Geography is Fun!

Travel God's World Geography by Meredith Curtis, a unit study/consumable worktext, will take you on an adventure around the world!

Let’s travel around God’s World together, exploring each continent and investigating the world’s biomes (mountains, deserts, tundra, grasslands, forests, jungles, islands, volcanoes, rivers). We’ll need our passports and boarding passes (included in this worktext). We will fly, drive, and sail to exciting destinations, meeting families around the world.
 
Research is fun! We will choose one country from each major continent to examine her landforms, climate, flora, fauna, resources, economy, government, religion, and culture; and present a report to our family or co-op class.
 
Maps are fun! We fill in blank outline maps of each continent, as well as a variety of thematic maps. We will learn about God’s world with population, language, religion, climate, and time zone maps.

Written in a conversation style, you will meet families around the world as you explore different nations and how they live. 

You Will …
Play Seterra Map Quiz Games online
Learn some words in other languages
Make a Rose Compass
Do Origami
Draw Mountains
Make an African Drum
Make a Dart Gun
Make a Volcano
Create a Raised Relief Map
… and more! ​

This consumable worktext comes is available in print (you will need one per student) and E-book (you can make as many copies as  you need for your own family). 

Topics & Living Books

September or Month One:
Into to Geography, Passports & Plane Trip, Zones, Landforms, Vocabulary/World Maps
Bible: 10/40 Window, Paul's Missionary Journeys
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
Research Country in North America

​October or Month Two:
North America, Central America, Caribbean, Deserts/North & Central America, Caribbean Maps
Missionaries to North America
Bible: Philip, Ruth, Jesus & the Samaritan Woman
Anne of Green Gables​ ​​by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Research Country in South America

​​November or Month Three:
South America, Jungles & Rain Forests/South America Maps
Missionaries to South America
Bible: Elijah, Elisha
Climate & Religion Maps
​​​Rover of the Andes​ by R.M. Ballantyne

​December or Month Four:
Polar Regions, Christmas Traditions around the World, Languages, Polar Region Maps
Bible: Travels related to Jesus' Birth
Language Maps
Fast in the Ice ​by R.M. Ballantyne
Research Country in Asia

​January or Month Five: 
Asia, Islands, Volcanoes, Ring of Fire/Asia Maps
Missionaries to Asia
Bible: Abraham, Sodom & Gomorrah, Isaac
Asian Cities, Population Maps
Himalayan Rescue by Dave Gustaveson (Reel Kids Adventure/Nepal)
Research Country in Africa

​February or Month Six:
Africa, Grasslands/Africa Maps
Missionaries to Africa
Bible: Life of Joseph
African Animals, Geysers, Aquifers
​Tarzan of the Apes​ by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Research Country in Europe

March or Month Seven:
Europe, Mountains/Europe Maps
Missionaries to Europe
Bible: Peter & Paul to the Gentiles
European Businesses, Resource Maps, Economic Maps
​Heidi​ by Johanna Spyri or ​Hans Brinker, the Silver Skates ​by Mary Mapes Dodge
Research: Prepare International Dinner Displays

​April or Month Eight: 
Australia, Port Cities/Oceania Maps
 ​Missionaries to Hawaii
Bible: Shipwrecks
Coral Reefs, Cargo Ships, Trucks
Coral Island by R.M. Ballantyne

​May or Month Nine:
Rivers, Forests/Final World Map
Bible: Lumber for the Temple, Crossing the Jordan
​Swiss Family Robinson ​by Johann David Wyss

Kick-Off Plane Ride

We will be playing the Seterra Map Quiz Games each month for the different continents. You can find the game here: online.seterra.com/en ​​

Where to Purchase

You can purchase the print version of Travel God's World Geography at Amazon. 

You can purchase the e-book at 
PayHip or TeachersPayTeachers,.

Series: Travel God's World
Author: Meredith Curtis
Publisher: Powerline Productions (plp2201
Paperback: 588 ages
Age/Grade: 5th through 9th 
Stock Number: plp2201

Important Info for Travel God's World Geography Owners!

If you purchased your texbook in print or e-book before August 1, 2019, there may be a mistake on page 32. Here is the correct information. I am sorry for the typing errors. Yikes!

  • Europe – second smallest continent, almost one billion people, 50 countries (sovereign states)
  • Asia – largest continent, over 4 billion people, about 48 countries (with 3 overlapping land in Europe)
  • Africa – second largest continent, over a billion people, 54 countries
  • Australia – smallest continent, almost 25 million people, only one country occupies this continent
  • Antarctica – 3 kids have been born here, whalers in past have lived there for a yr, research teams rotate living there.
  • Arctic Circle – there is one day out of the year that the sun is up for 24 hrs and another down for 24 hrs.
  • North America & Central America – third  largest, over 500 million people, 23 countries
  • South America – over 400 million people, 15 countries (including Panama considered part of both Central and South America)

Travel God's World Geography Resources

ITouchMap.com
​Find the Longitude & Latitude coordinates of any point in the world here.
MyNASA Longitude & Latitude Finder can be found here.
Seterra Free Geography Online Quiz Games can be found here.
Download free Blank Outline Maps here. Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt's Education Place offers free maps.
National Geographic Society Mapmaker offers an amazing site to create and download maps. It's free! Visit here.
Royalty Free US and World Maps are some wonderful blank outline maps to download and use assignments and research projects. Download here.
CIA World Factbook is a great resource for FREE maps, flags, and photographs from countries around the world! Visit the site here.
BBC Landscapes has an archived page, Map Skills: Symbols & Keys with a free lesson you can use here.
MapZone is a Geography site for kids with games and lessons that kids will enjoy. Visit the site here.
The Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas Library is amazing! Visit it here.

Intro to Geograpy

This slideshow of maps contains time zone map, time zone map with blank times, Paul's First, Second, & Third Missionary Maps for September's Intro

North America & Deserts

Here are the maps you might need for October's chapter on North America and Deserts
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Alice Springs National Park's Desert Knowledge for Kids Site is a great way to learn about desert animals in Australia. Visit the site here.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service provides medical service to the inhabitants of the Australian Desert. Learn about this service here.

South America

Here are the maps used in November, South America/Jungles section. If you have the print book, these maps are hard to differentiate the colors in the print version of the curriculum. 

Polar Regions

Would You Like to Take a Virtual Tour of the South Pole? You can do it here.

Asia  & Islands

Here is an alternative to the Carp Craft in the book. You can make carps from toilet paper rolls and tissue paper. See directions here.

Africa & Grasslands

In February, we will study Africa and Grasslands.
Learn more about the Nebraska Sandhills Region of the United States here.

Europe & Mountains

Australia Oceania Port Cities