Geography Lessons
Create rich and meaningful geography lessons through living books, creative approaches, maps, documentaries, and outdoor exploration.
If you’ve wanted geography to feel more engaging than maps and worksheets, these guides were created for you.
Instead of memorizing place names, students learn about countries, cultures, landscapes, and how people live around the world through the best books, documentaries, podcasts, audio books, literature and art.
These guides provide carefully curated resources, practical ideas, and innovative approaches to help you easily create rich and engaging geography lessons for students of all ages.
They are designed to inspire ideas, simplify planning and give clear guidance to create a living geography education in your homeschool.
Living geography made simple
THE GEOGRAPHY SERIES
Explore the landscapes and cultures of the world through living approaches
PART ONE
Start here with Geography Lessons for a living education
A practical and inspiring guide to creating living geography lessons for grades K–12.
This guide is filled with carefully selected books, resources, and creative approaches that help you teach rich and engaging geography lessons without needing a boxed curriculum. Inside you’ll find:
A curated selection of living geography books arranged by theme
Podcasts, apps and websites
Mapmaking and note booking ideas
How to teach geography through art, literature and hands-on projects
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Enrich your geography lessons with our documentary guide
PART TWO
Enrich your Geography Lessons with documentaries
Bring geography lessons to life with a curated collection of the best geography and earth science documentaries for students.
This guide helps you easily incorporate high-quality documentaries into your geography studies, with films organized by region, theme, and subject so you can quickly find what you need.
• Curated documentary lists
• Organized by region and theme
• Streaming and free options
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INSIDE THE CURATOR JOURNAL
Explore Geography Articles from the Curator Journal
Alongside the Geography guide, I regularly write about geography education in the Curator Journal, sharing ideas, teaching approaches, book recommendations, and lesson inspiration.
These articles explore different ways to make geography come alive for students through stories, books, documentaries, field trips, and creative projects.
You can explore the geography articles below for additional ideas and inspiration to accompany your geography studies.
Learning Geography in Nature — a Field Trip Guide
Your guide for enriching geography field trips at local parks, in urban environments and on countryside walks.
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Creative Approaches for Geography Lessons
Discover five ways you can incorporate creativity into your geography lessons for delightful and engaged learning.
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3 Wonderful Geography Documentaries to Watch This Summer
A short list of excellent geography documentaries to enjoy as a family this summer.
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How to Use Illustrated Books in Your Geography Lessons
Learn how illustrated books can awaken children’s imagination and enrich geography lessons.
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Geography Through Storytelling
Stories can be a wonderful way to deeply engage students’ hearts and minds while teaching geographic themes and concepts.
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How to Use Living Books to Teach Geography
Move beyond dull geography lessons and learn how to create rich and engaging lessons using living books.
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