Building Our Country (My World: Social Studies, 5th Grade)

Pearson's Home School!! myWorld Social Studies 2013 Homeschool - Building Our Country - Grade 5A Engaging and Fun - Developed with the input of kids, the myStory System brings meaning and fun to each stage of instruction. Engaging videos will hook students and activities provide creative, fun ways for them to demonstrate their learning. Reinforce literacy instruction - Reading and writing assignments focus on target reading skills proven to increase reading comprehension. Comprehensive instruction support - Detailed lesson plans and audio podcasts. Pearson's myWorld Social Studies series for kindergarten through sixth grade was developed for the public school market, but they have created affordable homeschool packages by providing the teacher's guide on DVD-ROM. Each homeschool bundle includes a student workbook and two DVD-ROMs: myStory Video and Teacher Resource Library. These are social studies courses that try to cover a broad range of topics. For example, first graders study citizenship, rules, buying and selling, goods and services, jobs, maps and globes, continents, oceans, the environment, cultures, families, traditions, technology, and a few stories of iconic Americans such as Davy Crockett and Paul Bunyan.