Notgrass world geography
Exploring World Geography
Your high school student can earn geography, English, and worldview credit.
Exploring World Geography
is a one-year course centered in God's Word that equips your student to better understand our world and his or her place in it. If you use the course as written, your student can earn one year of credit in three high school subjects: World Geography, English, and Worldview. This curriculum features:
Engaging lessons with hundreds of colorful photographs and illustrations
Maps and details about all the countries of the world plus supplemental readings
Weekly project ideas
Literature reading and worldview assignments
Here's what Anna, a student in Tennessee, said about this curriculum:
I liked how easy it was to read. It never felt dry. The lessons were written and laid out well so I could actually remember things.
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Exploring World Geography
gives students a rich learning experience while providing parents with the clarity and structure needed to teach confidently. Designed for use at any point in high school, it offers age-appropriate rigor and supports both independent learners a
Exploring World Geography Curriculum Package
Rounding out Notgrass' high school social studies is their longed-for World Geography course. It does not disappoint. There are two gorgeous, full-color
Texts
plus a unique book called the
Gazetteer
full of continental and regional maps plus some original source material. These three books make up the
Curriculum Package
. Carefully chosen
literature selections
(literature package coming soon!)
add depth and perspective to the study. These are listed as the Required Resources. The course is rounded out by a selection of study materials in the Student Review Pack – Student Review Book, Quiz/Exam book, and Teacher Notes/Answer Key.
More impressive, though, than the quality of the course components, is the perspective. Two main questions form the foundation. "1. How has the physical world made a difference in what people have done, how they have lived, and how they live today? 2. How have people made a difference in the physical world and are they making a difference in it today?" Helping the student gain insight into answering these questions provides the "why" of this course.
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Exploring World Geography is a geography, literature, and biblical worldview course for which students can earn three high school credits. This course will be a major part of the student’s curriculum for a year, requiring two and a half to three hours of work per day. This is an integrated study, so the work for the different subject areas overlaps with many assignments.
This course focuses on cultures and people more than many other geography courses. The introductory material for the course states:
This course deals with two main questions: (1) How has the physical world made a difference in what people have done, how they have lived, and how they live today? (2) How have people made a difference in the physical world, and how are they making a difference in it today? (
Exploring World Geography: Part 1
, p. vii).
In answering those questions, the course shows the relevance of geography to both real-life and current events. The fiction and non-fiction books students read as part of the course also work to that end. For instance, as part of their study of the Middle East, students will read
Blood Brothers
by Elias Chacour.
Blood Brothers
tells about the creation of the
Exploring World Geography Digital Download
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Exploring World Geography
by Ray Notgrass is a one-year high school course that describes and explains the world God created. Students will learn about mankind's interaction with the world both in the past and in the present. The curriculum addresses two main questions: How has the physical world made a difference in what people have done, how they have lived, and how they live today? How have people made a difference in the physical world, and how are they making a difference in it today?
This package includes PDF digital downloads of these books:
Exploring World Geography Part 1
Exploring World Geography Part 2
Exploring World Geography Gazetteer
Exploring World Geography Student Review Book
Exploring World Geography Quiz and Exam Book
Exploring World Geography Guide for Parents and Answer Key
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