Unit Book List
Age 12-14 - Concept 2: Semester 2
Unit 1: Genetics and DNA [S]
- Genetics: Breaking the Code of Your DNA by Carla Mooney
Unit 1: History of Your State [SS]
Unit 1: The House of the Scorpion [LA]
- Handy Guide to Writing
- The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Unit 2: Living Organisms [S]
- Behavior in Living Things by Michael Bright
- Life Processes by Anna Claybourne
Unit 2: Industrialization, Urbanization, and Immigration [SS]
- We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose
Unit 2: Watership Down [LA]
- Handy Guide to Writing
- Watership Down by Richard Adams
Unit 3: A Dynamic Planet [S]
- 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 [SS]
- 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 [LA]
- Handy Guide to Writing
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Unit 4: Human Body Systems [S]
Unit 4: Global Conflict and Civil Rights [SS]
- 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 [LA]
- Handy Guide to Writing
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Unit 5: Health and Nutrition [S]
- 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 [SS]
- We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose
Unit 5: Great American Poets [LA]
- 101 Great American Poems by The American Poetry and Literacy Project (editor)
- Handy Guide to Writing