My Story – Level 1

Sample

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