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.
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Age 12-14 |
High School 1 |
2026
Age 10-12 - 1 - 1: Weather and Climate
Science
Version 7
Published: 2/20/2026
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
Weather and Climate by Kathleen M. Reilly
removal
Eyewitness Weather
by DK
9780744052305
addition
Weather and Climate
9781619308664
2025
Age 10-12 - 1 - 1: Weather and Climate
Science
Version 6
Published: 8/20/2025
There is a more recent version of this unit.
Required Books
removal
Weather and Climate
9781619308664
addition
Eyewitness Weather
by DK
9780744052305
Age 10-12 - 1 - 1: Weather and Climate
Science
Version 5
Published: 7/1/2025
There is a more recent version of this unit.
Required Books
removal
Eyewitness Weather
by DK
9780744052305
addition
Weather and Climate
9781619308664
Age 10-12 - 4 - 3: Incas, Aztecs, and Maya
Social Studies
Version 3
Published: 4/8/2025
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
DKfindout! Maya, Incas, and Aztecs by Brian Williams
removal
Aztec, Inca & Maya
by DK Publishing
978-0756673208
addition
DKfindout! Maya, Incas, and Aztecs
by Brian Williams
978-1465469311
2024
Age 10-12 - 1 - 2: Geography and Landforms
Social Studies
Version 2
Published: 7/30/2024
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
Prisoners of Geography: Our World Explained in 12 Simple Maps by Tim Marshall
The Geography Book: Activities for Exploring, Mapping, and Enjoying Your World by Caroline Arnold
removal
Geography of the World: The Essential Family Guide to Geography and Culture
by Jayne Parsons
978-0756619527
addition
Prisoners of Geography
9781615198474
Age 10-12 - 4 - 1: North and South America
Social Studies
Version 2
Published: 7/30/2024
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
Prisoners of Geography: Our World Explained in 12 Simple Maps by Tim Marshall
removal
Geography of the World: The Essential Family Guide to Geography and Culture
by Jayne Parsons
978-0756619527
addition
Prisoners of Geography
9781615198474
2023
Age 10-12 - 1 - 1: Weather and Climate
Science
Version 4
Published: 6/30/2023
There is a more recent version of this unit.
Required Books
removal
Eyewitness Weather
by Brian Cosgrove
9781465451804
addition
Eyewitness Weather
by DK
9780744052305
Age 10-12 - 2 - 2: Force and Motion
Science
Version 2
Published: 3/1/2023
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
Explore Forces and Motion! by Jennifer Swanson
removal
The Quest for Personal Best: Individual Sports
by Lisa Greathouse
9781433303067
addition
Explore Forces and Motion
by Bryan Stone
9781619303553
2021
Age 10-12 - 2 - 2: Albert Einstein
Language Arts
Version 2
Published: 7/14/2021
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
Albert Einstein by Kathleen Krull
removal
Rummy Roots
RummyRoots
addition
Beyond Roots
BR
2020
Age 10-12 - 3 - 3: Chemical Change
Science
Version 3
Published: 10/20/2020
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
Kitchen Chemistry by Cynthia Light Brown
removal
Amazing Kitchen Chemistry Projects You Can Build Yourself
by Cynthia Light Brown
9780979226823
addition
Kitchen Chemistry
978-1619308879
Age 10-12 - 2 - 1: Slavery and the Civil War
Social Studies
Version 2
Published: 7/16/2020
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
A History of US Volume 6: War, Terrible War 1855-1865 by Joy Hakim
removal
If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America
by Anne Kamma
9780439567060
Age 10-12 - 3 - 2: Civil Rights
Social Studies
Version 2
Published: 3/5/2020
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
Nobody Gonna Turn Me 'Round: Stories and Songs of the Civil Rights Movement by Doreen Rappaport
removal
If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King
by Ellen Levine
9780590425827
2018
Age 10-12 - 4 - 2: Cells
Science
Version 2
Published: 9/24/2018
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
The Basics of Cell Life with Max Axiom, Super Scientist by Amber Keyser
removal
Cells
by Susan Meredith
978-1606945308
addition
The Basics of Cell Life with Max Axiom
by Amber Keyser
978-1429639040
2016
Age 10-12 - 1 - 3: Our Changing Earth
Science
Version 3
Published: 7/15/2016
There is a more recent version of this unit.
Required Books
removal
Investigating Rocks
by Will Hurd
978-1432923150
addition
Dirtmeister's Nitty Gritty Planet Earth
by Steve Tomecek
978-1426319037
Age 10-12 - 4 - 1: Esperanza Rising
Language Arts
Version 2
Published: 5/18/2016
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page
What Was the Great Depression? by Janet B. Pascal
removal
We the People: The Great Depression
by Michael Burgan
9780756514037
addition
What Was the Great Depression?
by Janet Pascal
978-0448484273
2015
Age 10-12 - 1 - 3: Short Stories
Language Arts
Version 2
Published: 8/31/2015
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
Classic Short Stories Collection by Beyond the Page
Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page
Shelf Life: Stories by the Book by Gary Paulsen
removal
Best Shorts: Favorite Short Stories for Sharing
by Avi
978-0618476039
addition
Shelf Life: Stories by the Book
by Gary Paulsen
978-0689841804
addition
Classic Short Stories Collection
by Moving Beyond the Page
SHORT_STORIES_BOOKLET
2012
Age 10-12 - 4 - 3: Incas, Aztecs, and Maya
Social Studies
Version 2
Published: 1/12/2012
There is a more recent version of this unit.
Required Books
removal
Sungods and Sacrifice: Lost World of the Aztecs, Inca, and Maya
by Philip Steele
978-1844760053
addition
Aztec, Inca & Maya
by DK Publishing
978-0756673208
2011
Age 10-12 - 2 - 3: World Wars I and II
Social Studies
Version 2
Published: 2/11/2011
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
A History of US: War, Peace, and All That Jazz 1918-1945 by Joy Hakim
Where Poppies Grow: A World War I Companion by Linda Granfield
removal
The Big Book of World War II
by Melissa Wagner, Dan Bryant
9780762434954
addition
All That Jazz - A History of US Book 9
by Joy Hakim
978-0195327236