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My Story 1 - And the World Around Me
SKU
032581
ISBN
9781683441175
Grade 1
Charlotte Mason
Christian/Religious
Medium Teacher Involvement
Multi-Sensory
No other materials needed
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Description
Book 1, My Story and the World around Me, begins with understanding the place of family life and then slowly expands to include information about regions both near and far. It exposes students to local, regional, and national landmarks within the U.S. and eventually expands to include several cultural, geographical and political features existing in foreign lands. This book includes plenty of interactive lesson material, key vocabulary terms, and worksheets and quizzes for each section of the text. This consumable worktext contains a steady stream of full-color photos and images, hands-on projects, and text that is easy for young children to read. 408 pgs, pb.
Publisher's Description of My Story 1 - And the World Around Me
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.
My Story and the World Around Me is a course for lower elementary students. It includes basic introductions to history, politics, sociology, economics, and geography, and provides a fuller understanding of Gods world and the cultures of the countries.
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 Gods 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, Its 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 Canadas 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
Category Description for My Story Elementary Social Studies
The My Story series is an adventure-based social studies course for lower elementary students that encourages families to explore the world together through four nine-week quests that regularly reference family, community, and the church. Book 1, My Story and the World around Me, begins with understanding the place of family life and then slowly expands to include information about regions both near and far. It exposes students to local, regional, and national landmarks within the U.S. and eventually expands to include several cultural, geographical and political features existing in foreign lands. This book includes plenty of interactive lesson material, key vocabulary terms, and worksheets and quizzes for each section of the text. Volume two, My Story my Country my World, exposes students to an expanded journey around the world and lays a foundation for understanding state and federal governments, basic economic and geographical principles, as well as world social and cultural norms. Each of these consumable worktexts contain a steady stream of full-color photos and images, hands-on projects, and text that is easy for young children to read. 408 pgs, pb. ~ Mike
Details
| Product Format: | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Grade: | 1 |
| Brand: | Master Book Publishers |
| ISBN: | 9781683441175 |
| Length in Inches: | 10.875 |
| Width in Inches: | 8.4375 |
| Height in Inches: | 1 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 2.6688 |
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Reviews
6 Ratings
6 Reviews
Rated 5 out of 5
Sep 27, 2023
My Story
Nicely written with engaging photo's, easy to use.
Rated 5 out of 5
Nov 22, 2019
Amazing material and presentation.
The presentation of material is fluid and easy to navigate through, making homeschooling social studies fun and exciting without the stress.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jun 27, 2018
Social Studies CAN be fun!
We are loving My Story 1!!! It is open and go, which makes it super easy to use. Each lesson you 'travel' to a different location and utilize a different mode of transportation to get there. There are different foreign language words introduced here and there, which my kids really think is super neat. The vocabulary words are highlighted in the text in context which makes it easier for my kids as far as comprehension is concerned. The curriculum is broken up into four quests, and each quest has a Quest Collector Card where you can keep track of the various clues. Sprinkled throughout are various 'Talk Times.' Which are really great conversation starters, and I have had some fantastic conversations with my kiddos as a result of the great questions. There is coloring, copywork, word finds, puzzles, quizzes, worksheets, activities, picture time, vocabulary, and review built in...it really is truly comprehensive. There is a story journal at the end of each lesson where the child can write their own story over the course of the year. Every lesson weaves messages of God's love throughout, as well. There are sections throughout that mention 'Helping Hands' and feature various folks in the community who help make life run smoothly, keep us safe, etc. My kids are really having fun with this curriculum and are learning so much. Once we are done, we are definitely going to pick up My Story 2 for next year!
Rated 5 out of 5
Jun 19, 2018
Meaningful History
My Story and the World Around Me 1 is a large text/workbook/teachers guide all-in-one single year course geared towards grades 1-2. Take your child through social studies, starting with his/her family and expand through community, city, and country into other countries/continents around the globe. I appreciate that Mr. Froman and Mr. Froman have incorporated language (Spanish & French words), interactive dialogue/questions, vocabulary, and the element of an adventurous quest into 36 weeks of geography and history lessons. Its a difficult task to design a meaningful course that can seamlessly switch between current events/geography and Biblically accurate historical events that help children understand why history has a direct impact on todays world. Where did everyone come from? Why are there different languages around the world?
Designed to be a half hour lesson daily, there is flexibility to work within a routine that best works for your schedule. For us, Id likely combine 2 lessons to work through three days per school week. My Story and the World Around Me 1 includes eye catching photography, puzzles, copywork, maps, journal questions, reviews, quizzes, and hands on activities.
Designed to be a half hour lesson daily, there is flexibility to work within a routine that best works for your schedule. For us, Id likely combine 2 lessons to work through three days per school week. My Story and the World Around Me 1 includes eye catching photography, puzzles, copywork, maps, journal questions, reviews, quizzes, and hands on activities.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jun 11, 2018
Great way to learn about the world around us
This is a fantastic social studies course for lower elementary students. Its set up for your to go on quests starting with home and community, then state and country, then branching to other countries around the world. It explores the people, homes, landmarks, geography, animals, foods and languages around the world.
It has beautiful and engagining photos. Many of which include children of the region that is being studied. Throughout the course, there are highlighted vocabulary words that you can make into flashcards. There are a variety of other activities such as word searches, coloring, storytelling and a My Story journal as well as the Charlotte Mason type of activities like copywork and narration. I love that at the beginning of each quest, the country being visited is mapped out on a world map labeled by day. I love maps so it's always nice to see. And always with Master Books, its from a biblical worldview.
It has beautiful and engagining photos. Many of which include children of the region that is being studied. Throughout the course, there are highlighted vocabulary words that you can make into flashcards. There are a variety of other activities such as word searches, coloring, storytelling and a My Story journal as well as the Charlotte Mason type of activities like copywork and narration. I love that at the beginning of each quest, the country being visited is mapped out on a world map labeled by day. I love maps so it's always nice to see. And always with Master Books, its from a biblical worldview.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jun 11, 2018
Great 1st social studies
This course is a great introductory social studies! My Story 1 takes your kid on an adventure all over the world introducing them to other countries, people and all kids of transportation.There are 4 quests your child will go on and each one includes a quest collector card where you and your child will look for answers to the questions in each lesson. I love the My story Journal at the end of each lesson where students will write their own life and history throughout the year! Each lesson includes all kinds of activities including a word search, vocabulary, a word to learn in a different language(Spanish and French), and others. This book is full of exciting pictures and activities to keep your child learning, My Story 1 looks like it will be a lot of fun!
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Do you feel like this is plenty of history for a first grader?
I wouldn't consider it history. It is really more of a social studies curriculum--exploring the world and world cultures. But, for a first grader I think it is completely appropriate to teach social studies and not an in depth history. It is a very gentle easy curriculum. For some first graders it would be plenty, but you could easily add in other books to read and activities to flesh it out if your child needed more. It would be very easy to print out a world map and have your child color the countries that are talked about through the book.
Is this something I could do along with Story of America 1 with a 2nd grader or would that be too intense?
I haven't used Story of America, but My Story is not at all intensive. I think you could easily use it along with any other curriculum without overwhelming a 2nd grader. It is really too easy for my 3rd grader, but she enjoys it and it is something that she can do completely without me so we use it for those times I can't sit down with her right away.
Neat and engaging format
co-op choice
We are starting Kindergarten and although this is for grade 1, we have already did most of what is in the Kindergarten book. So we are going to try this one out which my 5yo is very excited about!
Charlette Mason based, Christian base, and works with multiple ages