English Speaking Countries

For the first part of this school year we will be focusing on English Speaking Countries.  One of the main focuses of home language study is to retain and develop the cultural aspects of the home country as well.  Not just the language.  So we are looking at the countries that speak English :).  We are focusing on the ones that have English as an official language, but are even addressing those that don't, but still have a strong English tradition. 

We are starting with several travel books that I found which were written for children.  Most of the countries are represented.  After some reading, we will move on to various work sheets about the countries.  Eventually, the children will be asked to choose one to three countries to focus on for a project.  This will later be presented to the others in their group. 

Here is a link to the books that we are using:

http://www.goodreads.com/series/86581-this-is