Multicultural Studies

Our view of the world is shaped by what we see in front of us, and what we see in front of us depends largely on how we've been taught to look. By calling geography a science, experts give the impression that it's also objective, as though we can investigate foreign regions apart from our own perspective and presuppositions.

While the world would be much more peaceful if this was true, the divisions caused by man's selfishness and rebellion preclude such a possibility. This doesn't mean by any stretch that studying geography is therefore useless, however. Far from it: the only way to reach across the walls of suspicion, fear, and prejudice is to truly understand other cultures, societies, and peoples.

Geography is, of course, more than the study of people and cultures. It involves the study of the earth itself, weather patterns and climate, habitability, etc. Yet, without an understanding of the human factor such information, while interesting, hardly constitutes a discipline of much interest to anyone but specialists and professionals.

As our world gets smaller and bold lines are blurred, the need for average citizens to be educated about geography increases. Not only are we confronted with intercultural relationships on a personal level, our jobs, education, and religious life now depend on our ability and willingness to interact sympathetically with those from backgrounds different from our own.

Studying geography by its various regions gives us the opportunity to see behind our neighbors' and coworkers' behavior, to look into their context and respond to them accordingly. As we look at regions and the peoples who inhabit them, we see more clearly the interplay of the land itself and the cultures of which it is the home.

Looking into other regions of the globe—whether by continent, country, or ecosystem—is also fun, and a bit like traveling. Books and maps are no substitute for getting the dust of Morocco on your boots or standing on a frozen fjord, but they will broaden your borders far more substantially than watching TV or playing video games.

The books you'll find here are of the resource variety; geography curriculum is found elsewhere. This is probably one of the most important but most overlooked areas of study for many homeschool families, and we'd like to encourage you with the availability and affordability of materials. Plus, this is one subject a lot of kids are drawn into by sheer curiosity, so simply providing the books for them may be all you need to do.

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Adam and His Kin
by Ruth Beechick
from Mott Media
Historical Fiction for 7th-10th grade
in Ancient History (Location: HISW-ANC)
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Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry
by Tony Barnstone & Chou Ping, eds.
from Anchor Books
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Anno's Journey
by Mitsumasa Anno
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Augustus Caesar's World
by Genevieve Foster
from Beautiful Feet Books
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Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks
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Beyond the Desert Gate
Bethlehem Books Young Adult Bookshelf
by Mary Ray
2nd edition from Bethlehem Books
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Beyond the Sacred Page
Book of Books #2
by Jack Cavanaugh
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Blackbird Girls
by Anne Blankman
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Born to Run
by Christopher McDougall
from Vintage Books
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$4.80 (1 in stock)
Brethren
by H. Rider Haggard
from Christian Liberty Press
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Butter in the Well: Historical Diary 1868-1888
by Linda K. Hubalek
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China's Later Dynasties
by Suzanne Strauss Art
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Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance
by John R. Hale
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Colonial Experience
A Basic History of the United States Volume 1
by Clarence B. Carson
from American Textbook Committee
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Colonial Period: 1607-1750
American History by Era Volume 2
by Brenda Stalcup (editor)
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Concise History of Ireland
by Fitzroy Maclean
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Cut and Make African Masks in Full Color
by A.G. Smith & Josie Hazen
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Cyrus the Persian
by Sherman A. Nagel
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Eating the Plates
by Lucille Recht Penner
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Elizabeth I
Jackdaw No. 53
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Enchantress of Florence
by Salman Rushdie
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Europe Finds the World
Cambridge Introduction to World History
by Trevor Cairns
from Cambridge University
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Faust: A Tragedy
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Translated by Martin Greenberg
from Yale University Press
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Flames of Rome
by Paul L. Maier
2nd edition from Kregel Publications
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Forgotten Daughter
by Caroline Dale Snedeker
from American Home-School Publishing
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1934 Newbery Honor Book
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Genealogy of the Kings of France and Their Wives
from Ouest-France
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Genealogy of the Kings of France and Their Wives
from Ouest-France
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Gentlewoman's Choice
by George MacDonald, edited by Michael R. Phillips
2nd edition from Bethany House
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$4.00 (2 in stock)
Glorious Age in Africa
by Daniel Chu, Elliot Skinner
from Africa World Press, Inc.
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Gulf War 1991
by Alastair Finlan
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Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift
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History of US Book 10
History of US Book 10
by Joy Hakim
3rd Revised Edition from Oxford University
American History Reference for 5th-9th grade
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$11.00 (2 in stock)
History of US Book 10
History of US Book 10
by Joy Hakim
4th edition from Oxford University
American History Reference for 5th-9th grade
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Hitler
by Albert Marrin
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Hostage Lands
by Doug Bond
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Ides of April
Bethlehem Books Young Adult Bookshelf
by Mary Ray
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In Search of the Source
by Neil Anderson, Hyatt Moore
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In the Days of Queen Victoria
by Eva March Tappan
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India: The Culture
Lands, Peoples and Cultures
by Bobbie Kalman
from Crabtree Publishing
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India: The People
Lands, Peoples and Cultures
by Bobbie Kalman
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Jamestown and the Founding of the Nation
by Warren M. Billings
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Sowers Series
by Charles Ludwig
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King's Arrow
Crown & Covenant Series #2
by Doug Bond & Matthew Bird
from P&R Publishing
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Kitchen Boy
by Robert Alexander
Reprint from Penguin Press
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Letters from Egypt
by Mary L. Whately
from Simply Charlotte Mason
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Lives of Famous Romans
by Olivia Coolidge
from American Home-School Publishing
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Making of American California
by Dorothy Dimmick
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Marquis' Secret
by George MacDonald
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Master Puppeteer
by Katherine Paterson
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Mission to Cathay
by Madeleine Polland
from Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd.
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$6.00 (3 in stock)
Mountain Boyhood
by Joe Mills, introduction and notes by James H. Pickering, illustrated by Enos B. Comstock
from University of Nebraska
for 6th-12th grade
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Mountain Men and Fur Traders of the Far West
by LeRoy R. Hafen & Harvey L. Carter
from University of Nebraska
Biography for 9th-Adult
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My Brigadista Year
by Katherine Paterson
2019 printing from Candlewick Press
for 4th-9th grade
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$4.50 (1 in stock)
Oregon Trail, Yesterday and Today
from Caxton Press
for 6th-Adult
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Parcel of Patterns
by Jill Paton Walsh
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Pearl Maiden
by H. Rider Haggard
from Christian Liberty Press
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Pigtail and Chopsticks Man
by Jim Cromarty
2010 Printing from Evangelical Press
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$4.80 (1 in stock)
Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast
by Jim Pojar, Andy MacKinnon
Revised from Partners Publishing
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$11.20 (1 in stock)
Pontius Pilate
by Paul L. Maier
2nd edition from Kregel Publications
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$8.50 (1 in stock)
Post-Cold War Europe - Middle/High School
Eye on History
by Walter A. Hazen
from Instructional Fair
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$2.40 (1 in stock)
Prague
by Heather Jones, ed.
from DK Publishing
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
Punic Wars 264-146 B.C.
by Nigel Bagnall
from Osprey Publishing
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$12.00 (2 in stock)
Quintus
by R. Weerstand
2nd edition from Inheritance Publications
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Rainbow's Gold
by Vera Martin Lynch
from William W. Lynch
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$4.40 (1 in stock)
Rifleman Dodd
by C. S. Forester
from Marine Corps University
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$2.40 (1 in stock)
Rise of Napoleon
Jackdaw No. 71
by Robert Lacey
from Jackdaw Publications
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$28.00 (1 in stock)
Romans
by Anthony Marks & Graham Tingay
from Usborne
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$3.50 (1 in stock)
Rough Riders
by Theodore Roosevelt
from University of Nebraska
Historical non-fiction for 9th-Adult
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay
by Patricia & Frederick McKissack
from Square Fish Publishing
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$16.14 $10.40 (2 in stock)
Servant of Slaves
by Grace Irwin
from Paideia Press
Biography for 7th-10th grade
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$6.40 (1 in stock)
Slaves' Champion
by Henry Wheeler
from New Leaf Press
for 9th-Adult
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: The Deep South
by William B. Logan and Vance Muse, with photography by Mary Z. Jenkins
from Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
for 9th-Adult
in American History Reference (Location: HISA-REF)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Somewhere There is Still a Sun
by Michael Gruenbaum with Todd Hasak-Lowy
from Scholastic Inc.
for 6th-Adult
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
Son of Heaven: Imperial Arts of China
by Robert L. Thorpe
First Edition from Son of Heaven Press
for 6th-12th grade
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
Story of Ancient China
by Suzanne Strauss Art
3rd edition from Pemblewick Press
for 6th-9th grade
in China (Location: HISMC-CHI)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Story of the Trapp Family Singers
by Maria Augusta Trapp
from HarperCollins
Biography for 7th-10th grade
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$16.14 $7.20 (1 in stock)
Taking the High Places
International Adventures
by Jemimah Wright, Terry Snow
from YWAM Publishing
for 7th-Adult
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$14.99 $9.00 (1 in stock)
The Robe
by Lloyd Douglas
from Houghton Mifflin
Historical Fiction for 8th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$16.99 $8.00 (1 in stock)
These Were the Romans
by Graham Tingay and J. Badcock
2nd edition from Dufour Editions, Inc.
for 8th-12th grade
in Ancient Rome (Location: HISW-ANRO)
$8.00 (3 in stock)
This Was John Calvin
by Thea Van Halsema
from IDEA Ministries
Biography for 7th-10th grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$8.00 $5.00 (3 in stock)
Tommorow You Die
International Adventures
by Reona Peterson Joly
from YWAM Publishing
for 7th-Adult
in International Adventures (Location: BIO-INTADV)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
War Chief Joseph
by Helen Addison Howard & Dan L. McGrath
from Bison Books
for 7th-Adult
in History for Adults (Location: ADU-HIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Warrior Scarlet
by Rosemary Sutcliff
from Sunburst Book
Historical Fiction for 6th-9th grade
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Weight of a Flame
Chosen Daughters
by Simonetta Carr
from P&R Publishing
for 9th-Adult
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$7.20 (1 in stock)
Well Done, Denehurst!
by Gwendoline Courtney
from Girls Gone By Publishers
for 6th-9th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$19.20 (1 in stock)
Wildflowers of the Columbia Gorge
by Russ Jolley
from Oregon Historical Society Press
for 8th-Adult
in Field Guides: Plants & Fungi (Location: NAT-FG08)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
With Cochrane the Dauntless
by G. A. Henty
from Robinson Curriculum
for 6th-10th grade
in G. A. Henty Books (Location: FIC-HEN)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
With the Allies to Pekin
by G. A. Henty
from Robinson Curriculum
Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade
in G. A. Henty Books (Location: FIC-HEN)
$6.40 (1 in stock)