Our Great Big World
Explore all seven continents and discover fascinating people, natural wonders, and amazing landmarks!
Our Great Big World is a one-year course centered in God's Word that makes learning world geography exciting for elementary students and parents.
Our Great Big World Features
- Open-and-go lessons that require minimal planning
- Colorful photographs and maps
- Audio recordings
- Recipes, crafts, and other hands-on activities
Watch author Mary Evelyn McCurdy--and her kids--provide a quick video overview!
How It Works
Our Great Big World combines the flexibility and richness of a literature-based unit study with the simplicity of a textbook. A student can use this one-year curriculum successfully any time in the elementary grades. Whether you have one child or multiple children learning together, you can choose the activities that work best for your family.
The Our Great Big World Curriculum Package includes six books:
- Our Great Big World
- Folktales and Songs of Our Great Big World
- Our Great Big World Atlas Workbook
- Our Great Big World Coloring Book
- Our Great Big World Lesson Review
- Our Great Big World Answer Key and Literature Guide
The Our Great Big World lesson book is a full-color, richly illustrated hardcover that includes the lessons to read and all instructions you need for using the other components. Folktales and Songs of Our Great Big World features 30 folktales and 31 songs from around the world. You can stream or download audio recordings.
The Atlas Workbook has map assignments, puzzles, and other activities. The Coloring Book has one page related to each lesson. The Lesson Review has review questions about each lesson. The Answer Key and Literature Guide has all the answers you need and notes about the seven literature titles we recommend to go along with the lessons.
Each literature title is assigned at a particular point in the course and focuses on a different region of the country. All seven titles are in print and available for purchase individually or as a package.
Below you can flip through sample pages from the books in the Curriculum Package. For a more detailed look at how the curriculum works, you can watch a video walkthrough with the author.
Look Inside and Listen
Audio Sample
This is one of the folktales and songs you can listen to. A music teacher in Rwanda composed and recorded "Zawadi za Afrika" (Gifts of Africa) in Swahili and English especially for this curriculum.
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Our Great Big World Purchase Options
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Use the product links below to order online or call 1-800-211-8793. If you have any questions about choosing the right options for your child, please call, text, or email us.