Unit 1: Aspects of a Community: Its History

The focus of this unit is to study the history of the local community past and present through personal timelines and varied sources of historical information.

Corresponding Titles	Price
Days of the Week	$28.00
Children of Ancient Greece	$23.10
We Honor America	$21.00
The Fourth of July	$21.00
George Washington: Our First President	$21.00
Washington, D.C.	$21.00
The American Flag: Learning to Identify Two-Digit Numbers Up to 50	$28.00
Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield	$23.10
Colonial Families	$23.10
Colonial Teachers	$23.10
Pioneer Families	$23.10
Who Was Paul Revere?	$23.10
Mozart: The Man and His Music	$23.10
Who Was Betsy Ross?	$23.10
Alexander Graham Bell	$23.10
Life on a Wagon Train	$23.10
A Look at Lady Liberty	$23.10
Ellis Island: Welcome to America	$23.10
Fort Sumter: Where the Civil War Began	$23.10
The Life of Abraham Lincoln	$23.10
What Happened at the Boston Tea Party?	$23.10
On the Trail with Lewis and Clark: Learning to Use Line Graphs	$32.00

Unit 2: Aspects of a Community: Its Geography

The focus of this unit is to study the geography of the local community. It explores the impact of human beings on the physical environment, as well as the impact of geography on the human environment. The unit employs numerous tools, including globes and maps.

Corresponding Titles	Price
In the Forest: Learning Directional Concepts	$28.00
Maps Show Us the Way	$21.00
In the City: Learning the Soft C Sound	$26.00
On My Block: Learning the BL Sound	$26.00
Reading a Map	$23.10
How Far Is It?	$23.10
Meet Me on the Farm: Learning the Long E Sound	$26.00
Our Train Trip: Learning to Add and Subtract by the Half Hours	$28.00
Traveling Around the United States: Learning to Add 2 Three-Digit Numbers Without Regrouping	$32.00

Unit 3: Aspects of a Community: Its Government

The focus of this unit is to study the government of the local community by exploring the functions of local government, the importance of laws, and the roles of key government officials.

Corresponding Titles	Price
Visiting the Police Station	$21.00
Meet Officer Jerry	$21.00
Let’s Vote! Learning to Use Simple Bar Graphs	$28.00
James Madison: Founding Father	$23.10
A Trip Around Town: Learning to Add 3 One-Digit Numbers	$28.00
Meet Firefighter Jen	$21.00
A Trip to the Fire Station	$21.00
A Trip to the Post Office	$21.00
Community Rules: Making and Changing Rules and Laws in Communities	$36.00
Be Safe on the Bus: Learning the B Sound	$26.00

Unit 4: Aspects of a Community: Its Citizens

The focus of this unit is to study the diversity of the population of the local community by examining the student’s role in the school community. The unit explores the importance of having rules and how citizens help leaders solve problems.

Corresponding Titles	Price
Friends: Learning the FR Sound	$26.00
Be Safe on Your Bike	$23.10
Shapes at Home: Learning to Recognize Basic Geometric Shapes	$28.00
Guide Dogs	$21.00
Let’s Wash Up	$21.00
Let’s Brush Our Teeth	$21.00
I Fight Fires: Learning the Long I Sound	$26.00
What a Baker Makes: Learning the Long A Sound	$26.00
Visiting the Vet: Learning the V Sound	$26.00
Learning About the Library	$21.00
A Park Ranger’s Day	$21.00
A Trip to the Dentist	$21.00
I Write for the Newspaper	$21.00
A Day with My Dad: Learning the D Sound	$26.00
Family Fun: Learning the F Sound	$26.00
Meet My Mom: Learning the M Sound	$26.00
Let’s Bring Mom Breakfast: Learning the BR Sound	$26.00
My New Glasses: Learning the GL Sound	$26.00
What I Think: Learning the TH Sound	$26.00
You Can Do It! Learning the Y Sound	$26.00
The Pizza Party: Learning Basic Problem-Solving Skills	$28.00
Don’t Talk to Strangers	$21.00
Eat Right, Feel Good	$23.10
Clean and Healthy	$21.00
It’s Fun to Exercise!	$23.10
How to Be Healthy	$23.10
Community Spirit: Symbols of Citizenship in Communities	$36.00
Who’s Who in a Neighborhood	$36.00
Who’s Who in a Public Housing Community	$36.00
Who’s Who in a Rural Community	$36.00
Who’s Who in a School Community	$36.00
Who’s Who in a Suburban Community	$36.00
Who’s Who in an Urban Community	$36.00

Unit 5: Aspects of a Community: Its Economics

The focus of this unit is to study the local economy by examining basic human needs and ways of making a living in the local community, and exploring the roles of producer and consumer. The concepts of scarcity, resources, economic choices, production, consumption, goods, services, and economic institution are defined and illustrated.

Corresponding Titles	Price
Kinds of Coins: Learning the Values of Pennies, Nickels, Dimes and Quarters	$28.00
Let’s Go to the Bank	$21.00
Let’s Go to the Supermarket	$21.00
Money: Saving and Spending	$21.00
Making Money	$21.00
Trading Baseball Cards: Learning the Symbols +, -, and =	$28.00
Community Needs: Meeting Needs and Wants in Communities	$36.00
Community Plans: Making Choices about Money in Communities	$36.00
At the Flower Shop: Learning Simple Division by Forming Equal Groups	$32.00
A Day with the Baker: Learning to Tell Time by Quarter Hours	$32.00
Food Fractions: Learning How Fractional Parts Equal a Whole	$32.00
The Prices of a Pioneer Journey: Adding and Subtracting Two-Digit Dollar Amounts	$32.00
A Shopping Trip: Learning to Add Dollars and Cents Up to $10.00 Without Regrouping	$32.00
Working at the Post Office: Learning to Subtract 2 Three-Digit Numbers Without Regrouping	$32.00

Unit 6: The World and Local Cultures and Customs

The focus of this unit is to show that the local community is part of the larger global community, by looking at folktales, legends, and stories of heroism from various cultures around the world. The unit examines the significance of national holidays in the United States, and employs numerous tools, such as maps, globes, picture books about various cultures and events, posters, and visual representations.

Corresponding Titles	Price
At Home Around the World	$21.00
Let’s Make Music	$21.00
Let’s Draw!	$21.00
All Sorts of Sports: Learning the OR Sound	$26.00
I Can Draw: Learning the DR Sound	$26.00
How We Make Music	$21.00
Fun at the Fair: Learning Subtraction Facts to 10	$28.00
My Birthday: Learning the IR Sound	$26.00
Making Art	$23.10
A Trip to Japan	$23.10
Pocahontas: The Life of an Indian Princess	$23.10
All About Drums	$23.10
At the Art Museum	$23.10
A Look at Books: Learning to Count by Tens to 50	$28.00
At the Football Game: Learning the Symbols <, >, and =	$32.00
Counting With an Abacus: Learning the Place Values of Ones, Tens, and Hundreds	$32.00
How a Quilt is Built: Learning to Measure an Object Using Inches	$32.00
Magic Squares: Learning the Inverse Relationships Between Addition and Subtraction	$32.00
My Family Reunion: Learning to Recognize Fractions as Part of a Group	$32.00
Try It with Triangles: Learning to Put Triangles Together to Form Other Shapes	$32.00