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guitarnan
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Posted: Nov 23 2009 at 8:38pm \| IP Logged

I'm looking for some fun geography resources for my middle schooler, who's kind of outgrown our old faves (Scrambled States of America, for ex.).

She needs to brush up on countries around the world - identifying them on maps and by continent - and on state capitals.

All advice welcome!

PS - We have Uncle Josh's Outline Maps already.

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Posted: Nov 23 2009 at 9:33pm \| IP Logged

Nancy,

Check out this amazing website. They have world, and US games all the way up to expert. Shepard Software
We love it

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Posted: Nov 24 2009 at 6:24am \| IP Logged

Oh, you beat me to it Mimi!!

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guitarnan
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Posted: Nov 25 2009 at 10:44pm \| IP Logged

Oh, how fun!

Thanks so much...

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Posted: Dec 03 2009 at 1:33am \| IP Logged

We really like the Shepard's games, too. Members of our family get really competitive with each other - trying to best a sibling's score (or beat mom). It does a great job of instilling location of states. My 9 year old has a great grasp of states locations and shapes.

A couple months ago I mentioned using the Shepard software along with a book we had come across this summer - How the States Got Their Shapes. The book covers each state and the reasons behind the borders - why they are the shapes they are. It was really interesting. It would be an interesting stand alone for US geography study for middle school/high school, but I found it particularly interesting to use it with the place a state activities - makes you look at the shapes in a different way.

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