Unit Book List
Age 12-14 - Concept 1: Semester 1
Unit 1: Atoms [S]
- Eyewitness Chemistry by Ann Newmark
Unit 1: Revolution [SS]
- Great Colonial Projects You Can Build Yourself! by Kris Bordessa
- The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American History, 1775-1865 by John Grafton, ed.
- We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose
Unit 1: Abigail Adams [LA]
- Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution by Natalie S. Bober
- Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page
Unit 2: Chemical Reactions [S]
- Eyewitness Chemistry by Ann Newmark
Unit 2: Civics [SS]
- The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American History, 1775-1865 by John Grafton, ed.
Unit 2: Animal Farm [LA]
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page
Unit 3: Energy and Matter [S]
- What Is Energy? by Lance Bledsoe
Unit 3: The Antebellum West [SS]
- A History of Us: Liberty for All? 1820-1860 by Joy Hakim
- The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American History, 1775-1865 by John Grafton, ed.
- We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose
Unit 3: Einstein Adds a New Dimension [LA]
- Einstein Adds a Dimension by Joy Hakim
- Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page
Unit 4: Biochemistry [S]
Unit 4: Antebellum America [SS]
- A History of Us: Liberty for All? 1820-1860 by Joy Hakim
- We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose
Unit 4: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [LA]
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page
Unit 5: Microbiology and Cell Theory [S]
- What Is Cell Theory? by Marina Cohen
Unit 5: Civil War [SS]
- Fields of Fury: The American Civil War by James McPherson
- We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose
Unit 5: Elijah of Buxton [LA]
- Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Handy Guide to Writing by Beyond the Page