Visits to Africa (old)

Make geography come alive through the delightful combination of maps and living books!

With Visits to Africa, you will explore geography through captivating photography, a traveler’s firsthand accounts, and step-by-step work with maps.

This Visits to Africa notebook serves as your guide to

• see the big picture as you explore Africa.
• become familiar with the countries of the world and where they are located.
• get to know real families who live in those countries and see what their lives are like.
• look closely and carefully at the details of those families’ countries.
• create a personal map book.

With short map drills, guided readings from two fascinating living geography books—Material World and Hungry Planet: What the World Eats,—leading narration and discussion questions, meaningful map studies, plus lots of ideas for additional living books and activities, you are sure to enjoy these visits to Africa!

Required books

• Material World by Peter Menzel
• Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel  (Substitute readings from What the World Eats are available, noted below)

Optional Recommended Reading

Grades 1–3 or Family

• Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove
• Beatrice’s Goat by Page McBrier
• The Butter Man by Elizabeth Alalou and Ali Alalou
• One Child, One Seed: A South African Counting Book by Kathryn Cave
• We All Went on Safari: A Counting Journey through Tanzania by Laurie Krebs
• Yatandou by Gloria Whelan

Grades 4–12

• Letters from Egypt by Mary Whatley (edited by Sonya Shafer, published by Simply Charlotte Mason)

*Supplementary materials are available to download from Simply Charlotte Mason here.  Hungry Planet is out of print, but substitute readings from the book What the World Eats are available to download.