🌎 🗺 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: A Free World Heritage Wall Map

Every Wednesday throughout the homeschool year we pay a visit to a World Heritage Site drawn from one of our countries-of-the-week — it’s a great way to add some easy history, geography, and natural history to your homeschool schedule.

One of the best ways to follow along on our annual World Heritage tour is with the lovely full-color World Heritage Wall Map that’s available direct from the World Heritage Centre for just the price of shipping (US$3.00). You can order your copy right here:

• ➢ World Heritage Wall Map (whc.unesco.org)

I have a copy myself, and it’s not only a great overview of World Heritage Sites, it’s also an excellent general-purpose wall map of the world for your homeschool classroom:

This large format full-colour map features World Heritage sites and brief explanations of the World Heritage Convention and the World Heritage conservation programmes. It is available in English, French, and Spanish, and includes superb photos of World Heritage sites with explanatory captions. The dimensions of the map are 78 cm by 50 cm (31 in. by 20 in.). (World Heritage Centre)

World Heritage Sites are cultural or natural landmarks of international significance, selected by their home countries and recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. More than a thousand such sites have been designated in over 160 countries, and we feature one every Wednesday throughout the homeschool year. You can find a complete list of World Heritage Sites online at the World Heritage Centre’s website and also in Wikipedia.

Our annual World Heritage tour begins in September and continues throughout the homeschool year. Download a copy of our printable World Heritage Calendar and follow along with us!

What world treasures have you and your students been exploring in your homeschool lately? 😊

❡ The great globe itself: This is one of our regular Homeschool Geography posts featuring cultural and natural sites of international importance. Print your own copy of our River Houses World Heritage Calendar and follow along with us as we tour the planet, and add your name to our weekly mailing list to get great homeschool teaching ideas delivered right to your mailbox all through the year. 🌐

❡ Books in the running brooks: You can always turn to your River Houses almanac, atlas, and history encyclopedia for more information about any of our countries-of-the-week. The almanac has a lengthy section with detailed profiles of all the nations of the world; the endpapers of the atlas are indexes that will show you where all of the individual national and regional maps may be found; the history encyclopedia has a comprehensive collection of national histories in an appendix; and you can find additional illustrations, flags, and other mentions through the indexes in each of these volumes. For an ideal little lesson, just write the name of the Weekly World Heritage Site on your homeschool bulletin board, find its location in your atlas, read the WHC’s brief description aloud, look at a picture or two, and you’re done. Over the course of the year, without even realizing it, your students will absorb a wealth of new historical, geographical, and cultural information. 🗺

❡ Homeschool calendars: We have a whole collection of free, printable, educational homeschool calendars and planners available on our main River Houses calendar page. They will help you create a light and easy structure for your homeschool year. Give them a try today! 🗓

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