Map skills
Choosing a location forces students to actually read the map, not just look at it.
Grades 3-12
Geography — Homeschool Curriculum
Real coordinates, real neighbors, real consequences.
Students place their nation on a real world map, which means real neighbors, real time zones, and real terrain. Geography stops being a list of capitals and becomes the board the whole game is played on.
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Three printable sample pages from the Geography unit: the unit overview and learning goals, a sample lesson, and a student worksheet with the weekly plan. Free to preview, print, and use with your students right now.
Full Geography unit PDF
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What students learn
- ✓Locate countries, capitals, and major regions on a world map
- ✓Explain how location affects trade, defense, and climate
- ✓Read latitude, longitude, and time zones
- ✓Compare physical and political geography
- ✓Analyze why borders matter economically
A sample week
- • Monday: map drill, five countries
- • Tuesday: region study
- • Wednesday: in-game trade or diplomacy with that region
- • Thursday: physical geography note-taking
- • Friday: labeled map quiz
Topics covered
Place and region
With 195 AI coalitions across every region, students study neighbors they would otherwise never encounter.
Human geography
Population density, migration, and urban growth appear in the nation's own numbers.
Time and distance
Real time zones and trade distances make the globe feel physical.
Activities you can start today
- 1.Label a blank world map with your five nearest AI neighbors
- 2.Explain in a paragraph why your chosen location helps or hurts you
- 3.Compare climate and resources for two candidate locations
- 4.Track a trade route across continents and calculate its distance
Questions parents ask
Are the maps real?
Yes, location selection uses a real-world map with real coordinates.
Does it cover all continents?
Yes, all 195 nations are represented as AI coalitions.
Good for younger kids?
Grades 3-5 do well with a parent guiding map work.
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