Mark Twain World Geography Daily Skill Builders Geography Workbook Grades 6-12

I homeschool my 12 year old daughter. She and I love Geography. Most Geography workbooks have a read a paragraph or page and answer the questions on the next page. This book has short lessons that are truly lessons. If she or I don't know an answer we must consult a globe, map, Atlas book, encyclopedia, or other resource. It teaches Geography but also research skills. Great for Homeschoolers or anyone who really wants to learn Geography fully and be able to converse intelligently about world affairs.

World Geography: Daily Skill Builders is a great classroom supplement to add to any history or geography curriculum. Depending on the complexity of each skill builder, I assign one, two, or four per day. My seventh grade students take two to ten minutes to complete each skill builder which depends on the research or map plotting involved. I trust that this supplement could be used for the grades suggested as well.

I like the quick activities. They are perfect for a jumpstart, but the maps are blurry and difficult to read. You will have to supply a different atlas for students to use.

Great solid, direct geography program. The kids can research in an atlas or using their ipad. This is the 2nd child I have used this for and it is a no hassle but solid approach to learning geography. I recommend this exact copy and not the newer one that says "common core standard" which is never as good as the previous versions of programs.

It is a daily skill builder, as stated in the title, so do not purchase as a comprehensive curriculum. It would be fine as a skill builder, but the maps in the back are of very poor quality, and they are required for many of the activities. It seems a major editing oversight for a geography workbook to not have legible maps. The ones included are blurry, grainy, and shaded almost as if they wanted to make features hard to distinguish from one another. I still gave three stars because the activities themselves are useful, you will just have to find your own map resources. It starts with world and map overviews, and then goes through each of the continents. Physical geography, climate, culture, resources are some of the general topics covered for each continent, plus many other continent specific reviews. Upgrade the maps and I would give it at least 4, possibly 5, stars.

I use this book the way it is intended - as a way to build geography skills. The book is well organized and the activities are well thought out. You will need to use your own set of maps or supplemental materials for some of the activities.

Some of the maps in this are such bad quality that they're unreadable. Text names of countries too blocky and pixelated to make out. Half the index looks like they tried to print a low resolution JPG at 100x magnification. The activities are nothing special and honestly are way too simplistic for the grade level advertised. Word searches with the names of cities or activities that require students to already know the information from elsewhere (so more of a review than actually instructional).

With this book as a backbone, I was able to cobble together a decent one-quarter geography course for my English Language Learners. I would love to use it as an elective throughout the year on an ongoing basis, because being familiar with geography is such an important framework for so many other disciplines.

Has higher expectations.