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Age 9-11 Year at a Glance

The Age 9-11 level of Moving Beyond the Page is structured around four 9-week concepts. Each of these concepts is made up of three language arts units and three science and social studies units. Each unit contains about 10 lessons and a final project.

You will do two lessons each day: one in science and social studies and one in language arts. Start with the first concept. When you finish it move on to the second.

Here is a list of the concepts in the order you will complete them along with the associated books.

Science and Social Studies Units

Language Arts Units

Concept 1: Relationships

Summary of Skills | Table of Contents
Unit 1: The Fifty States
Smart About the Fifty States: A Class Report by Jon Buller
Unit 1: Poetry
Love that Dog by Sharon Creech
My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States by Lee Bennett Hopkins
R is for Rhyme: A Poetry Alphabet by Judy Young
Unit 2: Energy
Pass the Energy, Please! by Barbara Shaw McKinney
Unit 2: The View from Saturday
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
Unit 3: Your State
[none]
Unit 3: American Tall Tales and Legends
American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenburg
Cut From the Same Cloth by Robert D. San Souci

Concept 2: Diversity and Interdependence

Summary of Skills | Table of Contents
Unit 1: The Living Seas
Oceans for Every Kid by Janice VanCleave
Unit 1: The Cay
Coral Reef Food Chains by Kelley Macauley
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
Unit 2: Immigration
If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island by Ellen Levine
Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman
Unit 2: A House of Tailors
A House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly Giff
Unit 3: Biomes
Biomes and Ecosystems by Gareth Stevens
Unit 3: My Side of the Mountain
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Walking with Henry: Based on the Life and Works of Henry David Thoreau by Thomas Locker

Concept 3: Discovery and Survival

Summary of Skills | Table of Contents
Unit 1: Colonization and Revolution
The American Revolution for Kids by Janis Herbert
The New Americans by Betsy Maestro
You Wouldn't Want to Be an American Colonist by Jacqueline Morley
Unit 1: The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Unit 2: Technology and Invention
100 Inventions That Made History by DK Publishing
Unit 2: The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Unit 3: Westward Expansion
Great Pioneer Projects You Can Build Yourself by Rachel Dickinson
How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark by Rosalynn Schanzer
Unit 3: The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman

Concept 4: Systems

Summary of Skills | Table of Contents
Unit 1: Space
The Usborne Book of Astronomy & Space by Lisa Miles & Alastair Smith
Unit 1: A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Unit 2: State Government and Economics
[none]
Unit 2: Lincoln
A Picture Book of Frederick Douglass by David A. Adler
Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
Unit 3: The Human Body
Human Body: A Visual Encyclopedia by DK Publishing
SMARTLAB: Squishy Human Body by Lucille M. Kayes
Unit 3: Independent Study
[none]