myWorld Interactive Elementary Social Studies Curriculum
myWorld Interactive K–5 social studies encourages students to explore their world, expand their thinking, and engage their college, career, and civic awareness. Create active, responsible citizens who can make a difference now.
- Activity-based learning
- Strong ELA connections
- Wide range of flexible curricula options, adaptable to any classroom type
Hands-on Social Studies Activities
myWorld Interactive engages students in real-world activities and practices of citizenship. Students investigate and collaborate as they explore Social Studies content.
Activity-Based Learning
This program helps teachers create engaging active-learning experiences, from the student Active Journal and visual literacy activities to small-group, project-based Quests. Writing, drawing, and highlighting tasks create self-motivated learners.
Literacy for Everyone
Every minute of every lesson is a literacy opportunity. Students read text closely, build vocabulary and language skills, and use evidence to articulate their ideas in writing.
Meet All Your Students’ Needs
myWorld Interactive has the flexible curricula and tools to differentiate, support, and inspire all your students. Multiple curricula options and pathways support every teacher, classroom type, and schedule.
Powerful Administrator Tools
Administrator tools, hosted on Savvas Realize® alongside classroom-management features, help measure school success in teaching to social studies standards, manage student enrollment, easily identify the best curricula for remote learning, and much more.
Elementary Social Studies Curriculum
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Inquiry Based and Student Centered
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Differentiated Resources to Reach Every Student
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Flexible Learning for Your Unique Classroom
Inquiry-Based and Student Centered Social Studies
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Instructional DesignBalances direct instruction, small group interaction, hands-on practice, robust resources, and scaffolded reading support.
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Active ClassroomsStrategies feature tools such as interactive worktexts and jumpstart activities, spark student interest and gauge their starting social studies knowledge.
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Project-Based QuestsLong-term, end-of-chapter activities that provide rich, inquiry-based experiences.
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BiographiesModel important citizenship skills and tie in real-world civics applications.
Differentiated Resources to Reach Every Student
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Flexible ContentmyWorld Interactive enables teachers to quickly find and assign content suited to individual student, small group, or the whole class needs.
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Language and Differentiation SupportReaders develop language skills and enable differentiated instruction to reach every student: emerging, expanding, special education, advanced, below, and bridging.
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Accessible ResourcesEasily browse lesson content through simple keyword searches; find targeted resources by narrowing your search by grade, media and content types.
Flexible Learning for Your Unique Classroom
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Comprehensive PathTeaches a comprehensive social studies curriculum that balances content, activities, and literary connections.
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Activity-Based PathEngages students in hands-on activities and inquiry-based projects in a source-rich, real-world creative classroom.
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Content and Literacy PathStudents master content through engaging readings, primary source texts and images, and writing exercises.
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OpenEd ResourcesAdd thousands of vetted OpenEd resources quickly and easily to your lesson plans.
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Customizable ContentRearrange chapter and lesson resources, edit program resources and assessments, and add your own curricula and links.
Engaging Content and Time-Saving Classroom Management Tools
Savvas Realize brings our award-winning content to life in an exciting digital experience that students love. For teachers and admins, it includes valuable classroom-management tools like auto-rostering, single-sign-on, and available integrations with many top K-12 LMSs.
Preview your week ahead, adjust your daily lesson plans, review student and class progress, build and share lessons with your own content, or easily search for differentiated resources to inspire more “lightbulb” moments for your students . Realize’s single-sign-on platform makes it all easy and manageable.
Make logging into your Realize dashboard an essential daily activity–just like checking your school email and Google Classroom accounts–to get a clear, organized path to your learning goals.
School Stories
In these inspirational stories, you'll learn about what schools and districts from across the country are doing to help students succeed and shape the future of education.
Get InspiredFrequently Asked Questions about myWorld Interactive Social Studies
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What is myWorld Interactive Social StudiesAn active-inquiry, student-centered social studies curricula for grades K-5. This program spans civics, economics, geography, and history, and features ELA instruction to support social studies inquiry and new literacy and Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies standards.
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How do I sign up for a myWorld Interactive Social Studies demo?myWorld Interactive World History digital courseware on Savvas Realize includes robust digital tools that give teachers flexibility to use a digital, print, or blended format in their classrooms. Teachers can customize the program to rearrange content, upload their own content, add links to online media, and edit resources and assessments.
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What type of teaching ideas, strategies and inspiration are in myWorld Interactive World Social Studies?
- Active Classroom Strategies
- Chapter Assessments
- Chapter at a Glance
- Citizenship Lessons
- Common Misconceptions
- Complete Lesson Plans
- Critical Thinking & Writing Strategies
- Curriculum Connections: Literacy, Geography, Math, and Science
- Differentiated Instruction
- Integrated ELD Strategies
- Jumpstart Activities
- Literacy Skills Lessons
- Pacing Guides
- Primary Source Lessons
- Review Strategies
- Visual Review Strategies
- Vocabulary Strategies
- Writer’s Workshop
- Writing Activities