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A comprehensive, hands-on K-5 curriculum

Watch this video to discover how Nystrom Young Citizens can make your classroom an exciting place for all students. 

Student Book

The comprehensive Student Book uses relatable characters and storytelling to create a narrative connection between different units and lessons.

Leveled Student Readers

Three levels of nonfiction and contemporary leveled student readers contain historic photos and contemporary illustrations for students to analyze.

Group Activity Cards

The curriculum comes with a set of info cards that present grade-appropriate activities to build collaboration and communication skills.

Maps & Globes

Hands-on wet-erase desk maps and globes build essential mapping and spatial thinking skills for students.

Digital Platform

The digital learning platform features engaging  activities, auto-graded assessments, and online exclusive materials.

Teacher’s Guide

The detailed Teacher’s Guide features activity sheets, assessments, vocabulary guides, letters home, and more.

Hi, I’m Minar!

My four friends and I each have diverse stories to tell — which are all woven into Nystrom Young Citizens! We help relate students to the lessons they learn, and build standard skills at every grade level!

A skill-building curriculum...

Promotes Inquiry

Each comprehensive lesson encourages student-led inquiry and deepens student understanding of themes to think critically

Promotes Literacy

The curriculum was developed with a focus on integrating social studies and English language arts so that students build complex literacy skills  

Promotes Depth of Knowledge

Each lesson is designed to enhance student depth of knowledge through recall, reasoning, and extended thinking

…focused on social studies

Empowers Differentiation

Every lesson and activity is designed to support the different reading and comprehension levels of elementary students

Hands-On Learning

Lessons include hands-on materials, like maps and globes, to engage students with active learning and help them with higher-level thinking

Technology Based

A robust, interactive online platform helps teachers spend less time grading and lesson planning and builds 21st-century skills for students

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YOUNG CITIZENS

Kindergarten

The Kindergarten curriculum sets the foundation for students to learn key social studies themes. The Student Book explores themes of rules, responsibility, and citizenship, while the hands-on maps and globes help students understand community and geography.

 


Program components:

  • Student Book
  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Handouts
  • Digital Subscription and Platform
  • Markable Community Desk Maps
  • Markable U.S. and World Desk Maps
  • Markable Hands-on Activity Globe
  • Group Activity Cards
  • Two levels of Leveled Student Readers
  • Markable Neighborhood Floor Map



Discover Grade K

 
 
 
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YOUNG CITIZENS

Grade 1

The Grade 1 curriculum continues to scaffold key social studies themes. The Student Book sets the foundation for historical knowledge and each chapter guides learning with an essential question. The group activity cards give students the opportunity to begin building primary source analysis skills.

 


Program components:

  • Student Book
  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Handouts
  • Digital Subscription and Platform
  • Markable Community Desk Maps
  • Markable U.S. and World Desk Maps
  • Markable Hands-on Activity Globe
  • Group Activity Cards
  • Four levels of Leveled Student Readers

Explore Grade 1

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Young Citizens

Grade 2

The Grade 2 curriculum continues to scaffold the foundation for social studies set in earlier grades. The materials expand student knowledge of United States policies, government, and economics. The markable globes and desk maps help students understand the physical and human characteristics of their environment.

 


Program components:

  • Student Book
  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Handouts
  • Digital Subscription and Platform
  • Markable Community Desk Maps
  • Markable U.S. and World Desk Maps
  • Markable Hands-on Activity Globe
  • Group Activity Cards
  • Four levels of Leveled Student Readers

Connect Grade 2

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YOUNG CITIZENS

Grade 3

The Grade 3 curriculum dives deeper into themes of government, geography, and culture and builds on previously established student skills. The program components guide students to compare and contrast key themes and expand student knowledge about the world around them.

 


Program components:

  • Student Book
  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Handouts
  • Digital Subscription and Platform
  • Markable Community Desk Maps
  • Markable U.S. and World Desk Maps
  • Markable Hands-on Activity Globe
  • Group Activity Cards
  • Four levels of Leveled Student Readers



Inquire Grade 3

 
 
 
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Grade 4

The Grade 4 curriculum teaches students about their state's history. These materials expand student knowledge of their own community policies, government, economics, and unique history. The markable globes and desk maps help students build key mapping skills and learn about their state and the larger world around them.

Click here to view available state-aligned Young Citizens grade 4 programs.

 


Program components:

  • Student Book
  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Handouts
  • Digital Subscription and Platform
  • Markable State Desk Maps
  • Markable U.S. and World Desk Maps
  • Markable Hands-on Activity Globe
  • Group Activity Cards
  • Four levels of Leveled Student Readers



Encounter Grade 4

 
 
 
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YOUNG CITIZENS

Grade 5

The Grade 5 curriculum gives students tools to investigate themes, events, ideas, and people in United States history. The program components foster advanced learning by deepening student understanding and highlighting how the founding, forming, and transforming of America has been shaped by diverse elements.

 


Program components:

  • Student Book
  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Handouts
  • Digital Subscription and Platform
  • Markable U.S. and World Desk Maps
  • Markable Hands-on Activity Globe
  • Group Activity Cards
  • Four levels of Leveled Student Readers



Investigate Grade 5

 
 
 

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Elementary

  • Maps: Primary: ELS
  • Maps: Primary: Readiness
  • Maps: Primary: Outline World Map
  • Maps: Intermediate: Physical
  • Maps: Intermediate: Political
  • Maps: Intermediate: Continents and Oceans Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Wealth of Countries Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Precipitation Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Temperature Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Time Zones Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Land Use Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Population Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Outline World Map
  • U.S. History:1 Native Americans
  • U.S. History:2 Spanish Explorers
  • U.S. History:3 Explorers
  • U.S. History:4 The Great Exchange
  • U.S. History:5 European Settlements
  • U.S. History:6 Thirteen Britishi Colonies
  • U.S. History:7 Slevery In the Americas
  • U.S. History:8 Revolutionary War
  • State Map

Secondary

  • Maps: Intermediate: Physical
  • Maps: Intermediate: Political
  • Maps: Intermediate: Continents and Oceans Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Wealth of Countries Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Precipitation Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Temperature Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Time Zones Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Land Use Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Population Thematic
  • Maps: Intermediate: Outline World Map
  • Maps: Secondary: Land Use Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Population Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Political Relief
  • Maps: Secondary: Land Cover
  • Maps: Secondary: Scupltural Relief
  • Maps: Secondary: Growing Seasons Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Climate Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Tectonic Plates Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Precipitation Thematic
  • Maps: Secondary: Outline World Map
  • State Map

U.S. History

  • Native Americans
  • Spanish Explorers
  • Explorers
  • The Great Exchange
  • European Settlements
  • Thirteen British Colonies
  • Slavery in the Americas
  • Revolutionary War
  • American Expansion
  • Explorations of the West
  • Trails West
  • War with Mexico
  • Slavery Divides the Nation
  • Slavery and the Economy
  • Union and Confederacy
  • Civil War
  • Conflicts with Indians
  • Railroads Tansform the West
  • Industrial United States
  • Immigrants 1895–1929
  • World War I in Europe
  • Great Depression and Dust Bowl
  • World War II in Europe 1939–1942
  • World War II in the Pacific 1941–1945
  • Great Migration 1940–1970
  • Korean War
  • Cold War
  • Vietnam War
  • Persian Gulf War
  • A Shifting Population
  • Immigrants Sinve 1970

World History

  • New Babylonian Empire
  • Ancient Egypt
  • Chinese Dynasties
  • Ancient India
  • Athens and Sparta
  • Alexander’s Empire
  • Roman Empire
  • Barbarians and the Roman Empire
  • Silk Road and Eurasian Trade
  • Byzantine Empire
  • Charlemagne’s Frankish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire
  • Spread of Islam
  • World of the Crusades
  • China in the Middle Ages
  • Mongol Conquest
  • Rise and Fall of Shogun Japan
  • Exploration
  • Maya, Aztec, and Inca
  • European Exploration and Land Claims
  • African Empires and States
  • Rise of Ottoman Empire
  • Reformation and Counter Reformation
  • European Trading Empires
  • Rise and Fall of Mughal Empires
  • Independence in the Americas
  • Napoleon’s Europe
  • Europe After the Congress of Vienna
  • Africa Under Foreign Rule
  • World War I
  • World War II
  • Cold War
  • World Conflicts Since 1991

Texas

  • Spanish Explorers
  • Western Explorations
  • Trails West
  • War with Mexico
  • Indian Wars
  • Railroads & The West
  • Great Migration
  • population Loss and Growth
  • Native Americans in TX
  • Spanish Settlements
  • Republic of Texas
  • Energy Resources of TX
  • Texas Readiness Map
  • Texas Desk Map
  • Texas State Map