the library to be sure I liked it, then bought it to use as a social study book along with our geography studies each year.
- Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, (or if you prefer the kid version of the book, it's just called What the World Eats) also by Peter Menzel - Similar to the Material World book, it's a book introducing its readers to real families around the world, but with a focus on what those families eat. Photographs show each family with one week's worth of their food, and comparison prices are given as well as special features like street food/ meat consumption/ life expectancies/ fast food around the world. Again, this is a really neat social study book to supplement geography studies
- If you'd like to take a sneak peak into these two books, look at the beginning of this post!
, by Peter Menzel - This book introduces you to real families around the world, and prominently features photographs showing their living conditions, home, and material possessions. There are explanations, insights & statistics for comparison, but the photographs take priority and are given most of the page space. It is such a unique book, and a real eye-opener to see just how much we are truly blessed, and how little other people in the world have. I viewed it from the library to be sure I liked it, then bought it to use as a social study book along with our geography studies each year. 
, (or if you prefer the kid version of the book, it's just called 
) also by Peter Menzel - Similar to the Material World book, it's a book introducing its readers to real families around the world, but with a focus on what those families eat. Photographs show each family with one week's worth of their food, and comparison prices are given as well as special features like street food/ meat consumption/ life expectancies/ fast food around the world. Again, this is a really neat social study book to supplement geography studies
More Favorites!!!
- Maps and Globes is a great little reading rainbow book we used to introduce geography to my son as a first grader.
- Visualize World Geography is a truly unique world geography curriculum. They utilize pictography (making a mental picture... like how Italy is a boot) for EVERY country in the entire world, and you learn them by watching their DVD's about 15 minutes per lesson. This program is especially popular with families, because everyone (toddler to college to parents) can learn together.
- My Marvelous Map Box!!!! This is our solution for pull-down wall maps.
- Check out My Favorite Resources for Learning About Africa!
- "Discover Europe notebooking packet."
- Continent Kids printables and ideas for each continent's boxes
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