Table of Contents

Unit 1: Genetics and DNA [S]

• Lesson 1: The Importance of DNA
• Lesson 2: Inheritance
• Lesson 3: Generations, Probability, and Change (2 Days)
• Lesson 4: Reproduction and Change (2 Days)
• Lesson 5: From Generation to Generation
• Lesson 6: Diversity and Adaptation
• Lesson 7: Inheritance and Environment (2 Days)
• Lesson 8: Cloning
• Final Project: A New Organism (4 Days)

Unit 1: History of Your State [SS]

• Lesson 1: Your State's Natural History (2 Days)
• Lesson 2: Flora and Fauna
• Lesson 3: Native Populations
• Lesson 4: The History of Your State (3 Days)
• Lesson 5: State Leaders
• Lesson 6: Your State by the Numbers (2 Days)
• Lesson 7: Your State's Economy (2 Days)
• Lesson 8: Your State and the Arts
• Final Project: A Warm Welcome (2 Days)

Unit 1: The House of the Scorpion [LA]

• Lesson 1: Cloning (4 Days)
• Lesson 2: Revising and Editing
• Lesson 3: Cast of Characters
• Lesson 4: Rhetorical and Logical Fallacies
• Lesson 5: Arguing the Issue
• Lesson 6: Societal Comparisons
• Lesson 7: One-Act Play
• Lesson 8: Family Crest
• Lesson 9: Science Fiction
• Lesson 10: Opium and Aztlán
• Lesson 11: Wisdom and Love
• Lesson 12: El Día de los Muertos
• Lesson 13: Unit Test and Essay Reflections

Unit 2: Living Organisms [S]

• Lesson 1: Levels of Organization
• Lesson 2: Structure and Stability
• Lesson 3: Plant Reproduction
• Lesson 4: Biotic and Abiotic Factors
• Lesson 5: Nutrition
• Lesson 6: Respiration
• Lesson 7: Stimulus and Response (2 Days)
• Lesson 8: Behavior
• Lesson 9: Ecological Relationships
• Lesson 10: Structural Similarities
• Final Project: Exploring Living Organisms (3 Days)

Unit 2: Industrialization, Urbanization, and Immigration [SS]

• Lesson 1: Urbanization and Migration
• Lesson 2: Indian Wars in the West (2 Days)
• Lesson 3: New Technologies
• Lesson 4: New Industries (2 Days)
• Lesson 5: Immigration (2 Days)
• Lesson 6: Social Problems (2 Days)
• Lesson 7: Politics
• Lesson 8: World War I (2 Days)
• Final Project: A Dramatic Performance or Scrapbook (2 Days)

Unit 2: Watership Down [LA]

• Lesson 1: Preparing to Read
• Lesson 2: Foreshadowing
• Lesson 3: An Epic Journey
• Lesson 4: Comparing Rabbits
• Lesson 5: Quotes and Creatures
• Lesson 6: Dramatic Irony
• Lesson 7: Rabbit Societies
• Lesson 8: Folktales and Fantasy
• Lesson 9: Characters
• Lesson 10: Setting
• Lesson 11: Conflict and Escape
• Lesson 12: Dramatic Enactment
• Lesson 13: A Fantasy Story (3 Days)

Unit 3: A Dynamic Planet [S]

• Lesson 1: The Dating Game
• Lesson 2: Plate Tectonics (2 Days)
• Lesson 3: The First Four Billion Years
• Lesson 4: The Age of Visible Life (2 Days)
• Lesson 5: Digging for Clues
• Lesson 6: Natural Selection
• Lesson 7: Survival of the Fittest
• Lesson 8: Convergent Evolution
• Final Project: Fast Forward (3 Days)

Unit 3: The Great Depression and World War II [SS]

• Lesson 1: The 1920s
• Lesson 2: The Great Depression (2 Days)
• Lesson 3: The Start of World War II
• Lesson 4: 1942
• Lesson 5: The Homefront (2 Days)
• Lesson 6: 1943
• Lesson 7: Victory in Europe (2 Days)
• Lesson 8: The Holocaust (2 Days)
• Lesson 9: Victory in the Pacific
• Final Project: Before and After World War II (2 Days)

Unit 3: The Book Thief [LA]

• Lesson 1: The Author and Narrator (2 Days)
• Lesson 2: Similes and Metaphors
• Lesson 3: Burning Books
• Lesson 4: The Value of Books
• Lesson 5: The Accordion Player
• Lesson 6: The Standover Man
• Lesson 7: The Seven-Sided Die
• Lesson 8: The Thief Strikes Again
• Lesson 9: Close Calls
• Lesson 10: The Trilogy of Happiness
• Lesson 11: The Word Shaker
• Lesson 12: The Teddy Bear
• Final Project: Think-Tac-Toe (3 Days)

Unit 4: Human Body Systems [S]

• Lesson 1: Our Bodies
• Lesson 2: Cells, Tissues, and Organs
• Lesson 3: Musculoskeletal System
• Lesson 4: Cardiovascular System
• Lesson 5: Respiratory System
• Lesson 6: Digestive System
• Lesson 7: Urinary System
• Lesson 8: Endocrine System
• Lesson 9: Reproductive System
• Lesson 10: Immune System
• Lesson 11: Nervous System (2 Days)
• Lesson 12: Balance in the Body
• Lesson 13: Human Growth and Development
• Final Project: Body Systems Presentation (3 Days)

Unit 4: Global Conflict and Civil Rights [SS]

• Lesson 1: The Post-War World
• Lesson 2: The Cold War and Communism (2 Days)
• Lesson 3: The Cold War
• Lesson 4: Civil Rights (2 Days)
• Lesson 5: Sit-Ins and Freedom Rides
• Lesson 6: The Ballot
• Lesson 7: New Directions and Other Social Movements
• Lesson 8: Korea
• Lesson 9: Vietnam
• Lesson 10: The Culture of the 1960s
• Final Project: A Time Capsule (2 Days)

Unit 4: To Kill a Mockingbird [LA]

• Lesson 1: Historical Context
• Lesson 2: Home and School
• Lesson 3: The Mystery of Boo
• Lesson 4: Snow and Fire
• Lesson 5: Surprising Talent
• Lesson 6: Separate
• Lesson 7: A Moral Dilemma
• Lesson 8: Identity
• Lesson 9: Order in the Court
• Lesson 10: Equal Rights?
• Lesson 11: The Mockingbird
• Lesson 12: Wise Words
• Lesson 13: Text and Film
• Final Project: Oral Book Presentation (3 Days)

Unit 5: Health and Nutrition [S]

• Lesson 1: Feelings
• Lesson 2: Being a Smart Consumer
• Lesson 3: Healthy Body (2 Days)
• Lesson 4: Healthy Relationships (2 Days)
• Lesson 5: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs (2 Days)
• Lesson 6: Nutrition and Exercise (3 Days)
• Final Project: Personal Health Plan (2 Days)

Unit 5: Technology Explosion [SS]

• Lesson 1: Overview of Modern America (2 Days)
• Lesson 2: Demographics and Immigration (2 Days)
• Lesson 3: The End of the Cold War (2 Days)
• Lesson 4: Leadership and Domestic Policy (2 Days)
• Lesson 5: Technology (2 Days)
• Lesson 6: Terrorism
• Lesson 7: Modern American Culture (2 Days)
• Final Project: Illustrated Essay or National History Day (2 Days)

Unit 5: Great American Poets [LA]

• Lesson 1: Poetry Basics
• Lesson 2: Early American Poetry
• Lesson 3: Figurative Language
• Lesson 4: Poetic Forms
• Lesson 5: Edgar Allan Poe
• Lesson 6: Meaning in Poetry
• Lesson 7: Poetry Analysis
• Lesson 8: Robert Frost
• Lesson 9: Memorizing Poetry
• Lesson 10: Poems about Poetry
• Lesson 11: Editing Your Work
• Lesson 12: Reciting Poetry
• Final Project: Poetry Journal (3 Days)