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Families and Homes Around the World
- Many Kinds of Families
- Homes in Hot Places and Cold Places
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Grades K–2
3 units · 6 chapters · 43 lessons
Customs
Food, Clothes, Words and Holidays
- What's for Lunch Around the World?
- Hello, Thank You and Happy New Year
Grades 3–5
4 units · 8 chapters · 81 lessons
The World
Continents and Cultures
- What Is Culture?
- A Tour of Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas
Class
Rich and Poor, Then and Now
- Kings, Nobles and Peasants Long Ago
- Why Some People Have More
Living Culture
Festivals, Arts and Everyday Life
- Festivals and Celebrations
- Music, Games and Stories
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Grades 6–8
4 units · 8 chapters · 85 lessons
Europe
Social Class in Europe
- Feudalism and the Three Estates
- Factories, Workers and the Middle Class
Asia
Social Order in Asia
- India: Varna, Jati and Change
- China and Japan: Scholars and Samurai
The Americas
Societies of the Americas
- The Aztec, the Maya and the Inca
- Colonies, Castas and Slavery
Political Ideas
Left, Right and the Kinds of Government
- Where Left and Right Came From
- Monarchy, Democracy and Dictatorship
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Grades 9–10
3 units · 6 chapters · 65 lessons
Ideologies
The Political Spectrum in Depth
- Liberalism, Conservatism and the Center
- Socialism, Social Democracy and Nationalism
Totalitarianism
The Extremes: Communism and Fascism
- Communism in Power
- Fascism and Nazism
Society Today
Class and Culture Today
- Inequality and Social Mobility
- Culture, Migration and Identity
Grades 11–12
3 units · 6 chapters · 62 lessons
Comparison
Comparing Systems
- Models of the Spectrum
- Paths to Democracy and Away From It
Civic Skills
Propaganda, Extremism and Civic Life
- Reading Propaganda
- Warning Signs and Civic Strength
Capstone
World Cultures Today, and Capstone
- Europe, Asia and the Americas Compared
- Capstone: A Question, Evidence and Your Argument
Practice every day
Ten short lines a day: key words, places, people and ideas.
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What the course covers
The course studies how people live together around the world: families, customs and fairness for the youngest readers; the continents, rich and poor and kinds of government in the middle grades; social class through history in Europe, Asia and the Americas in 6–8; the political spectrum from left to right, extremes included, in 9–10; and comparison, propaganda and a capstone in 11–12. Every ideology is described with what its supporters and its critics say, and the course never tells a student which side to take. Every lesson ends with three checks answerable from its reading.
Sources
Every idea is described with what its supporters and its critics say. The course never tells you which side to take. Everything is original text written for this course.
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