Homeschooling Suddenly: Geography/History

For those of you who have rapidly become teachers, I'm breaking down my resources into their own posts. So whether you're in the market for a full curriculum, just a few unit studies to tide you over, or simply some freebies or discounted printables to get a little educational fun to your kids- here ya go!

Geography/History Resources

Freebies & Discounts 

• The Peaceful Press  - subscribe for FREEBIES 
• Love At Home Education shop FREEBIES
• Playful Learning- FREE online resources for every subject, FREE 30-day online trial access to lesson plans
• Stephanie Hathaway Designs- FREE printables on her blog and economical resources in her Etsy shop
• Green Urban Mama FREE downloads in her shop and affordable resources in her Etsy shop 
• Chickie And Roo - lots of great FREEBIES AND affordable resources
• Little Passports - the well known box subscription has launched a science & geography-based website for learning at home!
• Adventure-in-a-Box - tons of resources for every subject & FREEBIES
• The Masterpiece Studio - 3 FREE lessons, 30% off with code: STAYHOME in their shop through June, creatively learn about books, countries, letters, numbers, art, food

Geography-focused Curriculums & Unit Studies

• On Mission Magazine- $16 mailed or $8 digital quarterly, 40+ pages of content, includes geography, history, memory work, art, music, handicraft, religion, missionary info and prayer points, recipes, advanced work for upper elementary, nature info! 
• The Kind Kingdom $50 - year long early elementary curriculum featuring reading, poetry, cursive, science, European history/geography, art, life skills, and Bible  
• The Playful Pioneers $50 - year long early elementary curriculum featuring reading, poetry, cursive, science, North American history/geography, art, life skills, and Bible  
• Crafty Classroom USA resources for $5-15, their bundle would be a pretty full geography lesson for a year! 
• Willfully Serving His Kingdom - baking studies! Fairy Tale Baking Study FREEBIE
• Hidden Figures - NASA has videos, bios, and resources about the women behind the mission featured in the movie Hidden Figures

Fun Extras

• Post From the Past - ~$9/month you receive a monthly letter in the mail "from" a historical figure, and free digital downloads, easy History lesson!
• Letters From Afar- $6/month you receive a monthly letter in the mail "from" Isabelle, a girl who explores far away lands, easy Geography lesson! You can even write back to her! 
• Heritage Letter - $6/month you receive a monthly letter in the mail "from" a historical figure, easy History lesson! 25% OFF women in history digital letters throughout March, and FREE digital downloads 
• Little Passports - 15% off (with code: APRIL2020) $20-25 per month/box, fun monthly mail subscription, receive themed boxes focusing on geography and science

Virtual Field Trips

• Use the internet to become a Travel Agency and have your kids put together their ideal itinerary, great chance for them to learn new landmarks and destinations. They can create a travel brochure with their knowledge, and write a "postcard" after their trip narrating what they learned!
• The Great Wall of China virtual tour
• Yellowstone National Park virtual tours
• British Museum virtual tour
• Pergamon Museum in Germany virtual tour
• National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City virtual tour
• Easter Island virtual tour and interactive trivia
• African Grasslands & Desert virtual tour
• Coral Reef virtual tour
• Pompei virtual tour
• England virtual tour
• Colonial Williamsburg virtual tour
• Ellis Island virtual tour
• FREE tours - a running list of so many virtual tours and resources offered online