Elementary Social Studies Units
During the early years, teaching your children basic geography and social studies can be made easy with these Elementary Social Studies Units. Teach your kids about community helpers, the American flag, our countries, holidays, and more! We add to these resources periodically, so feel free to check back!
*Be sure to check out our elementary science units too!
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Check out these Elementary Social Studies Units
Use these elementary social studies units to give your child a general overview of the nation, your family’s traditions, national holidays, and historical figures. Unit studies can incorporate multiple subjects. Don’t shy away from a unit because it doesn’t look to be strictly historical. For instance, our Counting Money unit may seem to only focus on math, but there are resources within that unit that point to the history of money. One of our favorite videos is about how coins are made, which is discussed in that unit. Our Where in the World activity will help your student recognize that they are within a much larger somewhere. The Famous Scientists & Inventors, Historical Figures, and National Holidays writing sheets make for an excellent social studies journal. Worth looking into… especially if you create your own elementary social studies units. To look at our other elementary unit studies, check them out here.
Looking for a more Permanent Curriculum?
For the first few years of homeschooling, I created and put together my oldest son’s curriculum. On one level, I enjoyed this. It was fun to look at all of the free options and ideas on the web. On the other hand, I got overwhelmed and distracted like a kid in a candy store. As I had more children, life became busier too. It became evident to me that ordering workbooks and textbooks to guide us was ideal for our schedule and life. I still create interactive units to supplement and meet individual needs, but I have found that the workbooks give us a sense of direction and consistency.
For me, compiling an engaging curriculum for each of my kids became time-consuming and daunting. It is a huge blessing to be able to buy math and grammar workbooks. It gives me peace of mind to know that I am not skipping around or leaving gaps in their education. Some of you may scoff at this. I am not condemning those that go it wholly on their own. Personally, it was just too much. If I was unable to purchase these books, then of course I would change my strategy to use more readily accessible materials. If you are interested in checking out some of the most popular and effective homeschool curricula available, follow the link below. Happy homeschooling…
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Romans 15:4
