UNIT 1 Chronology: Talking about When Things Happen
Chapter 1 Napoleon: From Schoolboy to Emperor
Chapter 2 Pompeii: Destroyed, Forgotten, and Found
Chapter 3 Steve Jobs: A Man with a Vision
Video Surviving an Avalanche
UNIT 2 Process: Describing How Things Work
Chapter 4 Roller Coasters: The Ups and Downs of How They Work
Chapter 5 Language: How Children Acquire Theirs
Chapter 6 Robots: How They Work and Learn to Work
Video Tristan da Cunha Oil Spill
UNIT 3 Classification: Defining and Putting Things into Categories
Chapter 7 A Tidal Wave: What Is It? Can We Predict It?
Chapter 8 Levels of Language: Formal and Informal
Chapter 9 Power: The Kinds of Power People Use and Abuse
Video People, Plants, and Pollinators
UNIT 4 Comparison and Contrast: Describing Similarities and Differences
Chapter 10 Asian and African Elephants: Similarities and Differences
Chapter 11 Lincoln and Kennedy: Different Times, Similar Destinies
Chapter 12 The Titanic and the Costa Concordia: Tragedies at Sea
Video Free Soloing with Alex Honnold
UNIT 5 Cause and Effect: Describing the Reason Things Happen
Chapter 13 Dinosaurs: WhyThey Disappeared
Chapter 14 The U,S. Civil War: Why It Happened
Chapter 15 Endangered Species: Why Are They Endangered?
Video The Surma People
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