Sweden Unit Study | Geography Curriculum & Hands-On Activities for Kids

Discover Sweden with our hands-on, literature-based unit study that includes lessons in geography, language arts, science, music, math, and more.

Meet famous Swedish authors Elsa Beskow, Sven Nordqvist, and Astrid Lindgren, learn about the work of Carl Linnaeus and how he changed the way we classify living things, and study the geography of Sweden through mapwork and notebooking activities.

Along the way, you’ll listen to the music of the nyckelharpa, decorate a Dala horse, enjoy homemade Swedish meatballs, and learn how to play Kubb, Sweden’s famous Viking lawn game.

✅ What You're Purchasing:

Our unit studies are literature-based learning frameworks built around carefully curated books, mapwork, journaling, and hands-on cultural activities. While books and select media resources are referenced, they are not included. Each country study provides flexible lesson plans, ready-to-use printables, and engaging activities that make it easy to explore the world together as a family or classroom.

✅ What's Included:

• Sweden Notebooking Page: Students record important facts, color the national flag, document their favorite discoveries, and draw scenes from Sweden’s geography, culture, plants, and wildlife.
• Sweden Mapwork Activity: Students will locate major cities, geographical features, and cultural landmarks on an outline map and are encouraged to personalize their maps with illustrations, labels, and symbols that reflect what they’ve learned about the country.
• Literature Study: Read a variety of stories from popular Swedish authors Elsa Beskow, Sven Nordqvist, and Astrid Lindgren.
• Circle Round: Listen to several folktales from Sweden and then follow up with guided writing activities based on Judith C. Hochman’s The Writing Revolution method.
• The Writing Revolution Resources: Build writing skills with sentence-based exercises that connect directly to what students are learning about Sweden.
• Science Notebooking: Discover how Carl Linnaeus developed the modern system for classifying plants and animals and then complete a guided science notebooking activity.
• Elapsed Time Task Cards: Build real-world math skills by solving elapsed time problems connected to places throughout Sweden.
• Music Appreciation: Discover the nyckelharpa, Sweden’s traditional keyed fiddle.
• Creative Arts: Design and decorate your own Swedish Dala horse.
• Cooking Class: Learn how to make Swedish meatballs.
• Global Games: Play Kubb, a traditional Swedish lawn game often called “Viking Chess.”

✅ Bonus Materials:

• Printable Global Explorers Cookbook Page for Sweden
• Discover Sweden: Bingo Challenge activity sheet
• Sweden Unit Overview Sheet
• Access to our optional digital planning tool in Notion
• Plus, more than a dozen extra printable resources, such as book passports, food chain pyramid templates, and more!

Format: Printable PDF + Optional Digital Access

Best For: Homeschoolers, co-ops, enrichment, Montessori continent studies, and classroom geography units

Why Choose Global Explorers?

At the Global Explorers Club, we believe geography should be an adventure and not just a list of places to memorize. Our secular, literature-based unit studies allow children to explore the world through living books, hands-on activities, mapwork, and meaningful cultural experiences. Designed for flexible, family-style learning, each study encourages curiosity, critical thinking, and a deeper appreciation for the people, places, and traditions that make our world unique.