Geography II: Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Oceania & the Americas | Student Text | Memoria Press | 2012 First Edition

This is an excellent geography resource for a homeschool shelf, especially for families who want geography to be more than memorizing names on a map. Geography II takes students across the parts of the world outside the ancient Roman Empire, combining physical geography with history, culture, political boundaries, rivers, capitals and regional features.

The book is divided into five major units covering Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Oceania/Australia/Antarctica, North America, and Central America, the Caribbean and South America. Lessons include areas such as the Horn of Africa, African Great Lakes, Congo and Niger Rivers, Central and South Asia, East Asia, the South China Sea, Australia and New Zealand, Antarctica, Canada, Greenland, the United States, Mexico, the Andes and the Amazon rainforest.

What makes this especially useful is that it is a non-consumable student text, not a workbook that has to be replaced for every child. It can be reused for multiple students and paired with Memoria Press’s separate workbook and teacher guide if a family wants the complete course. It is intended for approximately grades 5 and up.