Multiage Titles
for Intermediate Grades

Each title listed below is for grades 4-6
and includes 40+ hours of differentiated curriculum. We offer both grade-specific and multiage curricula for intermediate students.

Viewpoints

2003 NAGC Curriculum Award Winner!

Students examine the concept of viewpoints from many angles in this program. From the history of child labor laws to optical illusions, Viewpoints takes students through a variety of critical thinking activities. Students learn to consider others' perspectives as they learn the process of formal debate. Students re-evaluate their value systems as they are challenged to consider topics such as rich vs. poor, animal rights, and hypothetical situations involving difficult decisions. Students will gain a new understanding of the phrase "walk in another's shoes."

Questions

"To be, or not to be. That is the question." This may be one of the most famous Shakespearean quotes. In this program, students discover the play from which the quote derived and the context in which it was written. Students learn about Socrates and his ideas about questioning. The "Five Ws" are examined as students gather information to put together a school newspaper. Students examine a new type of comedy as they are challenged to create humorous scenes by only asking questions. Students gain an understanding about how our society has evolved because people in the past were bold enough to ask questions such as, "Do you suppose we can put a man on the moon?"

Explorations

We have a natural curiosity to explore our world. From the mysterious depths of the ocean to Mars, students will be challenged to go a step beyond the explorers who came before them. Social inequality and the effects of nutritional habits on the heart will be examined. Students will discover winter survival tactics and retrace the steps of some famous explorers such as Marco Polo. Alternative sources of energy, logic, and the effects of ancient inventions on today's society will be investigated. Students will discover a new world of explorations waiting for them.

Choices

From the mundane to dramatic, choices are analyzed, organized, and categorized in this exciting study. Students soon realize they make hundreds of choices everyday. Decision-making strategies such as flow charts, tree diagrams, drawing straws, and flipping a coin are explored. Students investigate bullying, ethics, nutrition, and the positive and negative consequences involved in making decisions. Students compare fractions and make real-life choices based upon the comparisons. This experience will help students grasp the importance and implications of the choices they make each day.

Balances

Is it possible for our world to ever again be ecologically balanced? Was it ever? What is the connection between the inner ear and sea sickness? Students will examine the universal concept, balances, from many different angles. Balance in art, government, diet, mathematics, and even elevators will be discovered. You might ask, "What do elevators have to do with balance?" We enthusiastically invite you and your students to open the book and discover for yourselves!