For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States with your homeschool students. This week: Bering Land Bridge National Preserve in Alaska.
🌐 Homeschool Geography: States, Countries, History, Maps, & More
Come, here’s the map.
Great homeschool teaching tips and easy little lessons on geography from the River Houses Homeschool Network. Print your own homeschool calendars and planners on our River Houses calendar page, and subscribe to our free homeschool newsletter to get more posts like these delivered right to your mailbox every week. 📫
❡ States, countries, & world treasures: These Homeschool Geography lessons includes two special series: our Sunday States & Countries posts that take you on an annual homeschool tour the U.S. states and the nations of the world, and our Weekly American Heritage posts that invite you to visit a different American national park, memorial, or historic site every week. Follow either one of these miniature curricula for just a few minutes each week with a standard atlas and almanac and you’ll enrich your students’ understanding of geography and history all through the year.
❡ World Heritage Sites: In previous years we have also explored World Heritage Sites around the globe, and last year's World Heritage posts will remain below at the end of this archive for homeschoolers who would like to review them again. 🌎
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Alaska, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Alaska, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Canyon de Chelly National Monument
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States with your homeschool students. This week: Canyon de Chelly National Monument in Arizona.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Arizona, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Arizona, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, and Venezuela. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Aztec Ruins National Monument
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States with your homeschool students. This week: Aztec Ruins National Monument in New Mexico.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: New Mexico, the UAE, Uruguay, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: New Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Uruguay. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Chickasaw National Recreation Area
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States with your homeschool students. This week: Chickasaw National Recreation Area in Oklahoma.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Oklahoma, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Oklahoma, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, and Ukraine. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Golden Spike National Historical Park
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States with your homeschool students. This week: Golden Spike National Historical Park in Utah.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Utah, Tonga, Turkey, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Utah, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, and Turkey. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Fort Laramie National Historic Site
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States with your homeschool students. This week: Fort Laramie National Historic Site in Wyoming.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Wyoming, Tanzania, Togo, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Wyoming, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), and Togo.
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Craters of the Moon National Monument
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States with your homeschool students. This week: Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Idaho, Switzerland, Tajikistan, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Idaho, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, and Tajikistan. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🌳 🗺️ LOCAL & FAMILY HISTORY PROJECTS for Homeschoolers
Local history and geography, and family history (genealogy), are ideal educational subjects to explore in every homeschool, especially during the summer months.
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Mount Rainier National Park
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States with your homeschool students. This week: Mount Rainier National Park in Washington.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Washington, Sri Lanka, Sweden, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Washington, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, and Sweden. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States with your homeschool students. This week: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Montana, Somalia, Spain, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Montana, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, and Spain. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇫🇷 HOMESCHOOL HISTORY: Learning About D-Day 1944
Learn about the World War II Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944, using live news broadcasts from that day.
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Mount Rushmore National Memorial
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States with your homeschool students. This week: Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota.
📺 HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARIES for Your Homeschool Summer
Twelve multi-part masterpieces of the documentarian’s art that you and your homeschool students can watch together and discuss over the summer. (Or at any other time of year!)
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: South Dakota, Singapore, Solomon Islands, & More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: South Dakota, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the Solomon Islands. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States with your homeschool students. This week: Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site in North Dakota.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: North Dakota, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: North Dakota, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, and Sierra Leone. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Mesa Verde National Park
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States with your homeschool students. This week: Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado.
🇨🇦 HOMESCHOOL MUSIC & HISTORY: “To find the hand of Franklin”
To understand a complex and beautiful piece of art or music, your students must first learn a great deal about the world — names, places, people, and events that may seem at first to be unrelated.