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My Story and the World Around Me is a lower elementary social studies course that introduces students to history, politics, sociology, economics, and geography, while providing an understanding of God’s world and the cultures of the countries. Level 1 begins with children in their homes, helping them think about their lives from their immediate families and beyond, as well as learning about local governments. Equivalent to a first grade level.
Just what exactly is social studies, you may ask? Well, it includes the study of all kinds of people and places, some far away and some next door. In this book we talk about families, like your family in your house, and also lots of people close by, which we call a town or city, and finally about even more people in cities or outside of cities, all living in big places called countries.
Level one begins with children in their homes, helping them think about their lives from their immediate families and beyond, as well as learning about local governments. Includes four quests.
This is a daily adventure-based curriculum series that encourages families to explore the world together through four, nine-week quests and to understand it better from God’s perspective. It is designed with elements that make weekly learning fun and interactive, including:
Activity time
Word find time
Review time
My story journal
Learn all about the world while you discover more about your own. And make sure you pull out your Quest Collector Cards at the beginning of each quest. Your world map on the other side shows where you are in each lesson!
Table of Contents
Using This Teacher Guide
Charting Your Course
Schedule
Introduction
Quest 1
1. My World Starts with the Family
2. Here Is My Community
3. Welcome to My City
4. My State Is Wonderful
5. My Country Is So Big
6. Where Did Everyone Come From?
7. A Whole Wide World
8. Crossing the Sea Back Home
9. My Country Is Full of Wonder
Quest 2
10. My Train through America
11. A Trolley through Mexico and Central America
12. A Helicopter to South America
13. My Taxi in South America
14. Brrr, It’s Cold Outside!
15. Sailing to Africa on a Cruise Ship
16. Time to Ride a Horse
17. A Mountain Bike Across Africa
18. Our Seaplane Back Home
Quest 3
19. Riding Hills on Our Cable Car
20. Skiing across Canada
21. Bobsled over Canada’s Territories
22. An Amphibious Vehicle to Russia
23. On a Junk to China
24. Riding the Metro through India
25. A Sailboat to the Islands
26. On a Surfboard around Australia
27. Back Home on a Kayak
Quest 4
28. On a Dinghy around the United States
29. Going to Greenland and Iceland
30. Over to Europe on a Blimp
31. Riding the Funicular Railway in Europe
32. Europe on a Gondola
33. The Subway under Europe
34. Across Europe by Rocket
35. Taking the Glider Back
36. A Skateboard Home
Appendix
State Info: Nicknames, state flowers, and state birds
Some Holiday Times Around the World
Glossary for Social Studies
Glossary for Geography A to Z
Quest Collector Quizzes
Quest Collector Answers
Word Find Time Answer Key
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Customer Reviews
4
Good but simple
Review byMandi
We like the picture and quick info about places around the world. I wish it was a little more indepth though
4
Lovely and fun if you don't mind tweaking it a bit!
Review byLaura D.
We found this when my son was in 2nd grade. He loved the pictures, stories, "explorations", and gentle lessons. I found some things were a bit out of proportion, at least for our family. Mostly, there were too many writing and talking elements for us. If you're only homeschooling one, the constant "tell your teacher" might work fine. I realize that narration is an extremely important skill and a hallmark of Charlotte Mason methodology. We naturally work narration into our day, so having multiple "official" narration moments for multiple subjects and multiple kids was too much for us (ie, Mom ran out of brain space from all the words!). Also, for a true first grade level, I felt there was too much reading/writing for independent work. My son was an early reader and writer, so I could tweak this to work, but for my other child(ren), first or even second grade would mean I would have to sit and read the whole lesson to them (not to mention they'd tire of the writing on some lessons). Some moms love that, and back when I was only homeschooling one and we didn't have several subjects, it worked fine. Like so much of homeschooling, it's really about what works best for your family. If you don't mind tweaking lessons, this is a fun, easy-to-use program with (big bonus) done-for-you lesson plans to get you started!
5
Excellent
Review bySarah
We recently switched to *My Story 1* from a different curriculum, and I couldn’t be happier with our choice! Master Books has exceeded my expectations, and I can’t recommend them enough. I absolutely love the "open and go" aspect of the curriculum—it makes our homeschooling day so much smoother. The workbook is filled with engaging and colorful elements that really capture my child’s attention. It’s been a wonderful addition to our learning, and we’re excited to continue with Master Books!
5
Amazing!
Review byMichelle
I was so hesitant to use this particular course because I detest curriculum that focus on "me me me". Our local government curriculum is very self-centred and in our homeschool we want to rather direct our children's hearts towards God and His creation and His people. My 1st and 2nd graders both LOVE this book, each opportunity is used to direct their hearts and minds to God. It is working so well for them!
4
We liked it
Review byAmy
I like introducing my child to the information in this book but at times she was bored with it or it seemed to much for her. I don't know how much she truly got out of it, but it was good for exposure.
4
Easy to use!
Review byMomm
My kiddos loved this series as first time homeschoolers! So simple to use and dig into learning about where we live!
5
Another great option.
Review byJessica
My 1st grader really enjoyed this history book. She loved learning all about the state that she lives in, transportation and her family tree.
5
My child begged to do this!
Review byAmy
My child thoroughly enjoyed My Story. She retained more than I expected and got a lot out of it! It was very fun and the pictures were bright and fun to look at! If I tried to skip it for a day if we were short on time she would beg me to still do it!
5
Sweet
Review bySarah
This book offers a God-centered introduction to social studies and it starts right in the home. My son loves the fun activities and lots of opportunities for us to color together.
5
Wonderful introduction to social studies
Review byLunelle
My daughter and I really enjoyed this course. It was fun to learn about different cultures and countries, but also to practically see how God fits into everything.
