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| Item #: | 003242 |
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| ISBN: | 9781609991302 |
| Grades: | 1-4 |
Product Description:
Publisher Description:
Our Star-Spangled Story is a one-year American history and literature course designed for students in grades 1-4. It combines the flexibility and richness of a unit study with the simplicity of a textbook-based approach to history.
The Curriculum Package includes:
- Our Star-Spangled Story Part 1
- Our Star-Spangled Story Part 2
- Star-Spangled Rhythms and Rhymes (with access to stream or download audio recordings)
- A Star-Spangled Timeline
- My Star-Spangled Student Workbook
- Our Star-Spangled Story Answer Key and Literature Guide
This package does include one Student Workbook. You may also want to order the Literature Package or additional workbooks for additional students.
Category Description for Our Star-Spangled Story (Gr. 1-4):
A new one year U.S. history course for grades 1-4 from Notgrass History, Our Star-Spangled Story features many of the same characteristics of their upper-level programs, including engaging lessons, full-color photos, a range of interesting activities and a corresponding literature option.
Parts 1 and 2 together include 90 lessons, 45 in each book. These are organized into 30 units, each with three lessons. All of the instructions for the lesson are found in Parts 1 and 2. Read the lesson from Part 1 or Part 2, and at the end of each lesson youll find a list of activities. These will utilize the other parts of the curriculum: completing a worksheet in the Student Workbook, doing a timeline activity in the Timeline book, even enjoying music and dancing in the Rhythms and Rhymes book.
Primary Subject
History/Geography
Grade Start
1
Grade End
4
ISBN
9781609991302
Format
Other
Brand Name
Notgrass Company
Weight
9.35 (lbs.)
Dimensions
11.25" x 8.75" x 3.25"
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Jessica D
on Aug 5, 2022
I did Notgrass' Our 50 States this year and both my daughters and I loved it, so I'm excited to try out Our Star Spangled Banner with my youngest daughter this coming school year. I will also be doing Notgrass' Exploring America with my 9th and 10th Graders for the first time.
Cassandra F
on May 27, 2022
God Centered and Chronological.
Jessica D
on Aug 5, 2022
We are very excited for all the hands-on activities.
Kathryn M
on Jun 14, 2022
We are very excited for all the hands-on activities.
Kathryn M
on Jun 14, 2022
Many people recommended this curriculum for elementary history, so after I researched and looked over everything included, I felt like this was a very good choice for our family to use.
Christine F
on Apr 12, 2022
I am brand new to homeschooling this year, and am torn between Our Star Spangled Story and Our Fifty States. I will be teaching my second and third grader, who used Abeka History at their private school prior to this year. Do you have a suggestion on which option to go with? Thank you!
Our Star-Spangled Story Curriculum Package
BEST ANSWER: Our family used Our Star Spangled Story last year, and we loved it. It was very easy to teach both my first and fourth grader from this curriculum, even my preschooler joined in from time to time with the games and dances taught through the online resources. Since I have not used Our 50 States or any Abeka history curriculum, I cannot compare or contrast.
I found this textbook to be well written and the supplemental activities and work are flexible to your family’s dynamics and preferences.
We often did our own deeper dives into people introduced by the text through library books, online videos, or podcasts. I appreciate that this curriculum opened up pathways for us to explore the things we found most interesting. I would expect Our 50 States would do the same.
I found this textbook to be well written and the supplemental activities and work are flexible to your family’s dynamics and preferences.
We often did our own deeper dives into people introduced by the text through library books, online videos, or podcasts. I appreciate that this curriculum opened up pathways for us to explore the things we found most interesting. I would expect Our 50 States would do the same.
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- Janele O on Aug 3, 2022
How many lessons do people average per wk over a 9 mo/average school year? How long is each lesson? (1st grade)
BEST ANSWER: It's 28 to 32 weeks per year. I teach for mastery so for us a 1 day lesson could turn into a week or a three day lesson might get just one. It usually works out. I didn't wind up using much of star spangled story. It became more of a supplemental resource. I found it too time intensive. We only have 30 minutes a day for social studies and our primary has become BJU Heritage Series with workbook. I'm not a fan of BJU other curriculum but Heritage studies is perfect. Read and look at pictures for 10 min then there's an activity in the workbook. Song, cut and paste. Match, ECT. Hope this helps.
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- Kimberly B on Jul 12, 2021
- Purchased on Oct 1, 2019
Would you buy this if you only had a 4th grader going through it? I see it’s for grades 1-4. Would I be wasting my money to start late?
BEST ANSWER: Absolutely! It's a delightful one-year course and both you and your 4th grader will love it. The grades 1-4 designation just means there are adaptations so you can use it with younger students also - say, if your 4th grader had a 2nd grade sibling.
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- Janice - Staff on May 6, 2020
Hello! I have 2 questions about this curriculum. First of all, I would be using it with a 2nd grader and a kindergartener next year. In your opinion, would kindergarten be too young for this history program? I'm not expecting my younger one to get as much out of it, but I also don't want the material to go completely over his head. Second, do you think this program could possibly be split over 2 years if all of the projects and activites were completed? We only have 3.5 days per week for school becasue my kiddos attend school on Tuesdays through an HSAP program and we attend Bible Study Fellowship on Wednesdays. Due to this, I am thinking of only spending 2 days per week on social studies. Thanks so much for any help you can give!
BEST ANSWER: I have been using this curriculum with a 3rd grader, a 1st grader and a preschooler this year. I don't always require my preschooler to listen to the lesson (some of them can drag for younger kids), but she loves listening to the songs and participating in the crafts. The program has suggested literature to read aloud in addition to the lessons, and my children have loved every book that we have read so far. We already had other books that I wanted to use for read alouds, so we take a few weeks off from lessons about every two months and spend that time reading the literature instead. Because we did that we are only halfway through the program, so we're planning on finishing the rest next year. The units have 4 parts to them: 3 lessons and a larger craft project. We only have time for 3 days of history a week, so we've been trying to do the last lesson and craft project on the same day, but it makes for a long day. I think spreading a unit out over two weeks where you do two lessons one week and one lesson and the craft on the other week would be an awesome way to split it up. At that rate you would only make it through half the curriculum in a year. It's been a fun program for us. My favorite part has been the songs/poems that are included with most of the lessons. My kids love listening to them and it has helped them remember things that we talked about earlier in the year.
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- Michelle S on Apr 8, 2020
- Purchased on Apr 12, 2019
Does the CD of music come with this package?
BEST ANSWER: The MP3 Audio CD comes with the Rhythms and Rhymes book and is part of the package.
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- Janice Staff on Jul 22, 2019
4.7 / 5.0
13 Reviews
Main text was great, skip the extras
I like the main text, it does jump around a bit, but was very engaging for my 4th grader. I don't think the supplement text added enough value to be worth the extra cost, so I'd skip them if I was you.
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History through stories
This was my daughter's favorite subject when we used it for second grade. She loves stories and this text tells a lot of stories about people and places. She was able to retain a lot as a result. I liked the length of each section and that we could take turns reading. It wasn't too hard for her to read and the sentences flowed when I read them. (vs some short and choppy young reader texts). My daughter is an above average reader, so it's possible that the text might have been more accessible for her than for an average 2nd grade reader. It is definitely easy for young elementary children to understand when read aloud.
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July 30, 2021
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WOW
This history curriculum will not disappoint. My children and I LOVED Notgrass history Star Spangled Story AND World History. We are so blessed to have found this curriculum last year! We just purchased for the 21-22 school year From Adam to US and Exploring American History. Can't wait to use these beautiful books!
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June 25, 2021
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Engaging and beautiful!
I did this curriculum with our 7 & 9 yr old sons this past year and we really enjoyed it. I highly recommend this product. It is told as the engaging stories history truly is and not as a dry, boring list of dates. It is important to foster a love for history since we benefit greatly if we can learn from it. The Notgrass team has done well to start young learners on the path to appreciating the stories of the past.
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Beautifully written history curriculum
Our family has truly enjoyed this curriculum. It is the perfect balance of content for my 6, 8, and 10 year olds. Very easy to simplify for my 6 year old, while also simple to add deeper concepts for my 10 year old. I also really love reading it aloud, which makes for a very pleasant experience for my kids.
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June 21, 2021
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Our Star-Spangled Story
I purchased this for our new school year so we haven't begun to delve into it. I have to say it is inspiring and enticing. My 1st grader and my 2nd grader are excited to begin. I'm anticipating a wonderful journey through American History
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To simple and had liberal thinking interweaved in it.
To simply written which bored my kids. The author also emphasized their opinion over facts ie condemns people for being Christians but never let their slaves go free etc. Overemphasized slavery over other important facts even listed slaves by name and jobs they held. I felt it was liberal thinking interweaved with Christianity which isn’t possible. The Israelites had slaves throughout their history and God never condoned it. He only condoned the way they treated their slaves ie they were to be kind to them and not harsh etc. I disagree with slavery but to criticize a Christian in that time period for owning slaves and implying they might not be saved or Christians because of it was too much.
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May 10, 2021
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Perfect for elementary ages
I absolutely loved using this curriculum this past year. Everything is laid out really well for the parent, from a list of all craft supplies for the year to a pronunciation guide and everything else. It teaches history in a simple manner for younger kids to understand but without skipping over anything. I highly recommend the extra literature package as we truly enjoyed the books.
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June 5, 2020
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Wonderful resource & company!
Our family has loved using Our Star-Spangled Story as our primary history resource this year 7 & 11 year-old boys. Better than the resource itself is the company (family) behind it. The Notgrass History company is dedicated to homeschooling families, and you will not find better customer service.
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June 5, 2020
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