World War II

Teacher Pacing Guide

The Teacher Pacing Guide offers a detailed nine-week plan for completion of a full thematic inquiry project using a reading, writing, research workshop model. In addition to highlighting key concepts and essential components, the guide supplies a schedule for daily activities. It also provides a rubric for student grading and makes project expectations clear for teachers, students, and parents.

Blackline Masters for Student Research

Blackline masters provide graphic organizers to teach and scaffold students’ note-making, research reading, and writing skills.

Project Blank Books

Students independently draft, revise, edit, illustrate, and publish a book demonstrating what they have learned on their topic.

Theme Related Folders

Theme Folders are decorated, heavy-stock folders that allow students to keep their books, log sheets, Skills Cards, and research notes together, making transport easy between home and school.

Writing Cards

Writing cards support students through each step of the writing process: drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. Each card details the steps students need to take to successfully complete one stage of the full writing process (e.g., drafting) before proceeding to the next step (e.g., revising).

Writing Cards

• Drafting
• Revising
• Editing
• Publishing

Professional Development

FREE Professional Development with the purchase of five or more classroom modules (or webinar with 4 modules or fewer.)

6 Theme Baskets/150 Titles

This collection includes the best books detailing the politics, world conflicts, and moral and economic issues that surrounded World War II. Topics include the rise of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, the atomic bomb, and the internment of Japanese Americans, as well as the battles and technology of the period. Students can examine international dynamics that led to war, investigate the changing roles of women on the home front, and consider the devastating effects of prejudice and hatred.

Reference Library

The reference library is a collection of 15 books selected to provide additional information for students as they conduct in-depth research on their chosen topics. Although the reading levels are challenging, the rich photos, maps, graphs, charts, and accessible layouts make these books appealing and useful for all students. This library also can be used for teacher read-alouds, reference, and follow-up discussions aimed at expanding students’ background information and understanding of a theme.

Project Blank Books

Students independently draft, revise, edit, illustrate, and publish a book demonstrating what they have learned on their topic.

Theme Related Folders

Theme Folders are decorated, heavy-stock folders that allow students to keep their books, log sheets, Skills Cards, and research notes together, making transport easy between home and school.

Writing Cards

Writing cards support students through each step of the writing process: drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. Each card details the steps students need to take to successfully complete one stage of the full writing process (e.g., drafting) before proceeding to the next step (e.g., revising).

Writing Cards

• Drafting
• Revising
• Editing
• Publishing

6 Theme Baskets/150 Titles

This collection includes the best books detailing the politics, world conflicts, and moral and economic issues that surrounded World War II. Topics include the rise of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, the atomic bomb, and the internment of Japanese Americans, as well as the battles and technology of the period. Students can examine international dynamics that led to war, investigate the changing roles of women on the home front, and consider the devastating effects of prejudice and hatred.

4 Theme Baskets/100 Titles

This collection includes the best books detailing the politics, world conflicts, and moral and economic issues that surrounded World War II. Topics include the rise of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, the atomic bomb, and the internment of Japanese Americans, as well as the battles and technology of the period. Students can examine international dynamics that led to war, investigate the changing roles of women on the home front, and consider the devastating effects of prejudice and hatred.

2 Theme Baskets/50 Books

This collection includes the best books detailing the politics, world conflicts, and moral and economic issues that surrounded World War II. Topics include the rise of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, the atomic bomb, and the internment of Japanese Americans, as well as the battles and technology of the period. Students can examine international dynamics that led to war, investigate the changing roles of women on the home front, and consider the devastating effects of prejudice and hatred.