Trail Guide to World Geography
I absolutely love this unit study for high school. My high schoolers are really enjoying it, too. I'm actually learning a ton. But it says K-12 on the description and I'm trying to use it with my 1st grader. He really likes what we've done so far (he's on Week 4), but 99% of it is very much over his head. I think I need to set up a geography unit study for him on his level. He obviously likes geography, but he won't like it if it's too overwhelming/difficult.
I'm thinking of either buying Beautiful Feet's Around the World with Picture Books , Guest Hollow's Jr. Geography Curriculum, or just setting up my own unit study. Either way, I need to sit down with it and come up with a plan.
Government & Economics
I feel like a serious failure in this department. The 11th grader has read a number of living books about government and economics, including reading original source documents like the US Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, etc, and watching a Senate hearing's live broadcast. But, I really feel like our coverage of these two subjects is pretty abysmal. I don't like government and economics and it's hard to creatively and lovingly put together wonderful unit studies on a topic you absolutely hate (and think is boring). At this point, I'm so burned out from even hearing about politics and government, that I don't actually want to teach it. Ever.
I'm thinking of using this as a springboard for economics https://mru.org/teacher-resources/courses/high-school-economics , but I think I might be too dumb even for these videos.
I'm thinking of going through Notgrass Economics together with the high schoolers (I already own it).
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