Join this world geography course to learn the world’s countries and capitals and increase your student’s understanding of places in history (and navigation skills!).

How to get the most out of Middle School Geography, Part Two with Dan Egan:

• First, read the course materials below before the first class meeting.

• Then have a notebook ready and available for class notes each live session.

• Read assignments before class meetings

• Watch that week’s recording if you need to revisit information from our live session.

• Do the assignments, quizzes, and any extra work assigned for that week.

• Once the course is completed to the parent's and professor’s satisfaction, there is a Certificate of Completion at the end to be filled in for your records.

Special Notes: This is Part Two of a two-part course. Students are welcome to join us midyear if there is room and they have met the prerequisite.

Total Classes: 13

Class Dates: Wednesdays, January 8 to April 23, 2025. (No class Jan. 22, Mar. 5, Apr 16)

Starting Time: 5:30 PM Eastern (4:30 Central; 3:30 Mountain; 2:30 Pacific)

Duration: 55 minutes

Prerequisite: Middle School Geography, Part One, or equivalent

Suggested Grade Level: 6th to 8th grade

Suggested Credit: One full semester of Geography

Instructor: Daniel Egan

Course Description: We will apply two Practical Applications: First: As our world gets smaller because of rapid communication and travel, it is becoming more necessary to know our global neighbors, but before we can know them we must have a basic familiarity with where we are talking about. Second: Students in middle school are beginning to study history. While many of the stories in history are exciting on their own, it is impossible to advance in history without a basic knowledge of geography. Interesting facts about most places will be discussed to help the students ground themselves more into the areas that we will study.

OUR ULTIMATE GOAL: Memorize all of the states and capitals of the United States. Then memorize all of the countries and capitals of the world. We will also be looking at all of the continents, major mountain ranges, and rivers of the world.

Course Outline:

Class 1 – North-Western Europe
Class 2 – Middle East Part 1
Class 3 – Middle East Part 2
Class 4 – Central Asia – Mongolia to Bangladesh
Class 5 – South East Asia – Myanmar to Indonesia
Class 6 – North Korea to East Timor
Class 7 – REVIEW
Class 8 – Australia to Oceania
Class 9 – Northern Africa
Class 10 – Western Africa
Class 11 – Central Africa
Class 12 – Eastern Africa
Class 13 – Southern Africa

Course Materials: Geography Coloring Book (3rd Edition) by Wynn Kapit, Krishnan Namboodiri Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2002, ISBN-13: 978-0131014725 (https://amzn.to/3aIKKly or bookfinder.com). Musical videos, created by the instructor, are provided free as a memorization tool.

Homework: Homework will include: Daily reading & studying for 10-15 minutes, completing coloring pages in text, and online quizzes for immediate feedback.

Fee: $197 on or before November 15. $217 after Nov. 15 for all 13 classes. (Registration closes one week before the first day of class. After that date, registrations are not guaranteed. There is a $20 surcharge for late enrollments after the course is closed.)