I ordered Mystery of History for my 9yr old, but don't expect it to be here for a few weeks. I feel like she struggles a little with geography...espeically with US geography and am thinking maybe I should find a geography program to supplement and round out her social studies. What do you think? If I did do a geography curriculum too, what would you recommend? She likes things that are interesting and fast paced. Thanks!
Personaly I think if you follow along with the MOH you can locate the printable maps and have her fill in the geographical features as you go.. I have been doing this this year but really enjoyed the geography we did with LPs back with older ds and dd so we will be doing a side geography but i plan to do it next year with following along to different places I study. maybe follwooing where those people were connected then from there do the topography etc, he will be8th grade then, At her level I would just use the US maps, and have her practice the states and capitals to start, then go with topographical places
We use MOH and it's certainly got its share of geography, but my son happens to be interested in the subject and so we do more. MOH is geography about that period of history, and most geography programs are about MODERN geography. We've found that studying an entirely different region of the world is to our benefit. I like the Bright Ideas Press geography books - Hands-On Geography is great for younger kiddos or supplementing, or TUGAT (which I forget what it stands for but it's on the BIP website) is a great program on its own and is probably right up the alley it sounds like your daughter may enjoy.
Good to know....thank you!!! I was looking at Geography of the United States (Instructional Fair) today. The benefit would be that it is based on the "5 themes of geography", which is the model the PS was using with DD this year, so it would be familiar territory for her.
It really depends on what you mean my geography. As stated, MOH has LOTS of geography from a historical perspective. For example, a map of Israel showing the boundaries of David's kingdom vs. Solomon's kingdom, or the territories of the city states in Renaissance Italy. You'll get a very good understanding of mapping, and where those (current) countries are on the globe. But if you want an understanding of where CURRENT countries are, you might try the games at http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/ Rachael used this (on her own) to learn the countries of South America and Europe.
We plan on doing the 4 spectrum books over 4 summers just for a little added boost. I think he'll get a lot from MOH, though. We'll be starting it in the Fall.
