Kindergarten to Grade 2 · printable course

My World: Social Studies for K-2

Kindergarten to Grade 2 · 95 pages · 36 lessons · PDF, print at home

The child's world, widening one ring at a time: my story and my family, then rules, jobs and money, then maps and places, then the past itself. Every week is a short scripted activity a parent runs, an elder interview, a family market, a treasure map, a time capsule, followed by a five-minute spoken check-in where Clara asks what happened and your child answers by tapping. Traditions, symbols and holidays are taught as things people do and remember, evidence over myth, at exactly the depth a five-to-seven-year-old can own. Follows the C3 framework's civics, economics, geography and history at K-2 level.

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Every unit and lesson in this book, in order. The same lessons are taught online at lettersanddevotion.com, so a family can move between paper and screen.

My World: Social Studies for K-2

36 lessons · try a lesson online free

Unit 1: Me, My Family, My Story9 lessons
  1. 1.The story of my name
  2. 2.Who is in my family?
  3. 3.Then and now: me
  4. 4.My day, in order
  5. 5.A family tradition
  6. 6.Grandparent interview (or a family elder)
  7. 7.Where I live: my address
  8. 8.Different families, different homes
  9. 9.My story book (unit review)
Unit 2: Rules, Jobs and Money9 lessons
  1. 10.Why do we have rules?
  2. 11.Fair is not always equal
  3. 12.Community helpers scavenger hunt
  4. 13.Needs and wants
  5. 14.Where does money come from?
  6. 15.Save, spend, share
  7. 16.The trading game (goods and services)
  8. 17.Who decides? (voting week)
  9. 18.Make our own laws (unit capstone)
Unit 3: Maps and Places8 lessons
  1. 19.A map of my room
  2. 20.Treasure maps and symbols
  3. 21.Our neighborhood walk-map
  4. 22.Land and water
  5. 23.Which way? (directions)
  6. 24.Hot places, cold places, and how people live
  7. 25.From my street to the whole Earth (zoom-out week)
  8. 26.Map fair (unit capstone)
Unit 4: People and the Past10 lessons
  1. 27.Old things are clues
  2. 28.School, long ago
  3. 29.Getting around, then and now
  4. 30.Talking across distance, then and now
  5. 31.Our town's story
  6. 32.Flags, songs and symbols
  7. 33.Holidays tell stories
  8. 34.People who changed things
  9. 35.The review museum
  10. 36.The time capsule (capstone)