Trail Guide To Us Geography Teachers *OP - Softcover

Cindy Wiggers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1931397198 ISBN 13: 9781931397193

Publisher: Geography Matters, 2007

Synopsis

Easy-to-follow resource to teach essential geographical facts and features of each of the 50 U.S. states. Includes 5-minute daily drills, mapping, building a geography notebook, and a wide variety of additional project choices. Student study the 50 states at the rate of about 2 states each week. The literature unit on the Lewis and Clark Expedition (using "The Captain's Dog" by Roland Smith) provides a thrilling way to drive home the relevance of knowing geography.

Students complete assignments by using atlases, outline maps, and other research materials. Incorporating the 5 themes of geography students learn capitals, place location, climate, physical geography, and much more. These simple, yet thorough, assignment choices include: Daily trails for an overview of geography Interesting digging deeper activities Geography through Literature There are a variety of ways to use the three-part manual. Teachers simply select which parts of the book will best meet their needs and objectives. And yes... there are answers in the back of the book!

This interesting approach to teaching makes learning fun and memorable. No student workbook is needed because students will develop their own personal notebooks full of colorful maps, intriguing facts, and surprisingly pertinent information.

About this title

About the Author:

Cindy Wiggers is an, author, publisher, and national speaker. She established a family business, Geography Matters, with her husband in 1989. She has a heart to help parents inspire their children with a love for learning. She is the author of Trail Guide to U.S. Geography, Trail Guide to World Geography, and The Ultimate Geography and Timeline Guide with Maggie Hogan. Her interests include nutrition and fitness, spending time with her grandchildren, and engaging in adventure with friends.

Review:

This is the second book in the Trail Guide books. This one looks just as promising as the first one, reviewed above. This book concentrates on U.S. Geography and takes you on a tour, state-by-state, using the same basic format as above: the five-minute Geography Trails, and the Points of Interest, which take a little bit longer to explore. This is an EXCELLENT resource for U.S. Geography. Your child will be very familiar with the United States and each state independently when they are through with this course! --Holly Cameron, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine

Reading on, I saw that this book is one in a series of three, "all written with the busy teacher in mind." More and more promising! And then I read, "With a little guidance the first 2 or 3 weeks most students will work independently the remainder of the year." Well! Put that together with "multiple ages" and I'm practically sold! Now if the book will just live up to the promises...
...which I am happy to report, it does. --Eclectic Homeschool Online

Reading on, I saw that this book is one in a series of three, "all written with the busy teacher in mind." More and more promising! And then I read, "With a little guidance the first 2 or 3 weeks most students will work independently the remainder of the year." Well! Put that together with "multiple ages" and I'm practically sold! Now if the book will just live up to the promises...
...which I am happy to report, it does. --Eclectic Homeschool Online

About this edition

• Publisher: Geography Matters
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1931397198
• ISBN 13: 9781931397193
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 148