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

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

Explore Welsh fairy tales and the legends of King Arthur, learn about coastal erosion, and study the geography of Wales through mapwork and notebooking activities.

Along the way you’ll listen to Welsh folk songs, learn about poet Dylan Thomas, create Welsh love spoons and dragon art, make Welsh cakes, and learn how to play Tawlbwrdd.

✅ 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:

• Wales Notebooking Page: Students record important facts, color the national flag, document their favorite discoveries, and draw scenes from the geography, culture, plants, and wildlife of Wales.
• Wales 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: Explore Celtic fairy tales and the legends of King Arthur and the Red Dragon.
• Circle Round: Listen to several folktales from Wales 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 Wales.
• Science Notebooking: Discover how waves, wind, and weather shape the coastline of Wales while completing a science notebooking activity.
• Elapsed Time Task Cards: Build real-world math skills by solving elapsed time problems connected to places throughout Wales.
• Poet Study: Learn about Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and discover how his poetry was inspired by the landscapes of Wales.
• Music Appreciation: Explore traditional Welsh folk songs.
• Creative Arts: Create a traditional Welsh love spoon and learn to draw a dragon inspired by Wales’ national symbol.
• Cooking Class: Prepare Welsh cakes, a traditional griddle-cooked treat enjoyed throughout Wales.
• Global Games: Learn how to play Tawlbwrdd, a traditional Welsh strategy game often referred to as “Viking Chess.”

✅ Bonus Materials:

• Printable Global Explorers Cookbook Page for Wales
• Discover Wales: Bingo Challenge activity sheet
• Wales 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.