Common Core Alignment
1: Environment and Cycles
Unit 1: The Wanderer
Lesson 1: Charting the Course
Lesson 8: Changes
Unit 2: The People of Sparks
Lesson 1: The City of Ember
Lesson 10: The Decision
Final Project: Wars and Plagues or A New Environment
Unit 3: Short Stories
Lesson 3: The Dog of Pompeii
Lesson 4: Rip Van Winkle
Lesson 7: Your Choice
2: Force and Power
Unit 1: Bull Run
Lesson 1: Background on the Civil War
Lesson 3: Joining the Ranks
Lesson 5: Nerves
Unit 3: Number the Stars
Lesson 1: Background on Denmark and World War II
Lesson 2: Soldiers on Every Corner
Lesson 9: A Magazine Article
3: Change
Unit 1: Tuck Everlasting
Lesson 2: The Wood
Final Project: A Debate
Unit 2: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Lesson 2: A Visitor
Lesson 9: Papa's Accident
Final Project: Unit Test and Presentation for Change
Unit 3: The Giver
Lesson 6: Color
Final Project: The Final Chapter
4: Systems and Interaction
Unit 1: Esperanza Rising
Lesson 1: Tragedy in Mexico
Lesson 4: Los Angeles
Lesson 5: Home Sweet Home
Unit 3: Secret of the Andes
Lesson 2: The Valley
Lesson 4: The Journey