Nystrom Young Citizens Grade 5 Investigate

The grade-specific texts use comic-style storytelling that builds from foundational skills. The chapters each focus on United States history so students can gain a deeper understanding on how the country came to be. 30 books are included with the following chapters:

• Chapter 1: What Was Life Like For The First People in The Americas?
• Chapter 2: Why Did Europeans Come To The Americas?
• Chapter 3: How Did The English Colonies Grow?
• Chapter 4: How Did The 13 Colonies Become The United States?
• Chapter 5: How Did the United States Expand?
• Chapter 6: How Did The United States Struggle To Stay Together?

The Leveled Student Readers are grade specific in the program. Young Citizens Grade 5 includes 7 unique titles in 4 different reading levels, 8 copies of each, for a total of 224 Leveled Student Readers.

• Ancestral Pueblo People: What Was Life Like?
• The Pilgrims and the Wampanoag: What Was Life like for These Early Americans?
• The Triangular Trade: What Did Enslaved Africans Experience?
• Constitution Writers: How Did they Form a More Perfect Union?
• Inventors and Their Inventions: How Did They Help America Grow?
• The Civil War: How Did Everyday People Take Action?
• Folktales of the Frontier: What Captured the American Imagination?
• The 1940’s: How Did World War II Change Life in America?

This set of information cards features engaging content and student activities, and each card corresponds with a chapter from the Student Reader. There are 8 variations of the cards (one for each chapter), and a total of 48.

Laminated wet-erase maps and globes let students get hands-on with social studies. Included are:

• 30 Markable U.S. & World Desk Maps
• 6 Markable 3-D Raised Relief Maps
• 6 Markable Activity Globes
• Wide-tip, wet-erase markers

The online learning platform provides access to all the books and activity cards in the program, plus the platform features engaging activities, auto-graded assessments, and additional materials that are easy to access anywhere with an available internet connection.

Teacher and class access are included.

The teacher’s guide is a powerful tool for teachers that outlines each lesson and features teacher tips, activity sheets, assessments, vocabulary guides, letters home, plus much more.