The Foundations of Democracy Series consists of curricular materials for students from kindergarten through twelfth grade on four concepts fundamental to an understanding of politics and government: Authority, Privacy, Responsibility, and Justice. This multidisciplinary curriculum draws upon such fields as political philosophy, political science, law, history, literature, and environmental studies.

The Authority curriculum helps students

• distinguish between authority and power
• examine different sources of authority
• use reasonable criteria for selecting people for positions of authority and for evaluating rules and laws
• analyze benefits and costs of authority
• evaluate, take, and defend positions on the proper scope and limits of authority

The Privacy curriculum helps students

• understand the importance of privacy in a free society
• analyze the benefits and costs of privacy
• evaluate, take, and defend positions on the proper scope and limits of privacy

The Responsibility curriculum helps students

• understand the importance of responsibility in a free society
• analyze the benefits and costs of responsibility
• evaluate, take, and defend positions on how conflicts among competing responsibilities should be resolved
• evaluate, take, and defend positions on personal responsibility

The Justice curriculum helps students

• understand and apply the basic principles of justice set forth in fundamental documents of our political and legal systems
• consider fair distribution of the benefits and burdens of society
• consider fair responses to remedy wrongs and injuries
• consider fair practices for gathering information and making decisions
• evaluate, take, and defend positions on issues of justice

High School
(Suggested grades 10 - 12)

Foundations of Democracy:
Authority, Privacy, Responsibility, and Justice
High school classroom sets include 30 student books and a teacher's guide.

	Classroom set:	$360.00 each (ISBN # 0-89818-152-S)
	Student book: 10 or more:	$15.00 each $14.00 each (ISBN # 0-89818-152-6)
	Teacher's guide:	$12.00 each (ISBN # 0-89818-153-4)

 

Middle School
(Suggested grades 6 - 9)

Foundations of Democracy:
Authority, Privacy, Responsibility, and Justice
Middle school classroom sets include 30 student books and a teacher's guide.

	Classroom set:	$360.00 each (ISBN # 0-89818-150-S)
	Student book: 10 or more:	$15.00 each $14.00 each (ISBN # 0-89818-150-X)
	Teacher's guide:	$12.00 each (ISBN # 0-89818-151-8)

 

Elementary
(Suggested grades 3 - 5)

Foundations of Democracy Elementary
Each concept of the elementary level series is featured in a separate text. Elementary classroom sets include 15 student books of each concept (60 books total) and one teacher's guide. Student books are packaged in four individual display boxes containing 15 copies of each concept.

	Classroom set:	$325.00 each (ISBN # 0-89818-158-S)
	Student book: 10 or more:	$9.00 each $8.00 each Authority (ISBN # 0-89818-158-5) Responsibility (ISBN # 0-89818-159-3) Privacy (ISBN # 0-89818-160-7) Justice (ISBN # 0-89818-161-5)
	Teacher's guide:	$12.00 each (ISBN # 0-89818-162-3)

 

Primary
(Suggested grades K - 2)

Each concept in the primary level is featured in an over-sized storybook, an interactive CD-ROM, and a student activity book.

The oversized storybooks and CD-ROMs are Orb and Effy Learn About Authority, Jessica Fish Learns About Privacy, The Zookeeper Learns About Responsibility, and Fair Bears Learn About Justice. These titles are intended for prereaders and include an instructional guide.

The activity books are Learning About Authority, Learning About Privacy, Learning About Responsibility, and Learning About Justice. These books are based on the storybooks/CD-ROM set and may be used with students in grades one and two.

Classroom sets include 15 copies of each activity book (60 books total), a teacher's guide, four storybooks with individual prereader guides, and a set of four interactive CD-ROMs. The interactive CD-ROMs present a complete animated narration of the storybooks in English and Spanish. The Fair Bears Learn About Justice CD-ROM also contains a Chinese version of the narration.

Complete Classroom set:	$395.00 each (ISBN # 0-89818-186-S)
Teacher's guide:	$12.00 each (ISBN # 0-89818-204-0)
Storybook:	$30.00 each (List of concepts below)
Activity book:	$8.00 each (List of concepts below)
CD-ROM:	$12.00 each (List of concepts below)

Storybooks and CD-ROMs may be purchased as separate sets: one storybook or CD-ROM for each concept with prereader guides.

Storybook set:	$100.00 each (ISBN # 0-89818-208-S)
CD-ROM set:	$38.00 each (ISBN # 0-89818-192-5)

STORYBOOKS	ISBN #
Orb and Effy Learn About Authority	0-89818-205-7
Jessica Fish Learns About Privacy	0-89818-207-1
The Zookeeper Learns About Responsibility	0-89818-206-4
Fair Bears Learn About Justice	0-89818-208-8

ACTIVITY BOOKS	ISBN #
Learning About Authority	0-89818-186-0
Learning About Privacy	0-89818-185-2
Learning About Responsibility	0-89818-184-4
Learning About Justice	0-89818-183-6

CD-ROMs	ISBN #
Orb and Effy Learn About Authority	0-89818-188-7
Jessica Fish Learns About Privacy	0-89818-190-9
The Zookeeper Learns About Responsibility	0-89818-189-5
Fair Bears Learn About Justice	0-89818-191-7