Frontiers

<p>What is a frontier? What are the frontiers of the future? What frontiers are being explored today? These and other questions are presented in this series on frontiers that help make this concept come alive to all students.<br><br>The books in Prufrock's new Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time ensure compliance with national standards and most importantly pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 6 students will discover the frontiers around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn.<br><br>In <i>Frontiers Book 2: Geography Explorers and Literature</i> students will discover the transcontinental railroad the discoveries of Lewis and Clark the mission to Mars political cartoons freedom of speech and book bans. <br><br>Other books in the <i>Frontiers</i> series include <i>Frontiers Book 1</i>: <i>Pioneers Genetics and Energy</i> and <i>Frontiers Book 3</i>: <i>Geology Astronomy and Environment</i>. <br><br>Each book contains detailed lesson plans reproducible activity sheets and assessment tools.<br><br>Grade 6<br><br>This curriculum unit makes use of the following great children's literature books:</p><ul> <li> <i>If the World Were a Village</i> by David J. Smith;</li> <li> <i>Dragon's Gate</i> by Laurence Yep; and</li> <li> <i>Material World: A Global Family Portrait</i> by Peter Menzel (optional).</li> </ul>