Curious Connections Learning Series

The City Inside You

5-Day Unit Study
5 Days to Make Learning Click
Make Connections. Build Understanding. Grow Confidence. Learn Together.

Turn The City Inside You into five days of connected learning that takes children beyond the story and into literacy, math, science, social studies, engineering, and art.

Using the familiar systems of a city, children discover how complex ideas become easier to understand when they connect them to something they already know.

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The City Inside You Teacher Guide and Student Explorer Journal
More Than a Worksheet

What Can Five Days of Connected Learning Do?

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Make Connections

Link unfamiliar ideas to familiar places, systems, and experiences.

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Build Understanding

Move from memorizing information toward seeing how ideas fit together.

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Grow Confidence

Help complex topics feel less intimidating and more approachable.

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Learn Together

Give adults and children meaningful questions and discoveries to share.

One Story. Five Expeditions.

Five Days of Connected Learning

Each Expedition looks at the story from a different learning perspective, helping children see that subjects are not isolated—they connect.

Hover or tap each Expedition to see the learning standards it supports.
DAY 1 Literacy
Literacy Standards Connection Supports grade-appropriate skills commonly reflected in literacy standards, including reading comprehension, vocabulary, written response, discussion, and connecting ideas across a text. See the Teacher Guide Standards Snapshot for specific curriculum connections.
DAY 2 Math
Math Standards Connection Supports grade-appropriate mathematical thinking through problem solving, measurement, comparison, patterns, reasoning, estimation, and applying math to meaningful real-world situations. See the Teacher Guide Standards Snapshot for specific curriculum connections.
DAY 3 Science
Science Standards Connection Supports grade-appropriate science practices such as observation, modeling, asking questions, analyzing systems, using evidence, and explaining how structures and functions work together. See the Teacher Guide Standards Snapshot for specific curriculum connections.
DAY 4 Social Studies
Social Studies Standards Connection Supports grade-appropriate skills involving communities, systems, roles, cooperation, civic structures, comparison, and understanding how people and organizations work together. See the Teacher Guide Standards Snapshot for specific curriculum connections.
DAY 5 Engineering & Art
Engineering & Art Standards Connection Supports creative problem solving, design thinking, planning, constructing, revising, visual communication, and expressing understanding through hands-on creation. See the Teacher Guide Standards Snapshot for specific curriculum connections.
Each day builds on the same story while inviting learners to explore, question, calculate, investigate, create, and connect.
Everything You Need

Inside the 5-Day Unit Study

The City Inside You Teacher Guide

Teacher Guide

A ready-to-use roadmap for guiding each Expedition without requiring the adult to be an expert in the subject.

  • Five complete Expeditions
  • Discussion prompts and guiding questions
  • Activities and extensions
  • Learning objectives
  • Teaching support and explanations
The City Inside You Student Explorer Journal

Student Explorer Journal

The learner's hands-on companion for investigating ideas, recording discoveries, creating, and making connections.

  • Five Expedition sections
  • Student response areas
  • Activities and challenges
  • Creative exploration
  • Designed for ages 8–12

You Don't Have to Know All the Answers.

You just have to be curious with them. Curious Connections gives parents, homeschool families, teachers, and youth leaders the questions, explanations, activities, and structure needed to explore alongside the learner.

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See the Learning Experience

Add actual Teacher Guide and Explorer Journal page previews here so families can see exactly what they'll be using.

Curious Connections sample curriculum page

Teacher Guide Preview

Curious Connections Explorer Journal sample page

Explorer Journal Preview

Curious Connections learning activity preview

Activity Preview

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Start Your 5-Day Adventure

Choose the resource that fits your family, classroom, or learning environment. The complete bundles provide the best overall value.

The City Inside You Teacher Guide Digital Edition
Digital Edition

Teacher Guide

$14.95

Complete five-day teaching guide delivered as a digital PDF.

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The City Inside You Student Explorer Journal Digital Edition
Digital Edition

Student Explorer Journal

$14.95

Complete five-Expedition student journal delivered as a digital PDF.

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Best Digital Value
The City Inside You Complete Digital Unit Study
Complete Digital Unit Study

Teacher Guide + Explorer Journal

$19.95

Get the complete five-day digital learning experience and save compared with purchasing the Guide and Journal separately.

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Complete Experience
The City Inside You Printed Book
Printed Book + Digital Curriculum

Book + Complete 5-Day Unit Study

$29.95

Get the printed story book plus the complete digital Teacher Guide and Student Explorer Journal.

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Simple & Flexible

How It Works

How are digital resources delivered?

Digital products are provided after purchase through your Curious Connections order and download access.

Can I print the resources?

The Teacher Guide and Explorer Journal are designed as printable digital resources for the purchasing household or permitted learning environment.

What ages is this designed for?

The City Inside You Unit Study is designed primarily for ages 8–12, with flexibility for different learning levels.

Do I have to finish it in exactly five days?

No. Five Expeditions provide the structure, but families and teachers can adapt the pace to fit their learning environment.

Ready to Make Learning Click?

Start with The City Inside You and turn one story into five days of discovery, connection, and learning together.

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