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: Cidade Velha, the historic center of Ribeira Grande in Cabo Verde.
🌐 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. Add your name to our free River Houses mailing list 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: South Carolina, Cabo Verde, Canada, & More
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 homeschool students to remember the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, on this day in 1781.
🌍 🇧🇬 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak in Bulgaria
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 Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak in Bulgaria.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Maryland, Brunei, Burundi, and More
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!
🌐 HOMESCHOOL GEOGRAPHY: The Prime Meridian
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.
🌎 🇧🇴 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Historic City of Sucre in Bolivia
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 City of Sucre in Bolivia.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Massachusetts, Bolivia, Brazil, and More
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 WORLD HERITAGE: The Neolithic Flint Mines of Belgium
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 Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes in Belgium.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Connecticut, Belgium, Bhutan, and More
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 WORLD HERITAGE: The Ancient Capital of Dilmun in Bahrain
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: Qal’at al-Bahrain, the Ancient Harbor and Capital of Dilmun in Bahrain.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Georgia, Bahrain, Belarus, and More
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 WORLD HERITAGE: The Sydney Opera House in Australia
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 Sydney Opera House in Australia.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: New Jersey, Australia, the Bahamas, and More
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!
🌍 🇦🇴 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Mbanza Kongo in Angola
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: Mbanza Kongo, the Capital of the Former Kingdom of Kongo in Angola.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Pennsylvania, Angola, Armenia, and More
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 WORLD HERITAGE: Bamiyan in Afghanistan (To Open the Year)
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, to begin the new homeschool year: the Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley in Afghanistan.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Delaware, Afghanistan, Andorra, & More (A New Year!)
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!
🌎 🌌 SUNDAY STATES BONUS: The Earth, Solar System, and Universe
Thank you for taking a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with us over the past year! We conclude today with a special bonus: the Earth itself and the amazing Universe beyond. A new world tour for the upcoming homeschool year will begin next month!
🌎 🗺 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: A Free World Heritage Wall Map
Get your own full-color wall map of World Heritage Sites and follow along with us as we tour the world week by week throughout the homeschool year.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: U.S. Territories and World Oceans (To Close the Year)
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week, to wrap up the homeschool year: U.S. Territories and Possessions and the Oceans of the World.
🌎 🇺🇳 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Newly Inscribed Sites (To Close the Year)
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, to wrap up the current homeschool year: newly inscribed World Heritage Sites.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Hawaii and Antarctica
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week, as the year approaches its end, we visit Hawaii and Antarctica.
🌍 🇾🇪 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Socotra Archipelago in Yemen
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 Socotra Archipelago in Yemen.
🌎 🇺🇸 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 WORLD HERITAGE: Samarkand in Uzbekistan
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: storied Samarkand in Uzbekistan.
🌎 🇺🇸 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.