Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered: Half Life 6.3 (A), 6.3 (B), 6.3 (E), 6.7 (A), 6.7 (B), Investigate the Mystery: Finding Facts 6.2 (A), 6.2 (C), 6.3 (A), 6.3 (B), Investigate the Mystery: Transmission of Diseases 6.2 (C), Investigate the Mystery: Designing an Experiment 6.2 (A), 6.2 (C), 6.2 (D), 6.3 (A), Malaria 6.2 (A), 6.2 (B), 6.2 (C), 6.2 (D), 6.3 (A), 6.3 (B), 6.5 (A),

Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered: Exchange Rates 6.2 (C), 6.3 (A), 6.8 (D), Shipping Costs 6.2 (A), 6.2 (B), 6.3 (A), 6.8 (B), 6.8 (D), 6.12 (A), How do you Measure up? 6.2 (A), 6.4 (A), 6.4 (B), 6.8 (B), 6.8 (D), 6.13 (B), Measurement 6.2 (C), 6.8 (B), 6.8 (D), Analyzing Temparature 6.10 (A), 6.10 (B), 6.10 (C), 6.10 (D), Half-Life 6.4 (A), 6.7, 6.10 (D), 6.12 (A), 6.13 (A),

Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered: Timelines 6.8 (B), 6.8 (C), 6.8 (D), 6.10 (B), Persuasive Writing 6.10 (L), 6.11 (B), 6.11 (C), 6.13 (B), 6.13 (C), 6.13 (D), 6.13 (F), 6.13 (I), 6.15 (C), 6.15 (F), 6.15 (H), 6, 24 (A), Descriptive Adjectives 6.6 (A), 6.6 (C), 6.7 (A), 6.7 (C), 6.7 (D), 6.9 (C), 6.15 (A), 6.15 (C), 6.17 (A), 6.17 (B), 6.17 (C), 6.17 (D), 6.17 (E), 6.17 (F), 6.17 (G), 6.17 (H), Prefixes and Suffixes 6.6 (A), 6.6 (B), 6.6 (C), 6.9 (D), 6.17 (F), 6.17 (G), Word Origins 6.6 (C), 6.9 (G), 6.16 (B), 6.16 (D), 6.16 (E), 6.16 (F), 6.17 (A), 6.17 (B), 6.17 (G), 6.18 (H),

Individual Lessons The Main TEKS Covered: Absolute Location 6.21 (C), 6.21 (F), 6.22 (A), 6.3 (A), 6.3 (B), 6.3 (C), Explore South America 6.21 (C), 6.21 (F), 6.22 (A), 6.3 (B), Research 6.1 (A), 6.1 (B), 6.2 (A), 6.2 (B), 6.4 (A), 6.4 (B), 6.4 (C), 6.4 (D), 6.15 (B), 6.15 (D), 6.17 (C), 6.19 (A), 6.21 (E), Local Climate 6.3 (B), 6.3 (C), 6.6 (A), 6.6 (B), 6.6 (C), 6.7 (A), 6.21 (B), 6.21 (C),

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Individual Lessons	The Main TEKS Covered:
Half Life	6.3 (A), 6.3 (B), 6.3 (E), 6.7 (A), 6.7 (B),
Investigate the Mystery: Finding Facts	6.2 (A), 6.2 (C), 6.3 (A), 6.3 (B),
Investigate the Mystery: Transmission of Diseases	6.2 (C),
Investigate the Mystery: Designing an Experiment	6.2 (A), 6.2 (C), 6.2 (D), 6.3 (A),
Malaria	6.2 (A), 6.2 (B), 6.2 (C), 6.2 (D), 6.3 (A), 6.3 (B), 6.5 (A),

Math

Individual Lessons	The Main TEKS Covered:
Exchange Rates	6.2 (C), 6.3 (A), 6.8 (D),
Shipping Costs	6.2 (A), 6.2 (B), 6.3 (A), 6.8 (B), 6.8 (D), 6.12 (A),
How do you Measure up?	6.2 (A), 6.4 (A), 6.4 (B), 6.8 (B), 6.8 (D), 6.13 (B),
Measurement	6.2 (C), 6.8 (B), 6.8 (D),
Analyzing Temparature	6.10 (A), 6.10 (B), 6.10 (C), 6.10 (D),
Half-Life	6.4 (A), 6.7, 6.10 (D), 6.12 (A), 6.13 (A),

English

Individual Lessons	The Main TEKS Covered:
Timelines	6.8 (B), 6.8 (C), 6.8 (D), 6.10 (B),
Persuasive Writing	6.10 (L), 6.11 (B), 6.11 (C), 6.13 (B), 6.13 (C), 6.13 (D), 6.13 (F), 6.13 (I), 6.15 (C), 6.15 (F), 6.15 (H), 6, 24 (A),
Descriptive Adjectives	6.6 (A), 6.6 (C), 6.7 (A), 6.7 (C), 6.7 (D), 6.9 (C), 6.15 (A), 6.15 (C), 6.17 (A), 6.17 (B), 6.17 (C), 6.17 (D), 6.17 (E), 6.17 (F), 6.17 (G), 6.17 (H),
Prefixes and Suffixes	6.6 (A), 6.6 (B), 6.6 (C), 6.9 (D), 6.17 (F), 6.17 (G),
Word Origins	6.6 (C), 6.9 (G), 6.16 (B), 6.16 (D), 6.16 (E), 6.16 (F), 6.17 (A), 6.17 (B), 6.17 (G), 6.18 (H),

Social Studies

Individual Lessons	The Main TEKS Covered:
Absolute Location	6.21 (C), 6.21 (F), 6.22 (A), 6.3 (A), 6.3 (B), 6.3 (C),
Explore South America	6.21 (C), 6.21 (F), 6.22 (A), 6.3 (B),
Research	6.1 (A), 6.1 (B), 6.2 (A), 6.2 (B), 6.4 (A), 6.4 (B), 6.4 (C), 6.4 (D), 6.15 (B), 6.15 (D), 6.17 (C), 6.19 (A), 6.21 (E),
Local Climate	6.3 (B), 6.3 (C), 6.6 (A), 6.6 (B), 6.6 (C), 6.7 (A), 6.21 (B), 6.21 (C),

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Dark Poison

Cholera epidemic in New York in the 1830s.

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Individual Lessons	The Main TEKS Covered:
Photosynthesis and Chemical Equations	6.7 (A), 6.8 (B), 6.9 (C), 6.10 (B), 6.12 (C), 7.8 (B), 7.12 (B), 8.2 (C), 8.3 (E), 8.6 (C), 8.9 (A), 8.9 (C),
Investigating the Mystery: Disease Symptoms and Transmission	8.2 (A), 8.2 (B), 8.2 (C), 8.2 (D), 8.3, (A), 8.6 (A),
Outbreak! of infections diseases	8.2 (E), 8.3 (A), 8.3 (C), 8.3 (D), 8.3 (E), 8.5 (A), 8.5 (B), 8.5 (C), 8.6 (A), 8.6 (B), 8.9 (A), 8.9 (B), 8.9 (C), 8.9 (D), 8.11 (A), 8.11 (B), 8.11 (C),

Math

Individual Lessons	The Main TEKS Covered:
Comparing Ratios	8.2 (A), 8.2 (B), 8.3 (B), 8.4 (A), 8.4 (B), 8.7 (B), 8.8 (A), 8.8 (B), 8.8 (C), 8.10 (A), 8.14 (A), 8.14 (B),
Surface Area and Volume	8.2 (A), 8.2 (B), 8.3 (B), 8.4 (A), 8.4 (B), 8.7 (B), 8.8 (A), 8.8 (B), 8.14 (A), 8.14 (B),
Comparing Distances	8.2 (A), 8.2 (B), 8.3 (A), 8.3 (B), 8.4 (A), 8.4 (B), 8.7 (B), 8.8 (C), 8.14 (A), 8.14 (B),

English

Individual Lessons	The Main TEKS Covered:
Outlining	8.2 (A), 8.11 (A), 8.11 (C), 8.12 (F), 8.15 (A), 8.15 (F), 8.15 (H), 8.18 (A), 8.18 (B),
Finding Your Voice	8.2 (A), 8.2 (B), 8.3 (C), 8.4 (A), 8.4 (B), 8.12 (D), 8.12 (J), 8.12 (K), 8.15 (E), 8.15 (G),
Build A Plot	8.12 (E), 8.12 (G), 8.12 (G),

Social Studies

Individual Lessons	The Main TEKS Covered:
Graph It!	8.10 (B), 8.11 (A), 8.28 (B), 8.29 (C),
Tenement Reform	8.12 (B), 8.25 (A), 8.29 (A), 8.29 (C),
U.S. Immigration	8.2 (A), 8.6 (E), 8.11 (A), 8.12 (A), 8.12 (C), 8.15 (B), 8.20 (F), 8.22 (A), 8.24 (A), 8.24 (C), 8.24 (D), 8.26 (B), 8.26 (C), 8.27 (A), 8.30 (A), 8.30 (B), 8.30 (C), 8.30 (D), 8.30 (F), 8.30 (G), 8.30 (H),
The Irish Conflict	8.2 (A), 8.11 (A), 8.11 (B), 8.12 (A), 8.15 (B), 8.22 (A), 8.24 (A), 8.24 (D), 8.26 (B), 8.26 (C), 8.29 (C), 8.30 (A), 8.30 (B), 8.30 (C), 8.30 (D), 8.30 (F), 8.31 (A),
Emigration Ballads

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The Waterfall Ghost

Deals with the 19th-century textile industry and the byssinosis (brown lung) that many workers contracted.

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Individual Lessons	The Main TEKS Covered:
You and Your Lungs: Coughing	8.2 (B), 8.2 (C), 8.4 (A), 8.4 (B), 8.6 (A),
Let’s Investigate the Mystery	8.2 (A), 8.2 (B), 8.2 (C), 8.3 (A), 8.4 (B),
Modes of Transmission	8.2 (C), 8.2 (D), 8.2 (E), 8.3 (A), 8.4 (B),
Byssinosis Brochure	8.3 (B), 8.3 (D), 8.28 (C), 8.29 (C),

Math

Individual Lessons	The Main TEKS Covered:
Bookstore Geometry	8.3 (A), 8.7 (A), 8.7 (B), 8.7 (C), 8.8 (C), 8.9 (A), 8.9 (B), 8.14 (A),
Geographic Operations	8.1 (D), 8.2 (A), 8.2 (B), 8.3 (B), 8.4, 8.7 (C), 8.7 (D), 8.14 (A), 8.14 (B), 8.16 (A), 8.16 (B),
Deal or No Deal	8.1 (D), 8.2 (A), 8.11 (A), 8.11 (B), 8.11 (C), 8.12 (A), 8.13 (A), 8.13 (B), 8.14 (A),

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Individual Lessons	The Main TEKS Covered:
Tip of the Iceberg	8.10 (A), 8.11 (A), 8.15 (A), 8.15 (B), 8.15 (F), 8.15 (G), 8.15 (H), 8.17 (D), 8.17 (F), 8.18 (A),
Persuasive Writing	8.10 (A), 8.10 (H), 8.10 (K), 8.13 (A), 8.13 (E), 8.15 (B), 8.15 (E), 8.15 (H), 8.16 (B), 8.16 (F), 8.17 (F), 8.18 (A), 8.18 (C), 8.18 (D), 8.18 (E), 8.18 (F),
Walk a Mile in my Shoes	8.4 (A), 8.10 (D), 8.10 (H), 8.11 (A), 8.12 (H), 8.15 (A), 8.18 (A), 8.18 (B), 8.18 (E), 8.21 (A),

Social Studies

Individual Lessons	The Main TEKS Covered:
Introduction to the Industrial Revolution	8.28 (A), 8.28 (C), 8.28 (D), 8.29 (A), 8.29 (B),
Technological Innovations of the Industrial Revolution	8.1 (A), 8.28 (A), 8.28 (C), 8.28 (D), 8.29 (A), 8.32 (A),
Cotton Mill Brochure	8.14 (B), 8.24 (E), 8.28 (A), 8.28 (C), 8.28 (D), 8.30 (E), 8.31 (D),
The History of Cotton	8.28 (A), 8.28 (C), 8.28 (D), 8.29 (A), 8.29 (B), 8.29 (C),
Cotton Mill Dialogue	8.14 (B), 8.24 (D), 8.24 (E), 8.28 (A), 8.28 (C), 8.28 (D), 8.29 (A), 8.29 (C), 8.31 (D),

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Three Rivers: Three Nations

Investigates bioterrorism, focusing on the use of smallpox during the French and Indian War in the 18th Century.

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Individual Lessons	The Main TEKS Covered:
Investigating – Which Mode?	8.2 (A), 8.2 (C), 8.2 (D),
Investigating – Which Pox?	8.2 (A), 8.2 (C), 8.2 (D), 8.2 (E), 8.3 (A), 8.3 (B), 8.3 (C), 8.4 (A),
Classifying Infectious Diseases	8.2 (C), 8.2 (D) 8.3 (A), 8.3 (B), 8.3 (C), 8.3 (D), 8.4 (A),
Smallpox Still Exists!	8.2 (A), 8.2 (D) 8.3 (A), 8.3 (B), 8.3 (C), 8.3 (D), 8.4 (A),
Population Genetics	8.2 (B), 8.3 (A), 8.3 (B), 8.3 (C), 8.4 (A), 8.11 (A),
Mysterious Rainbows	8.1 (A), 8.2 (A), 8.2 (C), 8.2 (D), 8.3 (A), 8.3 (C), 8.9 (D), 8.10 (A), 8.20 (D),
TR Science 7	8.1 (A), 8.2 (A), 8.2 (C), 8.2 (D), 8.3 (A), 8.3 (C), 8.9 (D), 8.10 (A), 8.20 (D),

Math

Individual Lessons	The Main TEKS Covered:
Percents – The Classroom and Beyond	8.3 (A), 8.3 (B), 8.14 (A),
How Do Your Marbles Roll?	8.3 (A), 8.3 (B), 8.11 (A), 8.11 (B), 8.11 (C), 8.13 (A), 8.14 (A),
How Many Dots?	8.1 (C), 8.2 (A), 8.2 (D), 8.5 (A), 8.7 (B), 8.8 (A), 8.8 (B), 8.8 (C), 8.14 (A),
Going With the Flow	8.2 (D), 8.3 (B), 8.5 (A), 8.5 (B), 8.8 (A), 8.11 (C), 8.14 (A), 8.14 (B),

English

Individual Lessons	The Main TEKS Covered:
My Myth	8.12 (G), 8.15 (E), 8.17 (G),
Cultural Myths	8.4 (B), 8.5(B), 8.5 (D), 8.5 (E), 8.5 (F), 8.8 (B), 8.11 (D), 8.13 (I), 8.14 (A), 8.14 (B), 8.14 (C), 8.15 (A), 8.15 (C), 8.15 (E), 8.19 (E),
Sources	8.1 (C), 8.4 (A), 8.10 (A), 8.10 (B), 8.10 (D), 8.12 (A), 8.12 (C), 8.15 (A), 8.18 (A),

Social Studies

Individual Lessons	The Main TEKS Covered:
Colony Fair	8.1 (A), 8.2 (A), 8.11 (A), 8.11 (B), 8.12 (A)
Media in the French and Indian War	8.1 (A), 8.2 (A)
Colonies Post Bellum	8.1 (A), 8.2 (A), 8.11 (A), 8.12 (A), 8.32 (A)
Primary and Secondary Sources	8.1 (A)

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The Candlestick Treasure

Deals with the dangers of lead poisoning in the setting of south Texas and Mexico.

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Science

Individual Lessons	The Main TEKS Covered:
Investigate the Mystery	8.2(A), 8.2(B), 8.2(C), 8.2(D), 8.2(E), 8.3(A), 8.4(A), 8.4(B),
Hazardous Household Materials	8.1(A), 8.2(A), 8.2(B), 8.2(C), 8.2(D), 8.2(E), 8.3(A), 8.4(A), 8.4(B), 8.9(D)
Properties of Metals	8.1(A), 8.1(B), 8.2(A), 8.2(B), 8.2(C), 8.2(D), 8.3(A), 8.4(A), 8.9(A), 8.9(B), 8.9(D),
Lead Poisoning: Case Studies	8.1(A), 8.2(C), 8.2(D), 8.3(A), 8.4(B),

Math

Individual Lessons	The Main TEKS Covered:
Personification	8.5(B), 8.5(E), 8.10(D), 8.12(J), 8.15(D), 8.15(G), 8.17(D), 8.17(F), 8.17(G), 8.18(A), 8.18(H), 8.19(A), 8.19(B), 8.24(A),
Say What?	8.3(A), 8.3(B), 8.3(C), 8.4(C), 8.6(A), 8.9(D), 8.9(E), 8.10(C), 8.10(H), 8.14(B), 8.19(C), 8.19(E),
Bookmark Summaries	8.10(D), 8.10(F), 8.10(G), 8.10(K), 8.10(L), 8.11(A), 8.11(B), 8.11(C), 8.11(D), 8.12(F), 8.12(G), 8.12(K), 8.15(C), 8.15(H), 8.16(B), 8.16(C), 8.16(D), 8.16(F), 8.17(A), 8.17(B), 8.17(C), 8.17(D), 8.17(E), 8.17(F), 8.17(G), 8.17(H), 8.17(I), 8.18(C), 8.18(D), 8.18(E), 8.18(F), 8.18(G), 8.18(H), 8.24(A), 8.24(B),
What Can You Infer?	8.10(H), 8.11(B), 8.11(C), 8.12(F), 8.14(A), 8.15(B), 8.15(D), 8.15(E), 8.15(F), 8.15(G), 8.15(H),
Exploring Setting	8.11(B), 8.12(G), 8.12(J), 8.15(A), 8.15(H), 8.18(A), 8.22(B), 8.23(A),

English

Individual Lessons	The Main TEKS Covered:
Who’s got the Power?	8.1(C), 8.3(A), 8.3(B), 8.4(D), 8.16(A), 8.16(B), 6.11(B), 6.11(C), 6.12(A), 6.12(B), 6.12(C), 6.22(D), 6.22(E),
Create Your Own Country	8.3(A, B), 8.4(D), 8.16(A, B) 8.17(A), 8.20(B, F), 8.21(A), 8.22(A), 8.23(B), 8.30(D, E), 8.31(D),
Bill of Rights Bingo	8.3(B), 8.20(A), 8.20(B), 8.20(F), 8.22(A), 8.22(B), 8.30(E),
Roaring River Board Game	8.1(C), 8.5(A), 8.5(E), 8.11(A), 8.11(C), 8.12(A), 8.22(A), 8.28(B), 8.30(D), 8.30(E), 8.32(A), 8.32(B),
Mock Libel Trial	8.3(A), 8.3(B), 8.4(A), 8.4(B), 8.16(A), 8.20(F), 8.21(A), 8.22(B), 8.30(D), 8.30(E),
Extra! Extra!	8.3(A), 8.3(B), 8.4(A), 8.4(B), 8.16(A), 8.20(F), 8.21(A), 8.21(B), 8.22(A), 8.22(B), 8.30(D), 8.30(E), 8.31(D),

Social Studies

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Growing Duckweed	–Overview,Lesson Plan, Activity Plan	6.1 (A, B), 6.2 (A, B, C, D, C), 6.3 (A, C, D), 6.4 (B), 6.11 (A, C)
Too Many Diapers	–Overview,Lesson Plan, Activity Plan	6.2 (A, B, C), 6.3 (A), 6.4 (A, B), 6.10, 6.11 (A)
Contaminating the Water Cycle	–Overview,Lesson Plan, Activity Plan	6.1 (C), 6.2 (B, C), 6.4 (B), 6.8 (B), 6.11 (D)
Marshmallow Mutations	–Overview,Lesson Plan, Activity Plan	6.2(C), 6.3 (C), 6.11 (A, B), 6.12 (B)

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