Age 12-14 Year at a Glance
The Age 12-14 level of Beyond the Page is structured around two semesters. Each of semester is made up of five language arts units, five science units, and five social studies units. Each unit contains about 12 lessons and a final project.
You will do three lessons each day: one in science, one in social studies, and one in language arts. Start with the first unit. When you finish it move on to the second.
Here is a list of the units in the order you will complete them along with the associated books.
Science Units
Social Studies Units
Language Arts Units
Concept 1: Semester 1
Unit 1: Atoms
Eyewitness Chemistry by Ann Newmark
Unit 1: Revolution
Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself! by Kris Bordessa
The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American History, 1775-1865 by John Grafton
We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose
Unit 1: Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution by Natalie S. Bober
Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page
Unit 2: Chemical Reactions
Eyewitness Chemistry by Ann Newmark
Unit 2: Civics
Unit 2: Animal Farm
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page
Unit 3: Energy and Matter
What Is Energy? by Lance Bledsoe
Unit 3: The Antebellum West
Liberty for All? 1820-1860 by Joy Hakim
The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American History, 1775-1865 by John Grafton
We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose
Unit 3: Einstein Adds a New Dimension
Einstein Adds a New Dimension by Joy Hakim
Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page
Unit 4: Biochemistry
[none]
Unit 4: Antebellum America
Liberty for All? 1820-1860 by Joy Hakim
We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose
Unit 4: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page
Unit 5: Microbiology and Cell Theory
What Is Cell Theory? by Marina Cohen
Unit 5: Civil War
Fields of Fury: The American Civil War by James M. McPherson
We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose
Unit 5: Elijah of Buxton
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page
Concept 2: Semester 2
Unit 1: Genetics and DNA
Genetics: Breaking the Code of Your DNA by Carla Mooney
Unit 1: History of Your State
[none]
Unit 1: The House of the Scorpion
Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Unit 2: Living Organisms
Behavior in Living Things by Michael Bright
Life Processes by Anna Claybourne
Unit 2: Industrialization, Urbanization, and Immigration
We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose
Unit 2: Watership Down
Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Unit 3: A Dynamic Planet
Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be by Daniel Loxton
The Field Guide to Geology by David Lambert and the Diagram Group
Unit 3: The Great Depression and World War II
We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose
World War II for Kids by Richard Panchyk
Unit 3: The Book Thief
Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Unit 4: Human Body Systems
Unit 4: Global Conflict and Civil Rights
Free At Last by Sara Bullard
We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose
Unit 4: To Kill a Mockingbird
Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Unit 5: Health and Nutrition
Boy's Guide to Becoming a Teen by Amy Middleman, MD
Girl's Guide to Becoming a Teen by Amy Middleman, MD
Unit 5: Technology Explosion
We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose
Unit 5: Great American Poets
101 Great American Poems by The American Poetry and Literacy Project (editor)
Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page