Heroes

Students are introduced to heroes who overcome insurmountable odds. Biographies feature many types of heroes facing challenges ranging from the defending beliefs to social injustices. Students are led to recognize God’s power and love in these stories as well as in their own lives.

My World and Others

Students experience how people live in different cultures and political settings. They gain insight from historical and contemporary perspectives about how people live in different geographical regions and how culture affects human lives. Students will celebrate not only the differences among cultures but also the many similarities that make up God’s family.

Living Things

Students are encouraged to study the natural world around them through the lens of creation. Each level has a specific scientific focus. Through the study of “God’s Second Book” students are brought to a closer relationship with Him.

Walking with God

This theme encourages students to grow spiritually and to foster a personal relationship with Jesus by seeking God’s plan for their lives. The many Christ-like attributes described in the stories will exemplify what being a Christian truly means. Included are stories of how God has led the Adventist church and how He leads in the affairs of those who trust His guidance.

Friends and Family

This theme includes literature about interrelationships among family members and friends. In the early grades, students explore roles and relationships within families. In the middle and upper grades, the content broadens to interpersonal relationships with friends. Students are encouraged to recognize how their actions influence others by following the example of Jesus.

Environment

Selections in this theme stress the interrelationships between people and their environment. Students study ways people appreciate and preserve the environment. Students realize their responsibility to care for God’s creation.

Personal Feelings and Growth

Texts for this theme stress personal issues and struggles as students explore how life experiences enable them to grow closer to God and become resilient. The primary grade literature focuses on students’ growing knowledge of themselves and their potential. The upper grade literature explores an individual’s personal feelings and growth, change, perseverance, and family relationships.

Yesterday

Texts for this theme allow students a glance at life during various historical periods. Through literature students explore a variety historical events such as colonial times, western expansion, racial injustice, the polio epidemic, and child labor laws. While learning about cultural events they are led to see God’s hand in the affairs of humans.

Social Issues and Culture

Readers explore relationships among different groups over issues of prejudice, physical challenges, cultural differences, immigration, social injustices, and death. They experience how characters learn to accept others with special needs and people from different cultural backgrounds. Students explore how to respond compassionately to the turmoil in our world.