Catching Up-- Geography

We studied world geography with two other families this year.  We concentrated on the continents of Africa, Asia and Australia, with some countries in Europe thrown in.  The best thing about working with other families is that we actually do some of the crafty kinds of projects that don't always happen on our own. 

We started with five weeks in Africa.  We then moved on to the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, Japan, China, Russia and Australia.  It was quite a tour!  We learned about the geography and culture of each place, as well as some of the history.

We read several missionary biographies from the different places.  We read about David Livingstone and Mary Slessor during our Africa study.   Eric Liddell (China) and Jacob Deshazzer (Japan) were my favorites.  We also read quite a few fiction books set in the different countries.

It was a great study!  I learned as much (if not more) than the children did!  

Sugar Cookie Maps of Africa

Eli's Africa was a bit broken!

African Drums

Cereal Box Country Reports

 Salt dough maps of India

 Crafts from India

Geography Fair Project

Japanese Fish Printing

 

(How did Eli get the paint on his forehead??)

Japanese fans