For grades 7-9, this unit provides an opportunity for students to learn about the search through the ages for utopia and the struggles to grasp and maintain it on both personal and societal levels, while examining why ideas about utopia undergo change.
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The civilization of ancient China forms the central content of the unit, with exploration of systems of language, leadership, economics, and architecture in this ancient culture. Students broaden their understanding by comparing the ancient Chinese civilization with aspects of their own lives and communities.
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Explore themes such as financial planning and the importance of a story’s setting in From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, a Newbery Medal Winner, about two children’s adventures in New York City. Claudia and Jamie decide to run away from home to one of the most beautiful and fascinating places in the world, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The children wind up in the middle of a mystery that makes headlines around the world. In their search to discover if the angel sculpture was created by Michelangelo, Claudia and Jamie finally