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Course Overview
U.S. States is a geography study of regions of the United States and the country as a whole. Students learn from books and videos selected by the mentor from resources provided in the course and then do an activity to cement the learning.
This is a pick-and-choose curriculum where mentors are given a wide variety of options and lesson plans to choose among. It is also designed for the whole family from ages 6 and up to learn together family-style.
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What’s In This PDF Course?
U.S. States includes nine units, one for each month of your school year.
- Pacific Coast
- Mountain West
- Southwest
- Plains
- Heartland
- South
- Appalachian
- Atlantic
- New England
A Layers of Learning Geography Lesson
Each Exploration in the units is written as a complete lesson plan. It will direct you in books to read, videos to watch, projects to craft, and discussions to have. The units are clear full of Explorations to choose from and you won’t have time for them all. This is a pick-and-choose curriculum.
Besides the geography lesson for the day the units are lined with sidebars that direct you to discussions, books, famous people, interesting facts, writing ideas, and more.
You will also see a Library List at the beginning and a Show What You Know section at the end that will help you create assessments or tests based on your individual learning.
Reusable and for All Ages
These units books are for the mentor, not to hand to the student. They are supposed to be used repeatedly. Since this is a pick-and-choose curriculum, you do some of the explorations and save others for later on. You can insert this into the Layers of Learning Four Year Cycle in place of any of the Layers of Learning Geography courses. We recommend that American families use this course at least once during your child’s education.
The U.S. States units contain lessons ranging from building a pretend campfire indoors to creating elevation maps. There are plenty of concepts for little kids and plenty to challenge high schoolers. Most lessons are meant to be taught to many ages from 6-year-olds clear up to seniors in high school. Each age group gets the same Exploration and principles, but they learn on the level they are ready for. Books from your library and video from the YouTube playlists customize the learning for each age.
Extra Resources
YouTube playlists, Pinterest boards, links to helpful websites are all assembled and ready for you to access on the U.S. States Resources page.
You can get a printable U.S. States cover to put in the front of a binder if you plan on printing the units.
Printable Packs
U.S. States also includes printables for every unit. These are worksheets or paper crafts for the students. The Printable Packs are available as a digital PDF download and come with your purchase on your receipt.
Also Sold As Individual PDFs
The U.S. States course also comes as individual PDF units you can purchase one-by-one as you go. The individual PDFs are exactly the same content as the units that are included within the paperback or PDF Chemistry book. It’s like buying the course chapter by chapter in a digital format.
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