Grade 1 Books

GRADE 2

Justice for All, tackles big ideas: justice, equality, liberty, and freedom. Students examine our nation’s promise of equality and justice for everyone and explore both abstract ideas and real-life examples of freedom and justice.

Grade 2 Books

GRADE 3

Rights and Responsibilities, asks students to look deeply at their own rights and responsibilities as well as the rights that our government protects and the responsibility it has to govern justly.

Grade 3 Books

GRADE 4Out of Many, One focuses on immigration to the United States: why people move, how they form communities, and the impact of geography on people’s lives.

Grade 4 Books

GRADE 5

Solving Problems: The United States Constitution explores the ideals and principles of the Constitution and the processes by which decisions were made to create it.

Grade 5 Books

Grade 6

Exploring Constitutional Rights Around the World takes students on a journey around the world to visit seven countries within seven regions outside of North America. Students explore the history, government, culture, geography, and constitution of each of the nations and compare constitutional rights they discover to those found in the U.S. Constitution.

Grade 6 Books

Organization of the Curriculum

Each section is guided by a big question.

Each begins with:Teacher Preparation

Goals of SectionBackground reading Instructional Strategies and Materials

Organization of a SectionExploring the Guiding Question

Discussion + Group Activity(Writing, Web, or Chart)

What We Think We Know

Ideas That Were Confirmed

New Information Misconceptions Wonderings