Unit Change History
Beyond the Page is a literature-based curriculum. When books go out of print, these books are replaced in our curriculum. This page outlines these changes in our curriculum. If you have specific questions about these books or the curriculum, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.
Age 4-5 |
Age 5-7 |
Age 6-8 |
Age 7-9 |
Age 8-10 |
Age 9-11 |
Age 10-12 |
Age 11-13 |
Age 12-14 |
High School 1 |
2026
Age 7-9 - 1 - 1: Amazing Weather
Science
Version 6
Published: 3/17/2026
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
On the Same Day in March by Marilyn Singer
The Kids' Book of Weather Forecasting by Mark Breen and Kathleen Friestad
addition
7-9 - Semester 1 - Science Kit
7-9-SK-S1
Age 7-9 - 1 - 3: Sound
Science
Version 2
Published: 3/17/2026
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
addition
7-9 - Semester 1 - Science Kit
7-9-SK-S1
Age 7-9 - 2 - 1: Environments Change
Science
Version 5
Published: 3/17/2026
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry
The Wump World by Bill Peet
addition
7-9 - Semester 1 - Science Kit
7-9-SK-S1
Age 7-9 - 3 - 1: Life Cycles
Science
Version 3
Published: 3/17/2026
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
What Is a Life Cycle? by Bobbie Kalman
Who Eats What? by Patricia Lauber
addition
7-9 - Semester 2 - Science Kit
7-9-SK-s2
Age 7-9 - 3 - 2: The Water Cycle
Science
Version 2
Published: 3/17/2026
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
A Drop Around the World by Barbara Shaw McKinney
addition
7-9 - Semester 2 - Science Kit
7-9-SK-s2
Age 7-9 - 4 - 1: The Rain Forest
Science
Version 2
Published: 3/17/2026
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
The Shaman's Apprentice by Lynne Cherry
Welcome to the Green House by Jane Yolen
addition
7-9 - Semester 2 - Science Kit
7-9-SK-s2
2023
Age 7-9 - 2 - 3: American Heroes
Language Arts
Version 3
Published: 8/2/2023
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
60 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet by Dennis Denenberg and Lorraine Roscoe
addition
60 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet
by Dennis Denenberg and Lorraine Roscoe
978-1728449319
removal
50 American Heroes
by Dennis Denenberg and Lorraine Roscoe
978-1728449319
Age 7-9 - 1 - 2: The Land
Social Studies
Version 3
Published: 7/14/2023
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
All Kinds of Maps by Susan Ahmadi Hansen
Map Symbols, Keys, and Scales by Susan Ahmadi Hansen
removal
Maps and Mapping
by Deborah Chancellor
9780753467183
addition
All Kinds of Maps
978-1666349689
addition
Map Symbols, Keys, and Scales
978-1666349672
Age 7-9 - 1 - 3: Who Was Helen Keller?
Language Arts
Version 2
Published: 1/12/2023
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
Alexander Graham Bell by Barbara Kramer
Who Was Helen Keller? by Gare Thompson and Nancy Harrison
removal
Biography of Alexander Graham Bell
by Wil Mara
978-0516273402
addition
Alexander Graham Bell
by Barbara Kramer
978-1426319358
2022
Age 7-9 - 2 - 2: Communities and Culture
Language Arts
Version 4
Published: 12/1/2022
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
Adventures in the Middle Ages by Linda Bailey
Hot on the Trail in Ancient Egypt by Linda Bailey
removal
On the Run in Ancient China
by Linda Bailey
978-1525301124
addition
Adventures In the Middle Ages
by Linda Bailey and Bill Slavin
9781550745405
2019
Age 7-9 - 2 - 2: Communities and Culture
Language Arts
Version 2
Published: 7/29/2019
There is a more recent version of this unit.
Required Books
removal
Adventures In Ancient Egypt
by Linda Bailey and Bill Slavin
9781550745481
addition
Hot on the Trail in Ancient Egypt
by Linda Bailey
978-1771389853
Age 7-9 - 2 - 2: Communities and Culture
Language Arts
Version 3
Published: 7/29/2019
There is a more recent version of this unit.
Required Books
removal
Adventures In the Middle Ages
by Linda Bailey and Bill Slavin
9781550745405
addition
On the Run in Ancient China
by Linda Bailey
978-1525301124
Age 7-9 - 4 - 2: Government and the People
Social Studies
Version 2
Published: 3/28/2019
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
How the U.S. Government Works by Syl Sobel
One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote by Bonnie Worth
removal
Vote!
by Eileen Christelow
978-0547059730
addition
One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote
978-0399555985
2018
Age 7-9 - 4 - 3: Connected Cultures
Social Studies
Version 2
Published: 3/8/2018
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
Xochitl and the Flowers by Jorge Argueta
removal
Paco, a Latino Boy in the United States
by Margarita Mobleda, Danilo Ramirez
978-1594375606
addition
Xochitl and the Flowers
by Jorge Argueta
978-0892392247
2016
Age 7-9 - 1 - 1: Amazing Weather
Science
Version 3
Published: 5/18/2016
There is a more recent version of this unit.
Required Books
removal
Weather
by Lorrie Mack
9780756603236
addition
The Kids' Book of Weather Forecasting
by Mark Breen and Kathleen Friestad
978-0824968236
2013
Age 7-9 - 1 - 1: Amazing Weather
Science
Version 2
Published: 5/28/2013
There is a more recent version of this unit.
Required Books
removal
Weather and Climate - Geography Facts and Experiments
by Barbara Taylor
978-0753455098
addition
Weather
by Lorrie Mack
9780756603236
Age 7-9 - 3 - 3: The Family Under the Bridge
Language Arts
Version 2
Published: 5/7/2013
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
Punctuation Celebration by Elsa Knight Bruno
The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson
removal
The Perfect Pop-Up Punctuation Book
by Kate Petty, Jenny Maizels
978-0525477723
addition
Punctuation Celebration
by Elsa Knight Bruno
9781250003355
2012
Age 7-9 - 3 - 1: Life Cycles
Science
Version 2
Published: 7/16/2012
There is a more recent version of this unit.
Required Books
removal
Life Cycles
by Michael Ross
978-0761319757
addition
What Is a Life Cycle?
by Bobby Kalman
9780865058866
Age 7-9 - 2 - 1: Environments Change
Science
Version 3
Published: 5/4/2012
There is a more recent version of this unit.
Required Books
removal
The Big Tree
by Bruce Hiscock
1563978105
addition
The Wump World
by Bill Peet
978-0395311295
Age 7-9 - 1 - 2: The Land
Social Studies
Version 2
Published: 1/12/2012
There is a more recent version of this unit.
Required Books
removal
Inside Access: Maps and Mapping
by Jinny Johnson
978-0753460627
addition
Maps and Mapping
by Deborah Chancellor
9780753467183