Our classroom bundles include everything you need to successfully use Junior Great Books® Inspire through Junior Great Books Digital Classroom. You will have access to materials for one teacher and 30 students, as well as online training to prepare you to begin using the Great Books Foundation's Shared Inquiry™ method of learning.
The Junior Great Books Inspire Series 5 Student Materials include one Student Book and one Reader’s Journal. Featuring all new selections, this series develops students’ reading comprehension, fluency, critical thinking, speaking and listening, and writing skills using the Shared Inquiry method of learning. All learners are welcomed into inquiry-based exploration of outstanding texts by diverse authors from around the world.
The Student Book features 14 all-new selections in one anthology, including:
- Eight fiction selections
- Three narrative nonfiction texts
- Two poems
- One drama
Each digital classroom bundle includes access to:
- All Series 5 Teacher Materials for one teacher
- All Series 5 Student Materials for 30 students
- One Shared Inquiry Essentials online or on-demand training course
Notes:
- Digital materials cannot be printed.
- The digital products in this bundle come with a one-year subscription.
- Purchasers will be emailed a coupon code to register for a Shared Inquiry Essentials on-demand or online training course in our store, valid within a year of purchase.
In Junior Great Books Digital Classroom, teachers can:
- Respond to student work within the platform, by viewing and grading work, responding to student notes, and giving individual feedback
- Take advantage of handy classroom management tools
- Track student progress by viewing course reports and time spent on assignments
Students using the platform can:
- Complete all assignments online
- Listen to professionally recorded audio versions of the texts
- Mark texts with various annotation tools
- Prepare for discussion by writing ideas and citing evidence
- Record their thinking over the course of a unit
- Access content through any device connected to the internet
Junior Great Books Inspire
FICTION
- First-Day Fly
- Stay True Hotel
- No Carnations for Ray Fink
- Beware Low-Flying Girls
- Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains
- The Doorman
- The Well at Cascina Piana
- We Have Always Lived on Mars
NARRATIVE NONFICTION
- Lightning
- The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art
POETRY & DRAMA
- There Are Birds Here
- Bones
- The True Potential of Tinikling
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