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![[New Mexico State Flag]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/flag-new-mexico-150x100.png)
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!
🌐 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.
🌍 🇺🇬 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda
![[Flag of Uganda]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/flag-uganda-150x100.png)
Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great history and geography along the way. This week: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Oklahoma, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and More
![[Oklahoma State Flag]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/flag-oklahoma-2006-150x100.png)
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 WORLD HERITAGE: The Historic Areas of Istanbul in Turkey
![[Flag of Turkey]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/flag-turkey-150x100.jpg)
Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great history and geography along the way. This week: the Historic Areas of Istanbul in Turkey.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Utah, Tonga, Turkey, and More
![[Utah State Flag]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/flag-utah-1913-150x94.png)
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 WORLD HERITAGE: Koutammakou in Togo
![[Flag of Togo]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/flag-togo-150x93.png)
Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great history and geography along the way. This week: Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba in Togo.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Wyoming, Tanzania, Togo, and More
![[Wyoming State Flag]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/flag-wyoming-1917-150x105.png)
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 WORLD HERITAGE: Ancient Sarazm in Tajikistan
![[Flag of Tajikistan]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/flag-tajikistan-150x75.png)
Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great history and geography along the way. This week: the Proto-Urban Site of Sarazm in Tajikistan.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Idaho, Switzerland, Tajikistan, and More
![[Idaho State Flag]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/flag-idaho-1957-150x118.png)
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!
🌏 🇱🇰 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Dambulla Temple in Sri Lanka
![[Flag of Sri Lanka]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/flag-sri-lanka-150x75.jpg)
Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great history and geography along the way. This week: the Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple in Sri Lanka.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Washington, Sri Lanka, Sweden, and More
![[Washington State Flag]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/flag-washington-1923-150x89.png)
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 WORLD HERITAGE: The Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa
![[Flag of South Africa]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/flag-south-africa-150x100.jpg)
Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great history and geography along the way. This week: the Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa.
📺 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: Montana, Somalia, Spain, and More
![[Montana State Flag]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/flag-montana-1981-150x100.png)
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 WORLD HERITAGE: East Rennell in the Solomon Islands
![[Solomon Islands Flag]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/flag-solomon-islands-150x75.png)
Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great history and geography along the way. This week: East Rennell in the Solomon Islands.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: South Dakota, Singapore, Solomon Islands, & More
![[South Dakota State Flag]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/flag-south-dakota-1992-150x94.png)
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 WORLD HERITAGE: The Saloum Delta in Senegal
![[Flag of Senegal]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/flag-senegal-150x100.png)
Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great history and geography along the way. This week: the Saloum Delta in Senegal.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: North Dakota, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and More
![[North Dakota State Flag]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/flag-north-dakota-1911-150x117.png)
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 WORLD HERITAGE: Mount Titano and Historic San Marino
![[Flag of San Marino]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/flag-san-marino-150x113.png)
Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great history and geography along the way. This week: Mount Titano and the Historic Center of San Marino.
🇨🇦 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
![[Colorado State Flag]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/flag-colorado-1964-150x100.png)
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 WORLD HERITAGE: The Pitons in Saint Lucia
![[Flag of Saint Lucia]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/flag-saint-lucia-150x75.png)
Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great history and geography along the way. This week: the Pitons Management Area in Saint Lucia.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Nebraska, Rwanda, Saint Vincent, and More
![[Nebraska State Flag]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/flag-nebraska-1963-150x90.png)
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 WORLD HERITAGE: The Historic Elvas Fortifications in Portugal
![[Flag of Portugal]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/flag-portugal-150x100.png)
Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great history and geography along the way. This week: the Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications in Portugal.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Nevada, Portugal, Russia, and More
![[Nevada State Flag]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/flag-nevada-1991-150x100.png)
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 WORLD HERITAGE: The Historic Jesuit Missions of Paraguay
![[Flag of Paraguay]](https://riverhouses.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/flag-paraguay-150x83.png)
Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great history and geography along the way. This week: the Historic Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue in Paraguay.
