Get ready for an exciting voyage across the world! Come along as we walk on the Great Wall of China, wander through the Amazon Rainforest, and climb the Egyptian Pyramids! Within this curriculum you’ll discover the sights and sounds of 31 countries across the globe. You’ll get hands-on with fun activities, crafts, recipes and more! So grab your passports, and get ready to go! It’s time for Expedition Earth!
Expedition Earth: A Journey Through God’s World:
Get the Expedition Earth Geography Curriculum here!
So what is Expedition Earth: A Journey Through God’s World?
Expedition Earth is a hands-on world geography curriculum that covers 31 countries across the world. It is designed primarily for Kindergarten-5th grade. Students will learn about the continents, oceans, people, cultures, animals, climates, try new foods, crafts, and more, all through hands-on activities! I used it with my preschooler, 1st grader, and 2nd grader altogether. (My preschooler didn’t do any reports, but she did learn the country names, songs, languages, pray and do all the fun crafts and recipe activities!)
The revised version includes Lap Books for each country, new information, internet links, and books. Here’s a peek at the Teacher’s Manual. It includes everything you need for each lesson including any additional info, internet links, reading assignments, crafts, and recipes for each country as needed. There are 32 weeks of lesson plans, plus a Christmas Around the World Unit. The Teacher’s Manual is outlined for you on a daily basis and even includes a Craft Supply Shopping List for each country just to make your life a little easier!
Click here to download a sample of our Brazil Week
What’s included?
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7 Wonders of the World
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World Lap Book
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Geographical Locations
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Mapping Skills
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Science: Ecosystems Study
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Geography Vocabulary
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People of the Region
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How to Pray for the Regions
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Christmas around the world
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Children like me
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Science: Animals mini-books for each country
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Science: Animal Classification Study
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Food and recipes
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Craft activities
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Country Songs
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Review Games
- Reports & Quizzes
Here’s a peek at the Student Workbook: It contains everything you need for each student in one easy printable section. The student workbook includes mapping and flag pages for each country along with mini-books that you’ll use to complete a World Lap Book.
Language study: Each country comes with a fun flashcard to help you learn how to say “hello” in the main language of the country!
Additional activities for older students:Depending on the age of your student you may want some additional challenge. I have created 5 reports that your student can complete depending on interest or skill level.
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Country Report
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Continent Report
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Animal Report
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Ecosystem Report
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Children Like Me Report
- Country Quizzes
Printable Passport: No world wide expedition would be complete without a fun souvenir for the students! Expedition Earth comes with a fun printable passport that you can use to stamp for each country visited. I have also included printable flags that can be added to your passport as you travel through.
And as an added bonus, all students participating in Expedition Earth will receive a a commemorative Certificate of Completion once they’ve completed their journey!
Additional Reading: I suggest visiting your local library or doing an internet search for countries that interest your child. They can use these books during their free reading time for a more in depth study! There is an additional reading resource section in the Appendix.
As if that weren’t enough, I also have a FREE animal unit study called Expedition Earth: Discovering God’s Animals. It’s a wonderful supplement for Expedition Earth, and includes animals found in each country, a mini-book, and animal cards. It also includes animal classification labels for an animal wall. Here’s a peek:
Click here to download the Discovering God’s Animals Supplement!
And as an added bonus, Maureen Spell from Spell Out Loud made a great Continent Hop Scotch Game to go along with it!
Hope you enjoy learning all about God’s World!
How much science is included? Would it be considered a year’s worth? Also, are there any science type demonstrations/experiments included? Thanks!!
Hi, yes, we didn’t do an additional science. Expedition Earth covers animal and earth science for each country.
Hi Erica,
Does this particular curriculum go with the text Expedition Earth: My Passport to the World by Cathy Horton? My older daughters are using this in a co-op and it looks similar. I was wondering bc I would like to use it my younger ones. Thanks so much.
Hi Krista, No I’m sorry Cathy Horton published their curriculum a few years AFTER I did and I contacted them to change the name to avoid confusion, but they declined.
Hi Erica, I see that the sample pages mentions songs. Are the songs only accessible if you purchase the CD?
There is a link for the CD in the resources page in the TM 🙂
Hi there,
I just purchased this curriculum and it looks amazing! quick question…the curriculum references geography songs on cd(?) where do i find those?
Hi Jen, there is a link in the resources page in the TM for the CD, it’s totally optional but was a lot of fun when my kiddos were younger!
Hello!
Would this be way too much to condense into 1 hour per week for a co-op class or is that do-able?
Hi Angie, I think you could probably work it out, I’ve had several people use it in a Co-op setting. I suggested having students do the reading/lapbooking/mapping etc at home, and then save the activities/recipes/fun things for co-op.
Hi! I am looking at this for a church kids camp we are planning in February 2020. We will be doing a Thai themed vacation Bible school in the mornings. I’m looking for something to add in the afternoons. We run 3-4 hours per afternoon for 5 days. Would we have enough materials to use over 5 days or too much maybe? We do plan to add in other activities but I think what you offer could be a great start place for us.
Hi, Expedition Earth is a full year long curriculum (34 weeks worth of daily lesson plans) so you would really have way more than you needed for a 5 day camp. You might actually see if you can find free downloads for individual countries you are focusing on.
I am considering purchasing this program. It looks wonderful! I am curious about the “How to Pray for the Regions” section. Is there a specific demonimation discussed/taught in this section? Thank you!
Students will learn about the various religions practiced by each country as you study it. There is also a bullet point in the lessons that encourages you to pray for the people of each country. But it doesn’t tell you how to pray or encourage any specific religious beliefs.
Is this curriculum appropriate for a 1st grader?
Yes, it is great for elementary levels! 🙂
Hi
It is amazing that you included Arabic and Arab countries but I just wanted to let you know that from your Youtube videos i noticed that in the hello flash cards section the Arabic is wrong. Arabic letters connect and what you have isn’t connected which is gebberish sorry to say. I would recommend just writing it in English (how you pronounce it) “Marhaba” for example. I love your videos i don’t mean to insult you in any way but i thought i would share right information.
Lots of love from Bahrain
Hello, I’m wanting to purchase the Usborne Internet Link World Geography Encyclopedia ( to use with Expedition Earth) but would like to get the most up to date version. I am confused about which one to get . Would you be able to post a link or photo of the one you recommend but most recent version?
Thank you so much,
Christine
Hi Christine,
You can definitely purchase a newer version, you’ll just want to make sure the chapter in the book lines up with whatever you’re studying in the curriculum. So the page numbers in the book may be off a bit from the one I recommend, but I do list what to read about in the lesson plan so it should be fairly easy to find that in the updated encyclopedia.