Ultimate Guide to Geography Lessons and Activities for Homeschoolers
Check out the over 200 geography lessons and activities that you can use to help make middle school geography fun.
Are you looking for fun and interesting ways to help your children learn more about the world around them?
Don’t worry, you don’t have to plan an extended journey around the globe to learn about the earth. It is as simple as adding geography lessons to your homeschool plans!
Yes, the study of geography covers a wide range of topics — Geography is the study of the earth, its structure, and its inhabitants. With the help our friends we have collected more than 200 geography lessons and activities for homeschoolers to make your planning easier.
For years we have been adding fun geography lessons and activities in our homeschooling efforts. We believe kids learn best when they have an opportunity to use all of the senses as they explore the world they live in.
Our Ultimate Guide to Geography Lessons and Activities covers a wide variety of topics, addresses many different learning styles, and includes something for kids of all ages.
Here you will find unit studies, note booking pages, and printables (many of them are FREE to download) as wells as crafts, recipes, DIY projects, and more.
We understand this is a long list – we hope you will bookmark it and refer back to it whenever you need some inspiration! Whether you are looking for an activity for a specific geography topic or if you would like to add a geography related activity to a subject you are teaching (such as history or literature) we encourage you to look through this list for hidden gems to make your homeschooling lessons fun and interesting for everyone. Enjoy!
3 Awesome Geography Activities for Your Homeschool
3 Reasons Why Hands-on Geography is Important in Middle and High School
5 Handy Geography Websites for Middle School Students
6 Family History Activities for Middle School Kids
8 Must-Try Online Geography Games for Middle School
10 Volcano Activities for Middle School
20 Free Country Reports by Region
30 Ideas in Exploring The World, The Continents, and The Countries
60 Geography Fair Display Ideas
Adventures in Sailing, Exploration, & Navigation
Anatomy of a Well Laid Out High School Geography Curriculum
Ancient Egypt Unit Study: Map of Egypt
Appalachian Mountain (unit studies, printables, resources)
Around the World Unit Study Series
Australian Book Traveller – Literature Unit Study – Free Download
C is for Continent Felt Board~ Geography Projects A-Z
Celebrating Holidays Around the World
Celebrating Lewis & Clark with To-Scale Mapping
Charlotte Mason Geography – Elementary Geography
Child’s Life in the Andes
Christmas Around the World Unit/Lapbook
Combining Credits: Literature, Geography, History, Writing
Compass Rose Activity
Continent Notebooking Pages ebook
Create a Geography Table in Your Homeschool
Day of Ahmed’s Secret (literature-based Egypt study/lapbook)
Desert Unit Studies and Lapbooks
Discover Downunder Set – Australian Geography Curriculum
Discovering Geography Through a Field Trip to Inca Ruins
DIY Atlas
DIY Chalkboard Globe
DIY Dry Erase Map
DIY Gigantic Wall Map for State Study
DIY Traveling Journal Homeschool Project
DIY United States Magnets
Earth Science Activities for kids
Easy Geography Resource & Notebooking Pages
Edible Geography Sea Levels
Edible Ocean Layers
Effigies, Customs and Celebrations of Ecuador
F is for Forest Diorama (Geography Projects from A to Z)
Famous Landmarks I Spy With Google Earth
Faraway Home (literature based Ethiopia study/lapbook)
Free Homeschool Geography Curriculum
Free Resources for Teaching US Geography to Elementary Students
Free Resources for Teaching World Geography
Fun Ways to Use Maps with your Kids
Geography Activities: Atlas Scavenger Hunt
Geography Activities: DIY Travel Journal for Kids
Geography Activities: Geography Terms BINGO
Geography Activities: How to Make a Compass & Determine “North”
Geography Activities: Make a Homemade Weather Station
Geography Activities: Make a Tornado in a Bottle
Geography Activities: Make a Sugar Karst Cave (Sinkhole)
Geography Club: Argentina Unit
Geography DVDs- Pleasant Talk of Places
Geography Fairs for Homeschool Co-ops
Geography Field Guide
Geography Field Trip: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Geography IRL: Let Kids Help Plan the Vacation Agenda
Geography Lesson from Disney’s Frozen
Geography: make it stick, make it hands-on
Geography Quests – A link to over 30 FREE Geography Quests
Homemade Compass: A Simple Geography Project with a Wow Factor
Homeschool Geography – DIY Lava Lamp
Homeschool Geography for All Seasons
Homeschool Geography Go-To Resources
Homeschool Geography Maps -Around the World In 5 Days
Homeschoolers Love to Learn at National Parks & Historic Sites
Homeschooling with Google Earth
How to Be An Amazing Homeschool Geography Teacher
How to Draw American Landmarks with Easy Art Tutorials
How to Make an Edible Map with Crispy Rice Cereal
How to Memorize the Continents
How to Naturally Work Geography Into Learning
How to Start a Geography Co-op
How to Study Geography and Really Love it!
How to Use Google Earth in Your Homeschool
If America Were a Village Lapbook
If the World Were a Village Unit/Lapbook
Japanese Activities for Children
Keeping Geography Simple for Elementary Ages
Kicking off the Year with Northstar Geography
Learn about Map Grids with Battleship
Learn About the Desert Through the Life of Wyatt Earp
Learn About the Geography of France By Creating a Solar Oven
Learning Geography with Atlases
Learning on Vacation: Map Skills for Kids
Literature Based Studies for Africa
Literature Based unit study/lapbook for Argentina
Literature Based Studies for Asia
Literature Based Studies for Europe
Literature Based Unit Studies for North America
Literature Based Unit Studies for South America
Map Drill Labels
Mapping Activities in Geography
Marco Polo Unit Study – Salt Dough Map + Free Printable Map
Me on the Map Nesting Cans- Geography Project
Mythological Map Craft
New Zealand Flag Lapbook & Geography Pages
North Star Geography and Literature
North Star Geography Review
Ocean Scavenger Hunt Printable and Lapbook
Our Geography Tools and References
Panoramic Method of Geography – Charlotte Mason
Polar Regions Unit Studies and Lapbooks
Political Map Done with Cupcakes
Rainforest Unit Studies and Lapbooks
Reading Around the USA: 50 Books for Kids from 50 States
Resources for Teaching Human Geography
Salt Dough Volcanic Ring of Fire
South America Salt Dough Map
Spice Up Your Geography Lessons With Regional Foods
State Study…frugal & fun homeschooling
Studying Geography with Regional Foods: Russia
Teaching Geography with Earth Science
Teaching Geography with Literature
Ten Atlases For Your Homeschool Shelf
Texas: Legend of the Bluebonnet
Tools for Homeschooling Middle School: Teaching Geography
Tracking Natural Disasters and World Politics
Trail of Tears Free Unit Study and Lapbook
Trail Planning Using Topographic Quadrangle Maps
Tropical Rain Forest Free Unit Study and Lapbook
Ultimate Guide to Homeschool Geography
United States Atlas Scavenger Hunt
United States Geography Resources
United States Unit Studies/Resources
U.S. States and Capitals, WonderMaps, and Permanent Markers
Using Field Trips to Practice Map Skills
WonderMaps for Relaxed Geography
World Geography For Homeschool Picture Books
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This is fantastic! We have been on a geography kick so this is PERFECT timing. And, thanks for including our site!
What an awesome post!! Thanks so much for sharing some of my links. 🙂
Thanks so much for including my links in this post – what an awesome resource you all have created here. Thank you!
Thanks for compiling such a comprehensive list of geography resources. We also think that music and sound can contribute to lessons on geography so we created this set of activities and resources that link sound and music to various parts of the world. It can be great for personal exploration or as part of a geography lesson or curriculum. We also linked to your great set of resources here!