serious moms: Teaching History and Geography

Teaching History and Geography

History & Geography Subjects:

General History & Geography:

Ideas:

Play a game with little candies (M&Ms, Skittles, Nerds, whatever!). Put a candy on a particular state or country, and whoever can name that place first gets the candy. This is a great way to teach younger children, and older ones like the incentive of the candy also!

Websites:

LINK International: Linking Up (a magazine for learning about missionaries--for kids)
The Voice of the Martyrs: Persecution (a magazine for learning about missionaries--for adults)
Learning Through History A magazine
Picture History: License digital images illustrating more than
two hundred years of American history
EyeWitness to History

Lesson Plans:

Books & Audio CD's:

Missionary Stories with the Millers by Mildred A. Martin
The Geography Bee
Me on the Map
Mapping Penny’s World
The Story of the World—great book just to read every day, there are 3 volumes, you can get it on CD, vol. 3 is narrated by Jim Weiss. This set is made for 1^st grade or so & up. There is an activity book to go along with it, to color pictures re: the topic you are studying.

Other Resources:

This book is the BEST! It'll help you determine what your teaching style is, what your children's learning styles are, and what curriculums would work best for your family.

This book tells you in one quick manual what your kids should be learning each year & some suggested resources to make it happen.