Last week I shared a set of lesson plans incorporating The Geography Coloring Book with the Mater Amabilis™ geography books in Levels 1A, 2, and 3. You can find those lesson plans here.
A friend in the Mater Amabilis™ Facebook group asked if I had considered adding assignments for American Geography in Level 2. This two-year course uses four books by Holling Clancy Holling: Paddle-to-the-Sea, Seabird, Tree in the Trail, and Minn of the Mississippi. These are magnificent books, illustrated with colorful details, spreading a delightful feast of geography, history, and the natural world.
One of the resources recommended for American Geography in Level 2 is a set of four maps designed to accompany the Hollings books. I've always used the map set, which is just lovely, but my friend pointed out that many people do not have wall space for big maps like those. Also, if you have already purchased The Geography Coloring Book, you wouldn't need to invest in another resource.
So I devoted a little time to creating mapping assignments in The Geography Coloring Book for the Hollings books in Level 2 American Geography. For each book, read one chapter a week. Most weeks have mapping assignments that correlate with the text. I also added some coloring for states not specifically included in the books so that by the end of the two years, a student will have colored each of the individual states.
My youngest is starting Level 2 next year, but I've already bought the map set, so if you use these plans, please let me know how they work or it they need any changes!
Level 2 Year 1: Paddle-to-the-Sea
Ch. 1
Color Canada (just the letters) on p. 10
Ch. 2
Label and color Lake Nipigon on p. 10
Ch. 8
Lake Superior on p. 10
Ch. 9
Michigan on p. 10
Ch. 11
Find Duluth, MN and Superior, WI on p. 10
Ch. 12
Find the Apostle Islands on p. 10
Ch. 13
Label Isle Royale and find the Keweenaw Peninsula on p. 10
Ch. 16
Color Ontario (just around the edges is fine) and find Sault Ste. Marie on p. 10
Ch. 17
Color Lake Michigan and Indiana on p. 10. Find the Straits of Mackinac, Gary, IN, and Chicago, IL.
Ch. 18
Maryland and New Jersey on p. 7
Ch. 19
Connecticut and Delaware on p. 7
Ch. 20
Color Lake Huron and Lake St. Clair on p. 10. Find Saginaw Bay and Detroit, MI.
Ch. 21
Color Lake Erie on p. 10
Ch. 22
Color Ohio on p. 10. Find Toledo, Sandusky, and Cleveland in Ohio and Erie, PA. Color Pennsylvania on p. 7. Find Buffalo. NY and Niagara Falls.
Ch. 23
Color New York and Lake Ontario on p. 7. Color in the letters that spell Canada. Find Toronto and Kinsgton in Ontario. Find the Thousand Islands using the map in the chapter.
Ch. 24
Color Lake Champlain and Vermont on p. 7. Find the St. Lawrence River, Montreal, and Quebec.
Ch. 25
Color Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence on p. 5. Find the St. Lawrence River.
Ch. 26
Color the Atlantic Ocean on p. 5. Find Newfoundland and France on a globe.
Level 2 Year 1: Seabird
Ch. 1
Greenland on p. 3. Find the Arctic Circle.
Ch. 2
Maine and Baffin Bay on p. 3
Ch. 3
Labrador Sea on p. 3
Ch. 4
Newfoundland on p. 3
Ch. 5
New Brunswick on p. 3
Ch. 6
Maine and Nova Scotia on p. 7
Ch. 7
New Hampshire on p. 7
Ch. 8
Massachusetts and Rhode Island on p. 7. Find Cape Cod and Nantucket Island.
Ch. 9
Atlantic Ocean on p. 7
Ch 10
Pacific Ocean (just the letters is fine) on the Western Hemisphere on p. 1
Ch. 11
Pacific Ocean (just the letters is fine) on the Eastern Hemisphere on p. 1
Ch. 12
Oceania (Eastern Hemisphere) on p. 1
Ch. 13
North America (Western Hemisphere) on p. 1. Find Greenland.
Ch. 14
Arctic Ocean on both hemispheres on p. 1
Ch. 15
Atlantic Ocean and Equator (Western Hemisphere) on p. 1
Ch. 16
Atlantic Ocean (Eastern Hemisphere) on p. 1
Ch. 17
South America (Western Hemisphere) on p. 1 Label Cape Horn.
Ch. 18
California on p. 11. Find San Francisco.
Ch. 19
Antarctica on both hemispheres on p. 1
Ch. 20
Add Hawai’i (Western Hemisphere) to p. 1
Ch. 21
Asia (Eastern Hemisphere) on p. 1
Ch. 22
Indian Ocean (Eastern Hemisphere) on p. 1
Ch. 23
Africa (Eastern Hemisphere) on p. 1
Ch. 24
Europe (Eastern Hemisphere) on p. 1
Ch. 25
Alaska on p. 9
Ch. 26
Hawai’i on p. 9
Level 2 Year 2: Tree in the Trail
Ch. 1
Add the Tree to Kansas on p. 9 using the map at the end of your book. Color Kansas.
Ch. 2
Color Santa Fe, NM on p. 9
Ch. 3
Oklahoma on p. 9
Ch. 4
Texas on p. 9
Ch. 5
New Mexico on p. 11. Find Santa Fe.
Ch. 6
Colorado on p. 11
Ch. 7
Nebraska on p. 10
Ch. 8
North Dakota on p. 10
Ch. 9
Color the Rocky Mountains, Kansas (KS), Missouri (MO), Louisiana (LA), and New Mexico (NM) on p. 4. Find Canada, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Great Lakes, and the Mississippi River.
Ch. 10
Color Mexico on p. 4. Color Missouri on p. 9. Find St. Louis and the Missouri River. Sketch the Trail from the Tree to Santa Fe on p. 9 using the map from the chapter in your book.
Ch. 11
South Dakota on p. 10
Ch. 12
Arizona on p. 10
Ch. 13
Idaho on p. 10
Ch. 14
Add Council Grove to p. 9. Find the Kansas River, Topeka, and Independence, MO.
Ch. 15
Montana on p. 10
Ch. 16
Nevada on p. 10
Ch. 17
Oregon on p. 10
Ch. 18
Utah on p. 10
Ch. 19
Washington on p. 10
Ch. 20
Wyoming on p. 10
Ch. 21
Find Dodge City on p. 9
Ch. 23
Add Bent’s Fort to p. 11. See the map in chapter 21 to help you add it.
Ch. 24
Rocky Mountains on p. 11. (Just color in the letters.)
Level 2 Year 2: Minn of the Mississippi
Ch. 1
Minnesota on p. 10
Ch. 2
Mississippi River on p. 4
Ch. 3
Trace the Mississippi River with your finger on p. 4. Color the Gulf of Mexico. Add Lake Itasca to p. 10.
Ch. 4
North Carolina and South Carolina on p. 8
Ch. 6
Trace with your finger the area of the glacial ice spread shown on p. 28 in your book on the map on p. 4 in the coloring book.
Ch. 7
Find Minneapolis and St. Paul on p. 10
Ch. 8
Great Lakes on p. 4
Ch. 9
Color Quebec and the Gulf of St. Lawrence on p. 4. Color Wisconsin on p. 10. If you like, add Lake Pepin.
Ch. 10
Color Florida on p. 8. Color Illinois on p. 10. Find the Wisconsin River, Green Bay, the Fox River, and the Illinois River.
Ch. 11
Iowa on p. 10. Find the Missouri River and St. Louis.
Ch. 12
Color Nova Scotia on p. 4. On p. 10, find Rock Island and the Iowa River.
Ch. 13
On p. 9, find the Missouri River, the Ohio River, and St. Louis.
Ch. 14
Kentucky on p. 8. Find the Ohio River. Compare the map on p. 61 of your book with the map on p. 4 of the coloring book.
Ch. 15
Arkansas on p. 9
Ch. 16
Tennessee on p. 8. Find Memphis.
Ch. 17
Alabama and Georgia on p. 8
Ch. 18
Color Mississippi on p. 8. Find Vicksburg and Natchez. Color Louisiana on p. 9. Find Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
Ch. 19
Gulf of Mexico on p. 9
Ch. 20
Virginia and West Virginia on p. 8
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