Unit 1: Map Skills—Examining the World and the United States

This unit focuses on a review of map skills. Historical and geographical analysis skills are used to examine a history of the United States. Fundamental concepts in geography are explored.

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Exploring the United States with the Five Themes of Geography	$36.00
Exploring Argentina with the Five Themes of Geography	$36.00
Exploring Brazil with the Five Themes of Geography	$36.00
Exploring Canada with the Five Themes of Geography	$36.00
Exploring Chile with the Five Themes of Geography	$36.00
Exploring Costa Rica with the Five Themes of Geography	$36.00
Exploring Ecuador with the Five Themes of Geography	$36.00
Exploring Jamaica with the Five Themes of Geography	$36.00
Exploring Mexico with the Five Themes of Geography	$36.00
Exploring Peru with the Five Themes of Geography	$36.00
Exploring Puerto Rico with the Five Themes of Geography	$36.00
Exploring Dominican Republic with the Five Themes of Geography	$36.00
A Primary Source Guide to China	$35.70
A Primary Source Guide to India	$35.70
A Primary Source Guide to Italy	$35.70
A Primary Source Guide to Japan	$35.70
A Primary Source Guide to Kenya	$35.70
A Primary Source Guide to Mexico	$35.70
A Primary Source Guide to Pakistan	$35.70
Teotihuacan: Designing an Ancient Mexican City: Calculating Perimeters and Areas of Squares and Rectangles	$39.00
Building Washington, D.C.	$39.00
A Journey Along the Erie Canal: Dividing Multidigit Numbers by a One-Digit Number Without Remainders	$39.00
A Trip Around the World: Using Expanded Notation to Represent Numbers	$35.00

Unit 2: Location of the Regions

This unit focuses on the location of major regions of the United States and the cultures within those regions. A focus will be on the location of the important regions of the country, people who inhabited them in the past, and those who live there today. Historical and geographical analysis skills will be used to explore the economy, history, and cultures of the United States.

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Yellowstone: Our First National Park	$26.40
Hawaii: The Aloha State	$26.40
Possibilities and Problems in America’s New Urban Cities: The Rise of Cities	$39.00
Foods and Recipes of the Pilgrims	$35.70
What People Wore in Early America	$35.70
The Colony of New York	$35.70
The Colony of Virginia	$35.70
Traditions of the Crow People	$26.40
An Apache Indian Community	$26.40
Modern Buildings: Identifying Bilateral and Rotational Symmetry and Transformations	$39.00

Unit 3: The Movement of People: A Historical Perspective

This unit focuses on the human settlement within the major regions of the United States. The unit examines the groups of people who inhabited the regions in the past, as well as the people who live there today. This unit includes skills in historical and geographical analysis to explore the history and cultures of the United States.

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The Story of Sacagawea	$26.40
The Story of Sitting Bull	$26.40
Sojourner Truth: Equal Rights Advocate	$39.00
Explorers in North America: Solving Addition and Subtraction Problems Using Timelines	$39.00
Christopher Colombus: The Life of a Master Navigator and Explorer	$48.00
Hernan Cortes: The Life of a Spanish Conquistador	$48.00
The Mayflower	$35.70
At Sea on a Viking Ship: Solving Problems of Length and Weight Using the Four Math Operations	$35.00
African American Migration	$35.70
Hard Times in Ireland: The Scotch-Irish Come to America (1603-1775)	$35.70
Immigrants and the Westward Expansion	$35.70
Immigration, Migration, and the Growth of the American City	$35.70
Immigration and the Slave Trade: Africans Come to America (1607-1830)	$35.70
The Irish Potato Famine: Irish Immigrants Come to America (1845-1850)	$35.70
Native American Migration	$35.70
New Industries, New Jobs: British Immigrants Come to America (1830s-1890s)	$35.70
The Gold Rush: Chinese Immigrants Come to America (1848-1882)	$35.70
Immigrants in Colonial America	$35.70
Immigration, Migration, and the Industrial Revolution	$35.70
Religious Intolerance: Jewish Immigrants Come to America	$35.70
I Am Mexican American	$35.70
I Am African American	$35.70
I Am Chinese American	$35.70
I Am Italian American	$35.70
I Am Japanese American	$35.70
Juneteenth: Celebrating the End of Slavery	$26.40
Where We Play Sports: Measuring the Perimeters of Polygons	$35.00
Sitting Bull: The Life of a Lakota Sioux Chief	$48.00

Unit 4: The Movement of Ideas: Scientific Contributions and Culture

This unit focuses on our national culture. The unit examines how dance, music, and arts of various cultures around the world, as well as scientific and technological advancements, reflect the history of people living in the United States today. The unit uses skills in historical and geographical analysis to explore the history and cultures of the United States.

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Native American Art from the Pueblos	$26.40
The History of the Blues	$26.40
The Story of Our Numbers: The History of Arabic Numerals	$35.00
Michelangelo: His Life and Art	$26.40
Making Music with Stringed Instruments	$26.40
The Great Wall of China	$26.40
The Pyramids of Egypt	$26.40
The Courage of Helen Keller	$26.40
Railroads and Steamships: Important Developments in American Transportation	$39.00
Telegraph and Telephone Networks: Groundbreaking Developments in American Communications	$39.00
Art and Religion in Ancient Egypt	$35.70
Technology of Ancient Egypt	$35.70
Economy and Industry in Ancient Egypt	$35.70
Home Life in Ancient Egypt	$35.70
Land and Resources of Ancient Egypt	$35.70
Politics and Government in Ancient Egypt	$35.70
Art and Religion in Ancient Greece	$35.70
Technology of Ancient Greece	$35.70
Economy and Industry in Ancient Greece	$35.70
Home Life in Ancient Greece	$35.70
Land and Resources of Ancient Greece	$35.70
Politics and Government in Ancient Greece	$35.70
Art and Religion in Ancient Rome	$35.70
Technology of Ancient Rome	$35.70
Economy and Industry in Ancient Rome	$35.70
Home Life in Ancient Rome	$35.70
Land and Resources of Ancient Rome	$35.70
Politics and Government in Ancient Rome	$35.70
Calendars of Native Americans: Timekeeping Methods of Ancient North Americans	$39.00
Checkmate! The Game of Chess: Applying Strategies from Simple to Complex Problems	$39.00
Exploring Pyramids Around the World: Making Models of Geometric Solids	$39.00
The History of Zero: Exploring Our Place-Value Number System	$39.00
How the Arabs Invented Algebra: The History of the Concept of Variables	$39.00
Keeping Time Through the Ages: The History of Tools Used to Measure Time	$39.00
Music Math: Exploring Different Interpretations of Fractions	$39.00
Benjamin Franklin: Early American Genius	$39.00
Alexander the Great: The Life of a King and Conqueror	$48.00
Cleopatra: The Life of an Egyptian Queen	$48.00
Julius Caesar: The Life of a Roman General	$48.00
Elizabeth I: The Life of England’s Renaissance Queen	$48.00
Harriet Tubman: The life of an African-American Abolitionist	$48.00
Richard the Lionheart: The Life of a King and Crusader	$48.00
Spartacus: The life of a Roman Gladiator	$48.00

Unit 5: The Movement of Goods and Resources

This unit focuses on the economy. The unit examines how natural resources are used in the local region, the state, and the nation and how economic activities affect people living in the United States today. The unit demonstrates how people exchange goods and services and explores the characteristics of buyers and sellers.

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Working at the Farmer’s Market: Solving Money Problems Using the Four Math Operations	$35.00
Community Needs: Meeting Needs and Wants in Communities	$36.00
Oil, Steel, and Railroads: America’s Big Businesses in the Late 1800s	$39.00
Alexander Hamilton’s Economic Plan: Solving Problems in America’s New Economy	$39.00
New Roads, Canals, and railroads in Early 19-Century America: The Transportation Revolution	$39.00
Community Space: How Land and Weather Shape Community	$36.00
Community Resources: The Land and the People in Communities	$36.00
Aircraft Carriers: Supplies for a City at Sea: Multiplying Multidigit Numbers with Regrouping	$39.00
Tangram Puzzles: Describing and Comparing Attributes of Plane Geometric Shapes	$35.00

Unit 6: Our Government

This unit focuses on government. It examines the basic purposes of government and the roles United States citizens play in their governance. The unit explores the major responsibilities of the three branches of governments. It also examines how government works at the local, state, and national levels.

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America’s Political Scandals in the Late 1800s: Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall	$39.00
The Interstate Commerce Act: The Government Takes Control of Trade Between States	$39.00
The Populist Party: A Voice for the Farmers in an Industrial Society	$39.00
Problems and Progress in American Politics: The Growth of the Democratic Party in the Late 1800s	$39.00
The Republican Party in the Late 1800s: A Changing Role for American Government	$39.00
The Sherman Antitrust Act: Getting Big Business Under Control	$39.00
The Election of 1800: Congress Helps Settle a Three-way Vote	$39.00
The Federalists and Anti-Federalists: How and Why Political Parties Were Formed in Young America	$39.00
Marbury v. Madison: The New Supreme Court Gets More Power	$39.00
The Whiskey Rebellion: An Early Challenge to America’s New Government	$39.00

Unit 7: Nations and Democracy

This unit focuses on democracy, examines the basic concept of nation, and identifies ways that nations interact. The role of the United Nations is stressed. The unit explores the concept of leadership and how the ideas of early American leaders influence people today. It also examines the importance of American historical documents.

Corresponding Titles	Price
Harriet Tubman: A Lesson in Bravery	$26.40
Benjamin Franklin: American Inventor	$26.40
The Iroquois League	$26.40
The Louisiana Purchase: Expanding America’s Boundaries	$39.00
The Monroe Doctrine: An End to European Colonies in America	$39.00
Native Americans and the New American Government: Treaties and Promises	$39.00
The Pinckney Treaty: America Wins the Right to Travel the Mississippi River	$39.00
The War of 1812: The New American Nation Goes to War with England	$39.00
The Boston Massacre: Five Colonists Killed by British Soldiers	$35.70
The Boston Tea Party: Angry Colonists Dump British tea	$35.70
Life During the American Civil War	$26.40
Abraham Lincoln: The Life of America’s Sixteenth President	$48.00
George Washington: The Life of an American President	$48.00

Unit 8: Democracy and Citizenship

This unit focuses on the importance of good citizenship in a democracy. It demonstrates the importance of laws and rules. The unit examines important documents, such as the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, as well as the Louisiana Constitution. The unit explores the concept of citizenship and how a person becomes a citizen.

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What Is the U.S. Constitution?	$26.40
The Declaration of Independence and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia	$35.70
The United States Constitution and Early State Constitutions: Law and Order in the New Nation States	$39.00
The Declaration of Independence and Robert Livingston of New York	$35.70
Community Spirit: Symbols of Citizenship in Communities	$36.00
Refuse to Use	$26.40
How to Stay Safe at Home and On-line	$26.40
Ten Easy Tips for Staying Safe	$26.40
Abigail Adams: Famous First Lady	$39.00
Alexander Hamilton: American Statesman	$39.00
Betsy Ross: Creator of the American Flag	$39.00
Cochise: Apache Chief	$39.00
Davy Crockett: Frontier Hero	$39.00
Annie Oakley: Wild West Sharpshooter	$39.00
Crispus Attucks: Hero of the Boston Massacre	$39.00
Cynthia Ann Parker: Comanche Captive	$39.00
George Armstrong Custer: General of the U.S. Calvary	$39.00
Nathan Hale: Hero of the American Revolution	$39.00
Wyatt Earp: Lawman of the American West	$39.00
Francisca Alvarez: The Angel of Goliad	$39.00
Jesse James: Western Bank Robber	$39.00
John Paul Jones: American Naval Hero	$39.00
John Sutter: California Pioneer	$39.00
Marquis de Lafayette: French Hero of the American Revolution	$39.00
George Washington: Father of the Nation	$39.00
Nat Love: African American Cowboy	$39.00
Paul Revere: Freedom Rider	$39.00
Phillis Wheatley: African American Poet	$39.00
Sitting Bull: Sioux War Chief	$39.00
Will Bill Hickok: Legend of the Wild West	$39.00
The Census and America’s People: Analyzing Data Using Line Graphs and Tables	$39.00
The Pilgrims Before the Mayflower	$35.70
A Day in the Life of a Colonial Dressmaker	$35.70
A Day in the Life of a Colonial Soldier	$35.70

Unit 9: Making Economic Choices

This unit focuses on the economy and the economic choices people make. The unit examines the concept of limited resources, the role of economic institutions, and monetary issues.

Corresponding Titles	Price
Community Rules: Making and Changing Rules and Laws in Communities	$36.00
Community Plans: Making Choices about Money in Communities	$36.00
The Rise of American Capitalism: The Growth of American Banks	$39.00

Unit 10: Producers and Consumers

This unit focuses on producers and consumers. It examines the four basic questions that define our economy and the importance of specialization and division of labor. The role of supply and demand is stressed. The unit explores profits and risks and how those economic concepts are important.

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A Doctor’s Busy Day	$26.40
The Knights of Labor and the Haymarket Riot: The Fight for an Eight-Hour Workday	$39.00
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
A Weekend in the City: Adding and Subtracting Times to the Nearest Minute	$35.00