Build skills across the curriculum with this exciting theme unit developed especially for young children! This book is jam-packed with everything you need to teach about the five senses: complete step-by-steps; innovative activities related to reading, writing, math, and science; fresh, hands-on reproducible pages; age-perfect literature suggestions; games; poetry; background information; easy assessment ideas; and a big, bright interactive poster. Learning has never been so much fun

Packed with reproducible primary sources—from the Mayflower Compact to political cartoons about the Stamp Act—this collection of authentic documents will capture students’ interest in the events and people of Colonial times. Teaching materials provide background information, document-based discussion questions, and reproducibles that help kids analyze and evaluate each historical document. For use with Grades 4-8

Truman Capote (Hoffman), during his research for his book In Cold Blood, an account of the murder of a Kansas family, the writer develops a close relationship with Perry Smith, one of the killers

Gung Ho is a 1986 Ron Howard comedy film, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Michael Keaton and Gedde Watanabe

The Contender is a 2000 political thriller starring Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges and Christian Slater. The film was directed by Rod Lurie and focuses on a fictional United States President (played by Bridges) and the events surrounding his appointment of a new Vice President (Allen)

Coach Carter is a 2005 American film directed by Thomas Carter. It is based on a true story, in which Richmond High School basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his MVP and undefeated team due to poor academic results

Andersonville is a film directed by John Frankenheimer about a group of Union soldiers during the American Civil War who are captured by the Confederates and sent to an infamous Confederate prison camp

The Taking of Pelham 123 is a 2009 American thriller film, directed by Tony Scott, and starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta. It is a film adaptation of the novel by Morton Freedgood (writing under the pseudonym John Godey), and is a remake of the original 1974 film adaptation, which was also remade in 1998 as a TV movie. Production began in March 2008, and it was released on June 12, 2009

The Last of the Mohicans is a 1992 historical epic film set in 1757 during the French and Indian War and produced by Morgan Creek Pictures. It was directed by Michael Mann and based on James Fenimore Cooper

To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American drama film adaptation of Harper Lee