Local history and geography, and family history (genealogy), are ideal educational subjects to explore in every homeschool, especially during the summer months.
🌐 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. 🌎
🇺🇸 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.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Colorado, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Colorado, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé & Príncipe, and Saudi Arabia. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Scotts Bluff National Monument
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States with your homeschool students. This week: Scotts Bluff National Monument in Nebraska.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Nebraska, Rwanda, Saint Vincent, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Nebraska, Rwanda, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent & the Grenadines. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Great Basin National Park
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States with your homeschool students. This week: Great Basin National Park in Nevada.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Nevada, Portugal, Russia, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Nevada, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, and Russia. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States. This week: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in West Virginia.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: West Virginia, Paraguay, Poland, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: West Virginia, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, and Poland. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States. This week: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Kansas, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Kansas, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, and Papua New Guinea. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Crater Lake National Park
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States. This week: Crater Lake National Park in Oregon.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Oregon, Nigeria, Oman, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Oregon, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, and Oman. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Voyageurs National Park
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States. This week: Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Minnesota, the Netherlands, Niger, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Minnesota, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, and Niger. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States. This week: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in California.