Benchmark Magazine

Unit One

Solving Problems	The First Townhall Meeting
Saving Yellowstone	State Government and Citizens
50 States Plus	Stanley’s Release

Unit Two

The Gnat & Lion & Bull	Snow White Meets Huntsman
Melamut the Crocodile	Come Away, Come Away
Peter the Wild Boy	Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow

Unit Three

Bird’s Free Lunch	The Shimerdas
The Birdseed Thief	John Burroughs’ Writing
Birches	Birch Bark Canoes

Unit Four

Here Boy	Waiting for Stormy
Quiet!	Balto, a Heroic Dog
My Breaking In	After Dark

Unit Five

Town Tackles Energy Debate	Hopeville Editorial Pages
Fossil Fuels – The Story	Green Transportation
Opinion on Green Transportation	America’s Greenest City

Unit Six

Rabbit & Coyote	Valiant Little Tailor
Molly Whuppie	Hercules’ Quest
Paul Bunyan	Kate Shelley: Young Hero

Unit Seven

The Open Road	The Pony Express
Dustbowl Refugees	The Oregon Trail
Transcontinental Railroad	Oregon Trail Diary

Unit Eight

Volcanoes	Mount St. Helens
Tsunami	Mt. Vesuvius – Pliny
San Francisco Earthquake	Earthquakes

Unit Nine

Seattle Up and Down	Natural Resources
Yes, We Can!	John Henry
Dolores Huerta

Unit Ten

Power in India	Power of Electricity
Ben Franklin	Hoover Dam
Blackout 1965	Nikola Tesla