This one-year subscription gives you access to all teacher materials for Junior Great Books® Series 5 and Junior Great Books Nonfiction Inquiry 5 through Junior Great Books Digital Classroom.
Junior Great Books Series 5 consists of two books organized by theme, each one featuring nine stories by award-winning authors. The program, focused on high-quality literature and student-centered discussion, provides a superb framework for teaching reading comprehension, critical thinking, vocabulary, and writing.
Junior Great Books Nonfiction Inquiry 5 includes nine engaging texts that students can explore through Shared Inquiry and interpretive activities.
Note: Digital materials cannot be printed.
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Fiction Book One
HONESTY
- Charles
- The Special Powers of Blossom Culp
- The Peddler’s Gift
SELF-RESPECT
- In the Time of the Drums
- Learning the Game
- The Invisible Child
FITTING IN
- The Coming of the Surfman
- All Summer in a Day
- A Game of Catch
Fiction Book Two
FAMILY
- Kamau’s Finish
- Ghost Cat
- The Hemulen Who Loved Silence
HUMILITY
- The Enchanted Sticks
- Kaddo’s Wall
- The Prince and the Goose Girl
COMPASSION
- A Bad Road for Cats
- Lenny’s Red-Letter Day
- Through the Mickle Woods
Nonfiction Inquiry 5
UNITS
- American History: Westward Expansion
- Economics: Wants vs. Needs
- Social Studies: The Oral Tradition
- Physical Science: Weather and Climate
- Social Studies: Individual Development and Group Dynamics
- STEM: Engineering to Solve a Problem
- Social Studies: Social Responsibility
- Social Studies: Leadership
- Life Science: Habitat Destruction