Common Core Alignment
1: Relationships
Unit 2: The View from Saturday
Lesson 8: The Souls
Unit 3: American Tall Tales and Legends
Lesson 4: Tales and Legends of the Midwest
Lesson 5: Tales and Legends of the Southwest
Final Project: Your Own Tall Tale or Legend
2: Diversity and Interdependence
Unit 1: The Cay
Lesson 10: Survival
Lesson 2: Curacao
Lesson 3: Overboard
Lesson 4: Land
Lesson 5: Stranded
Lesson 6: Work
Lesson 7: Different Cultures
Lesson 9: The Storm
Final Project: For Timothy
Unit 2: A House of Tailors
Lesson 3: Journey to New York
Lesson 4: Welcome to New York
Lesson 5: Dina's Job
Lesson 7: Sickness
Lesson 8: Christmas
Lesson 9: A Letter
Unit 3: My Side of the Mountain
Lesson 3: Making a Home
Lesson 7: Newspaper Reporter
3: Discovery and Survival
Unit 1: The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Lesson 10: A Witch Hunt
Lesson 5: The Meadow
Lesson 7: A Bird
Final Project: Narrative Essay
Unit 2: The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Lesson 2: Magic Tricks
Lesson 4: The Key
Lesson 7: Six Months Later
Unit 3: The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Lesson 2: Change
Lesson 3: An Entrepeneur
Lesson 4: A Ballad
Lesson 5: A New Friend
Lesson 6: Clyde Claymore
Lesson 7: Loss
Lesson 8: Fire!
4: Systems
Unit 1: A Wrinkle in Time
Lesson 1: A Unique Family
Lesson 2: Calvin
Lesson 3: Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which
Lesson 4: Tesser
Final Project: Science Fiction Short Story
Unit 2: Lincoln
Lesson 2: Childhood
Lesson 3: A Lawyer and Politician
Lesson 4: Slavery
Lesson 5: Emancipation
Lesson 6: Civil War
Unit 3: Independent Study
Lesson 5: Writing Your Report
Lesson 6: Developing a Product