World Geography This Year

Last week I introduced the girls to this year’s geography challenge – by the end of the year every one of them will be able to identify on a map all of the countries in the world. We started with a baseline assessment of knowledge in which they were asked to show what they already knew. Needless to say, this was intimidating for many but I assured them that this was not for my benefit but only for them to look back on in a few months and be amazed at far they had come. We are going to be taking it one region at a time and are starting with the one with the most countries, Africa. I showed them a really cool online tool that will help us in our venture. I encourage you all to click on the link and explore with them.