At Oak Meadow, we’re consistently working to improve our curriculum offerings to make them as accurate and supportive as possible for our families. Below, you can find all curriculum updates that are effective January 2023.
You can help us with the process of improving our curriculum by reporting any errors or making suggestions here: Curriculum Feedback Form. Your efforts will greatly help us improve the quality of our products, and we appreciate your input.
2023 New Releases
American Literature: Social Transformations
In this course, students will study how American literature reflects and contributes to social transformations. Presenting a diverse set of voices, the course centers on the intersection of literature, history, and current events. Learn More >
World Literature: Africa and Beyond
This course will explore the experience of being at home in the world as well as the experience of losing one’s place. Each of the novels in this course is a unique coming-of-age story set in Africa and beyond. The themes of home, exile, and refuge are woven throughout, and each work of fiction is a window into real-life issues experienced throughout the world today. Learn More >
Critical Media Literacy
This course helps students develop the analytic tools needed to examine media content and make more informed choices as an active audience. Critical media literacy is grounded in social activism because it is inherently about making change. Studying media critically and learning how the media industries operate in the world often leads to changes in personal media consumption. Learn More >
2023 Curriculum Updates
PreK-8
These changes are present effective January 1, 2023
Grade 1
Grade 1 Resource Book
Story Updates: Revisions have been made to two stories in the Resource Book, Lesson 25’s “George and the Big Storm” and Lesson 34’s “The Busy Bees.”
Grade 2
Grade 2 Coursebook
Link Update: Removed broken curriculum link from the Further Study section in Lesson 5
Grade 3
Grade 3 Resource Book
Content Updates: A page of cursive script has been added to the introduction to Language Arts. We also corrected a math problem in Practice Set 4 to remove a problem that requires students to divide by zero.
Grade 4
Grade 4 Coursebook & Teacher Manual
Materials Updates: Jeweler’s loupes have been removed from the required materials for grade 4.
Content Updates: In Lesson 24, the assignment summary for science has been corrected for accuracy. In the teacher manual, the wording has been changed to clarify that the parent planner is not included in the Grade 4 Curriculum Package.
Grade 5
Grade 5 English/U.S. History Coursebook & Teacher Manual
Content Updates: We corrected a misplaced instruction for short story writing, moving it from Lessons 13 & 14 to Lessons 11 & 12 where the assignment is located.
In preparation for short story writing, we added a definition of patriot/loyalist.
Finally, we moved the Paul Revere assignment to match the reading for Social Studies.
Grade 6
Grade 6 English Coursebook
Content Updates: For 2023, the instruction in the English Manual (located in the coursebook’s appendix) has been also added to the lesson reading material.
In the introduction for Lesson 4, we removed the summary of the writing process since this information is also located elsewhere in the lesson.
For Lesson 11, we added an introductory sentence to the grammar section.
Grade 6 Ancient Civilizations Coursebook & Teacher Manual
Minor Corrections: We fixed a small typo in the Coursebook header. For Lesson 27, we changed the “Activity” header to “Assignments.”
Grade 6 Science Coursebook & Teacher Manual
Content Updates: We improved the materials list and description for Lesson 7 choice assignment C, “Soil Squirmers.”
Grade 7
Grade 7 Science Coursebook
Minor Corrections: In Lesson 7, we fixed a minor typo in the reading section.
Grade 7 World History Coursebook & Teacher Manual
Minor Corrections: In Lesson 2, we fixed a minor typo in Assignment 3.
Grade 7 Math Coursebook & Workbook
Minor Corrections: We corrected a misspelling of “principal” that occurred throughout the coursebook and workbook.
In Lesson 10, we corrected a typo in an example math problem.
In Lesson 7 of the workbook, we corrected a typo in word problem #16.
Grade 8
Grade 8 Civics Coursebook & Teacher Manual
Minor Corrections: In Lesson 5/6, we added a sentence to Assignment #1 about where to find curriculum resource links.
Grade 8 Science Coursebook & Teacher Manual
Link Update: In Lesson 10, we removed the “Braking and Friction” activity due to a broken link.
Content Update: In Lesson 28, we corrected a calculation in the Teacher Manual for Test #1.b answer.
Grade 8 English Coursebook & Teacher Manual
Content Updates: Two new novels were added to help increase the diversity of authors and characters in this course, The Magnolia Sword by Sherry Thomas and Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson. These novels replaced Moon Over Manifest (Lesson 11-14) and Criss Cross (Lesson 31-34).
In Lesson 34, we added a discussion prompt to tie the literature content more clearly to the themes covered in Civics.
High School Courses
English
American Literature: Classics
Design & Format Updates: We updated the design and layout of this course to match our other high school courses. We also added the subtitle “Classics” to differentiate this course from our other American Literature courses.
Content Updates: We added assignment summaries and learning objectives to the beginning of each lesson.
World Literature: Classics
Design & Format Updates: We updated the design and layout of this course to match our other high school courses. We also added the subtitle “Classics” to differentiate this course from our other World Literature courses.
Content Updates: We added assignment summaries and learning objectives to the beginning of each lesson.
The Hero’s Journey: Literature & Composition
Content Updates: The literature selections in this course were changed: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko and Where We Come From by Oscar Cásares were added to the course.
Women’s Literature
Minor Corrections: We made minor corrections throughout that did not impact the content of the course.
Science
Environmental Science for a Changing World
Content Updates: This course was updated to align with the new edition of the textbook Environmental Science: Your World, Your Turn. Additionally, we made some minor updates to assignments or lessons throughout to provide more complete and clear instructions.
Biology: The Study of Life
Minor Corrections: We added a content warning for the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. We also corrected a page number in Lesson 5.
Chemistry Matters
Minor Corrections: We made changes to Lesson 3 assignments in order to simplify the problems and to make the explanatory text more clear for home teachers.
Social Studies
Foodways: Sustainable Food Systems
Link Update: We removed a broken link in the Viewing Section of Lesson 5.
U.S. Government: By the People, For the People
Link Update: We updated a link in the project resources for Lesson 4.
