America the Beautiful Literature Resources Package

The new 2020 edition is not compatible with the previous edition. New lessons have been added and layout changed. Part One has the fewest changes and covers roughly the same material. In Part Two, five lessons have been removed at the beginning and five new lessons have been added at the end to cover current events since the last printing. There have also been two changes to the literature package: "Indian Child Life" by Charles Eastman has taken the place of "The Sign of the Beaver" and "Katy's Box" by Mary Evelyn Notgrass McCurdy is used instead of "Katy." Because of the changes, the new books will not be compatible with the old books; however, Notgrass has digital downloads of the previous edition consumable books available on their website.

Divided into 30 weekly units, each unit offers five lessons that each have a different focus. Lessons will take 45 minutes or more to complete. The course requires six components, which are available in a Curriculum Package. The vibrantly illustrated and highly readable Textbooks (2 Parts); the Map Book and the Timeline Book, which were specifically created to reinforce the lessons; We the People, a collection of original journal entries, newspaper articles, advertisements, and other historic documents; and a complete Answer Key with answers to the text lesson assignments, Student Workbook questions and Lesson Review activities. It also includes teaching notes for the recommended literature.

Reinforce the lessons with either the Student Workbook (5th-6th grade) or the Lesson Review (7th-8th grade). Corresponding to the daily lessons, these optional books include additional assignments, unit tests and questions about the recommended literature. Literature-based questions are primarily recall based, with a few higher-level thinking questions included.