![]() We memorized states/capitals, provinces and capitals of Canada, and our tests were filling in blank maps of all the other continents. When I was in middle school our social studies department (probably one teacher) was very adamant about the importance of the study of geography. High school is a tough time to fit in too much extra. She did most of geography 1, but I would have preferred to start with 3. We came a bit late for her to Memoria press and geography 3 wasn't available. I feel bad that my daughter didn't get a chance to complete the geography series. I think geography is one of those subjects that you need to decide what place it has in your school and what you hope to accomplish from a year of geography. But for an average 8th grader who hasn’t had 1-2, it will be hard. An advanced 8th grader could probably start at 3 and do well. It is theoretically possible to just start with book 3. If the student hasn’t had 1-2 and doesn’t already know countries/capitals then that is a lot of memory work on top of all the reading and intense questions. Over half is review of 1-2 but there are many new things to learn too. We ended up dropping the tests and doing some questions orally. ![]() She is acing Homer but flunking geography. ![]() My 8th grader wasn’t quite up to that level yet. There is a lot of detailed reading and many questions involve some deep reading between the lines. Book 3 is pretty detailed and the tests are chewing my daughter up and spitting her out. An 8th grader could do a book per semester. There is some light reading but all the written work is geared toward memory of the map. Speaking only from personal experience- you could consider doing 1 and 2 this year and 3 in 9th for a half credit (or add in all the honors work and a report on each continent for a full credit).
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