Notgrass-Uncle Sam and You Bundle

Authors Ray and Charlene Notgrass designed the curriculum for students to use successfully in 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, or 8th grade. It combines the flexibility and richness of a literature-based unit study approach with the simplicity of a textbook-based approach.

Daily lessons answer questions such as these: How do elections work? What does the President do all day? Who decides where stop signs go? What is Labor Day? Your student will learn about elected leaders and everyday citizens who have important roles to fill in making our country work. With the lessons planned for you, you can enjoy learning civics with your student, or your student can use the curriculum independently.

Uncle Sam and You is a one-year course that covers civics and government--how our country works and how individual people make things happen at the national, state, and local level. The material is divided into 150 daily lessons with clear instructions on what to do each day. Many students will be able to follow the instructions on their own, and you can be involved as much or as little as you wish.

Uncle Sam and You Part 1 and Part 2 are full-color, richly illustrated hardcover books that include the lessons to read and instructions for using the other components. You do not need a separate teacher's manual. You can choose the assignments you want your child to complete. For example, you might expect an 8th grader to do all of the suggested assignments while a 5th grader might only complete a few. The choice is yours.

This bundle includes everything your student needs to complete the course:

• Uncle Sam and You Part 1 and Part 2
• The Citizen's Handbook, a collection of primary source documents and stories
• One Student Workbook with crosswords, drawing assignments, and other handwork activities
• One Lesson Review with review questions and tests
• eight assigned literature titles
• Answer Key
• Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman (Units 5-6)