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![[Homeschool American Heritage]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/america-250-150x120.jpg)
For America’s 250th anniversary, discovery the history and landscape of the United States. This week: Guilford Courthouse National Military Park in North Carolina.
🌐 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 World Heritage posts that invite you to visit a different World Heritage 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.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: North Carolina, Cyprus, Djibouti, and More
![[North Carolina State Bird & Flower]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/north-carolina-stamp-1982a-103x150.png)
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: North Carolina, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, and Djibouti. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Saratoga National Historical Park
For America’s 250th anniversary, discovery the history and landscape of the United States. This week: Saratoga National Historical Park in New York.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: New York, Costa Rica, Cuba, and More
![[New York State Bird & Flower]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/new-york-stamp-1982-103x150.png)
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: New York, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, and Cuba. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Jamestown National Historic Site
For America’s 250th anniversary, discovery the history and landscape of the United States. This week: Jamestown National Historic Site in Virginia.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Virginia, Colombia, Congo, and More
![[Virginia State Bird & Flower]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/virginia-stamp-1982-b-104x150.png)
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Virginia, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Kinshasa), and Congo Republic (Brazzaville). Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
For America’s 250th anniversary, discovery the history and landscape of the United States. This week: Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park in New Hampshire.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: New Hampshire, Chad, China, and More
![[New Hanpshire State Bird & Flower]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/new-hampshire-stamp-1982-b-107x150.png)
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: New Hampshire, the Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, and China. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie
For America’s 250th anniversary, discovery the history and landscape of the United States. This week: Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park in South Carolina.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: South Carolina, Cabo Verde, Canada, & More
![[South Carolina State Bird & Flower]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/south-carolina-stamp-1982b-102x150.png)
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: South Carolina, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, and Canada. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 🇫🇷 HOMESCHOOL HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY: Yorktown 1781
Invite your American history students to remember the end of the American Revolution with the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, on this day in 1781.
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Fort McHenry National Monument
For America’s 250th anniversary, discovery the history and landscape of the United States. This week: Fort McHenry National Monument in Maryland.
🌐 HOMESCHOOL GEOGRAPHY: The Prime Meridian
![[Prime Meridian Stamp 1984]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/greenwich-prime-meridian-stamp-1984-110x150.jpg)
On this day in 1884, the north-south line running through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England, was established as our planet’s Prime Meridian: the line of 0º longitude. Can your homeschoolers locate it on a globe and explain its significance?
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Maryland, Brunei, Burundi, and More
![[Maryland State Bird & Flower]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/maryland-stamp-1982b-103x150.jpg)
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Maryland, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, and Burundi. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Minute Man National Historical Park
For America’s 250th anniversary, discovery the history and landscape of the United States. This week: Minute Man National Historical Park in Massachusetts.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Massachusetts, Bolivia, Brazil, and More
![[Massachusetts State Bird & Flower]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/massachusetts-stamp-1982-b-99x150.png)
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Massachusetts, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, and Brazil. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Weir Farm National Historical Park
For America’s 250th anniversary, discovery the history and landscape of the United States. This week: Weir Farm National Historical Park in Connecticut.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Connecticut, Belgium, Bhutan, and More
![[Connecticut State Bird & Flower]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/connecticut-stamp-1982-b-99x150.jpg)
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Connecticut, Belgium, Belize, Benin, and Bhutan. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Andersonville National Historic Site
For America’s 250th anniversary, discovery the history and landscape of the United States. This week: Andersonville National Historic Site in Georgia.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Georgia, Bahrain, Belarus, and More
![[Georgia State Bird & Flower]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/georgia-stamp-1982-b-100x150.jpg)
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Georgia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, and Belarus. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Morristown National Historical Park
For America’s 250th anniversary, discovery the history and landscape of the United States. This week: Morristown National Historical Park in New Jersey.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: New Jersey, Australia, the Bahamas, and More
![[New Jersey State Bird & Flower]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/new-jersey-stamp-1982-97x150.jpg)
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: New Jersey, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, and the Bahamas. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
⚔️ HOMESCHOOL HISTORY: Marathon, 490 B.C.
![[Battle of Marathon]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/battle-of-marathon-stamp-2010-150x107.jpg)
The Battle of Marathon, fought on the eastern coast of mainland Greece in 490 B.C., was one of the most consequential battles in the history of the Western world. It’s an event every homeschool student should know.
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Independence National Historical Park
For America’s 250th anniversary, discovery the history and landscape of the United States. This week: Independence National Historical Park in Pennsylvania.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Pennsylvania, Angola, Armenia, and More
![[Pennsylvania State Bird & Flower]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pennsylvania-stamp-1982-98x150.jpg)
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Pennsylvania, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, and Armenia. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: First State National Historical Park
For America’s 250th anniversary, discovery the history and landscape of the United States. This week: First State National Historical Park in Delaware.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Delaware, Afghanistan, Andorra, & More (A New Year!)
![[Delaware State Bird & Flower]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/delaware-stamp-1982-96x150.jpg)
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. We begin this brand new homeschool year with Delaware, Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, and Andorra. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
