Our classroom bundles include everything you need to successfully use Junior Great Books® 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.
Junior Great Books Series 2 contains two books, each with nine outstanding fiction selections grouped into three themes. Junior Great Books Nonfiction Inquiry 2 features nine thought-provoking nonfiction texts that yield rich questions.
Each digital classroom bundle includes access to:
- All Series 2 Teacher Materials for one teacher
- All Series 2 Student Materials for 30 students
- One Shared Inquiry Essentials online or on-demand training course
Note: 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 through June 30, 2024.
In Junior Great Books Digital Classroom, teachers can:
- Take advantage of handy classroom management tools
- Track student progress by viewing course reports, time spent on assignments, and achievement of standards
- Respond to student work within the platform, by viewing and grading work, responding to student notes, and giving individual feedback
Students using the platform can:
- Complete all assignments online
- Listen to professionally-recorded audio versions of the fiction readings
- Annotate texts in several different ways
- 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
Fiction Book One
FRIENDSHIP
- The Happy Lion
- Miss Maggie
- Anancy and Dog and Puss and Friendship
RESPONSIBILITY
- Catalog Cats/Our Garden (from The Stories Julian Tells)
- Carlos and the Cornfield
- The Wedding Basket
BRAVERY
- The Jade Stone
- The Girl and the Chenoo
- Jack and the Beanstalk
Fiction Book Two
GENEROSITY
- Erandi’s Braids
- The Invisible Hunters
- Fishing Day
COMMUNITY
- Perfect Crane
- Hurricane Flowers
- My Great-Grandmother’s Gourd
BEING YOURSELF
- The Wise Little Toad
- Doodle Flute
- The Velveteen Rabbit
Nonfiction Inquiry 2
UNITS
- Life Science: Bees and Pollination
- Physical Science: Properties of Stones
- Economics: Economic Decision-Making
- Life Science: Animals and Habitats
- Social Studies: Individual Development and Community
- Physical Science: Extreme Weather
- Social Studies: Folktales and Culture
- Social Studies: Social Responsibility
- Physical Science: Weather and Climate