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 |
2024
Age 9-11 - 2 - 1: The Living Seas
Version 3
Published: 2/27/2024
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
Awesome Ocean Science by Cindy A. Littlefield
removal
Oceans for Every Kid
by Janice VanCleave
978-0471124535
addition
Awesome Ocean Science
by Cindy A. Littlefield
9780824967963
Age 9-11 - 1 - 2: Energy
Version 4
Published: 2/21/2024
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
Let's Explore Energy by Moving Beyond the Page
Pass the Energy, Please! by Barbara Shaw McKinney
removal
ScienceWiz Energy Kit
Item#: 7805
addition
Let's Explore Energy
by Epiphany Curriculum, LLC
9781638512042
2023
Age 9-11 - 3 - 3: Westward Expansion
Version 3
Published: 11/15/2023
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
Going West! Journey on a Wagon Train to Settle in a Frontier Town by Carol Johmann and Elizabeth Rieth
How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark by Rosalynn Schanzer
removal
Great Pioneer Projects You Can Build Yourself
by Rachel Dickinson
978-0978503765
addition
Going West! Journey on a Wagon Train to Settle a Frontier Town
by Carol A. Johmann, Elizabeth J. Rieth
978-1885593382
2022
Age 9-11 - 3 - 1: Colonization and Revolution
Version 2
Published: 6/21/2022
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
Living in the Jamestown Colony by Jessica Rusick
The American Revolution for Kids by Janis Herbert
The New Americans by Betsy Maestro
removal
You Wouldn't Want to Be an American Colonist
by Jacqueline Morley, David Salariya
978-0531245026
addition
Living in the Jamestown Colony: A This or That Debate
978-1496687852
2021
Age 9-11 - 4 - 3: The Human Body
Version 4
Published: 4/13/2021
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
How the Incredible Human Body Works by Richard Walker
SMARTLAB: Squishy Human Body by Lucille M. Kayes
removal
Human Body - A Visual Encyclopedia
by DK Publishing
978-0756693077
addition
How the Incredible Human Body Works. . . by the Brainwaves
by Richard Walker
978-0756631451
Age 9-11 - 5 - 2: Four Operations
Version 2
Published: 3/7/2021
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
Sir Cumference Gets Decima's Point by Cindy Neuschwander
addition
Sir Cumference Gets Decima's Point
978-1570918452
Age 9-11 - 5 - 5: Multiplying Fractions
Version 2
Published: 3/7/2021
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
Multiplying Menace: The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin by Pam Calvert
addition
Multiplying Menace: The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin
978-1570918902
Age 9-11 - 5 - 7: Dividing Fractions
Version 2
Published: 3/7/2021
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
The Multiplying Menace Divides by Pam Calvert
addition
The Multiplying Menace Divides
978-1570917820
Age 9-11 - 4 - 1: Space
Version 3
Published: 2/8/2021
There is a more recent version of this unit.
Required Books
removal
The Usborne Book of Astronomy & Space
by Lisa Miles
9780794526269
addition
Leap into Space
by Nancy Castaldo
978-0824968151
2016
Age 9-11 - 3 - 3: Westward Expansion
Version 2
Published: 5/4/2016
There is a more recent version of this unit.
Required Books
removal
Going West! Journey on a Wagon Train to Settle a Frontier Town
by Carol A. Johmann, Elizabeth J. Rieth
978-1885593382
addition
Great Pioneer Projects You Can Build Yourself
by Rachel Dickinson
978-0978503765
2015
Age 9-11 - 2 - 1: The Living Seas
Version 2
Published: 6/18/2015
There is a more recent version of this unit.
Required Books
removal
Awesome Ocean Science
by Cindy A. Littlefield
9780824967963
addition
Oceans for Every Kid
by Janice VanCleave
978-0471124535
Age 9-11 - 4 - 1: Space
Version 2
Published: 6/16/2015
There is a more recent version of this unit.
Required Books
removal
Leap into Space
by Nancy Castaldo
978-0824968151
addition
The Usborne Book of Astronomy & Space
by Lisa Miles
9780794526269
2014
Age 9-11 - 3 - 2: Technology and Invention
Version 3
Published: 3/12/2014
There is a more recent version of this unit.
Required Books
removal
The Picture History of Great Inventors
by Gillian Clements
978-1845074395
addition
100 Inventions That Made History
by DK Publishing
978-0744065152
2013
Age 9-11 - 1 - 1: The Fifty States
Version 3
Published: 8/27/2013
This is the current version of this unit.
Required Books
Smart About the Fifty States: A Class Report by Jon Buller
removal
Kids Learn America!
by Patricia Gordon and Reed C. Snow
978-1885593313
addition
Smart About the 50 States: A Class Report
by Jon Buller and Susan Schade, et. al.
9780448431314
Age 9-11 - 4 - 3: The Human Body
Version 2
Published: 5/21/2013
There is a more recent version of this unit.
Required Books
removal
How the Incredible Human Body Works. . . by the Brainwaves
by Richard Walker
978-0756631451
addition
Human Body - A Visual Encyclopedia
by DK Publishing
978-0756693077
2012
Age 9-11 - 3 - 2: Technology and Invention
Version 2
Published: 7/17/2012
There is a more recent version of this unit.
Required Books
removal
Running Press Discovery Kit – Inventor's Workshop
(kit)
9780762412136
addition
9-11 - Technology and Invention Science Kit
9-11-3-2-InventorKit
Age 9-11 - 1 - 1: The Fifty States
Version 2
Published: 1/9/2012
There is a more recent version of this unit.
Required Books
removal
Smart About the 50 States: A Class Report
by Jon Buller and Susan Schade, et. al.
9780448431314
addition
Kids Learn America!
by Patricia Gordon and Reed C. Snow
978-1885593313