DOWNEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
Middle School
Textbook Catalog
Revised
2013-14
Note: California Assembly Bill X4 2 (Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009-10 Fourth
Extraordinary Session) signed on July 28, 2009, suspended the process and
procedures for adopting instructional materials, including framework revisions,
until the 2013-14 school year.
DOWNEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Instructional Services
MIDDLE SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS
COMPUTER COURSES
Subject
Area/Course
Exploratory:
Computer
Keyboarding
Grade
6
Textbook / Author
Century 21 – Input
Technologies &
Computer
Applications (PT);
Hoggatt
Computer
Literacy 1
7,8
Computer Concepts
Basics (PT); Wells,
Ambrose
Computer
Literacy 2
7,8
Computer Concepts
Basics (PT); Wells,
Ambrose
Publisher
Year of
Implementation Next Adoption
South-Western
2005-06
TBD
Thomson
Learning
2005-06
TBD
Thomson
Learning
2005-06
TBD
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DOWNEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Instructional Services
MIDDLE SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS
ENGLISH COURSES
Subject Area/Course
English
Grade
Textbook / Author
6
Prentice Hall Literature:
Timeless Voices, Timeless
Themes (Copper Level);
Kinsella, Feldman, Stump,
Carroll, Wilson
Reader's Companion (Copper
Level);
Kinsella, Feldman, Stump,
Carroll, Wilson
Writing and Grammar:
Communication in Action
(Copper Level);
Carroll, Wilson, Forlini
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
(C); Taylor
Tuck Everlasting (C); Babbitt
Publisher
Prentice Hall
(Pearson
Education)
Next
Year of
Implementation Adoption
2003-04
Pending
Prentice Hall
(Pearson
Education)
2003-04
Pending
Prentice Hall
(Pearson
Education)
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
Brian's Winter (E); Paulsen
2003-04
Pending
Hatchet (E); Paulsen
2003-04
Pending
Julie of the Wolves (E);
George
Maniac McGee (E); Spinelli
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
Phantom Tollbooth, The (E);
Juster
Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt,
The (I); Payne
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
Wrinkle in Time, A (E);
L'Engle
HRW Lit
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English
7
Prentice Hall Literature:
Timeless Voices, Timeless
Themes (Bronze Level);
Kinsella, Feldman, Stump,
Carroll, Wilson
Reader's Companion
(Bronze Level);
Kinsella, Feldman, Stump,
Carroll, Wilson
Writing and Grammar:
Communication in Action
(Bronze Level); Carroll,
Wilson, Forlini
Giver, The (C); Lowry
Prentice Hall
(Pearson
Education)
2003-04
Pending
Prentice Hall
(Pearson
Education)
2003-04
Pending
Prentice Hall
(Pearson
Education)
2003-04
Pending
Holt, Rinehart,
and Winston
HRW
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
Baseball in April (E); Soto
HRW
2003-04
Pending
Clay Marble,The (E); Ho
HRW
2003-04
Pending
Door in the Wall, The (E);
DeAngeli
I, Juan de Pareja (E); Borton
de Treviño
Kidnapped (E); Stevenson
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
Last Unicorn, The (E); Beagle
2003-04
Pending
Nothing But the Truth (C); Avi
Let the Circle Be Unbroken
(E); Taylor
Lottery Rose, The (E); Hunt
HRW
2003-04
Pending
HRW
2003-04
Pending
Treasure Island (E);
Stevenson
Where the Red Fern Grows
(E); Rawls
HRW
2003-04
Pending
HRW
2003-04
Pending
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English
8
Prentice Hall Literature:
Timeless Voices, Timeless
Themes (Silver Level);
Kinsella, Feldman, Stump,
Carroll, Wilson
Reader's Companion (Silver
Level); Kinsella, Feldman,
Stump, Carroll, Wilson
Prentice Hall
(Pearson
Education)
2003-04
Pending
Prentice Hall
(Pearson
Education)
2003-04
Pending
Writing and Grammar:
Communication in Action
(Silver Level); Carroll, Wilson,
Forlini
Call of the Wild, The (C);
London
Diary of a Young Girl, The
(C); Frank
Across Five Aprils (E); Hunt
Prentice Hall
(Pearson
Education)
2003-04
Pending
Holt, Rinehart,
and Winston
HRW
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
Cheaper by the Dozen (E);
Gilbreth and Carey
Day No Pigs Would Die (E);
Peck
Dogsong (E); Paulsen
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
Endless Steppe: A Girl in
Exile (E); Hautzig
Flowers for Algernon (E);
Keyes
Harriet Tubman, Conductor of
the Underground Railroad
(E); Petry
Ishi, Last of His Tribe (E);
Kroeber
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
HRW
2003-04
Pending
HRW
2003-04
Pending
Killing Mr. Griffin (E); Duncan
2003-04
Pending
Upstairs Room, The (E);
Reiss
2003-04
Pending
Wave, The (E); Hodges
2003-04
Pending
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Reading
7,8
Alan and Naomie (E); Levoy
Baseball in April (E); Soto
Black Pearl, The (E); O'Dell
Bridge to Terabithia (E);
Paterson
Call It Courage (E); Perry
Cay, The (E); Taylor
Child of the Owl (E); Yep
Deathwatch (E); White
Egypt Game, The (E); Snyder
Follow My Leader (E);
Garfield
From the Mixed-Up Files of
Mrs. Basil E. Frankenweiler
(E); Kronigsburg
Great Gilly Hopkins, The (E)
Peterson
Helen Keller (E); Gratt
Letters from Rifka (E); Hesse
Lupita Mañana (E); Beatty
Mama's Bank Account (E);
Forbes
Marching to Freedom: The
Story of Martin Luther King,
Jr. (E); Milton
My Brother Sam Is Dead (E);
Collier & Collier
Outsiders, The (E); Hinton
Pinballs, The (E); Byars
Racing the Sun (E); Pitts
Sign of the Beaver, The (E);
Speare
Slave Dancer, The (E); Fox
Story of My Life, The (E);
Keller
Summer of the Swans, The
(E);Byars
Taking Sides (E); Soto
2003-04
2003-04
2003-04
2003-04
Pending
Pending
Pending
Pending
2003-04
2003-04
2003-04
2003-04
2003-04
2003-04
Pending
Pending
Pending
Pending
Pending
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
HRW
2003-04
2003-04
Pending
Pending
HRW
HRW
2003-04
2003-04
Pending
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
2003-04
Pending
Pending
2003-04
2003-04
Pending
Pending
2003-04
2003-04
Pending
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
HRW
HRW
HRW
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American Literature
Remedial Reading
Study Skills
Exploratory Study
Skills
7,8
Adventures of Tom Sawyer,
The (E); Twain
Canyons (E); Paulsen
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
Johnny Tremain (E); Forbes
2003-04
Pending
"Legend of Sleepy Hollow,
The" (E); Irving
Miracle Worker, The (E);
Gibson
Ransom of Red Chief, The
(E); O'Henry
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
Red Badge of Courage, The
(E); Crane
Red Pony, The (E); Steinbeck
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
Slave Dancer (E); Fox
2003-04
Pending
Witch of Blackbird Pond, The
(E); Speare
2003-04
Pending
Globe Fearon
2003-04
Pending
Globe Fearon
2003-04
Pending
6,7,8 Reading Comprehension
Workshop
World of Vocabulary
7,8
6
Creative Writing
7,8
Journalism
7,8
World Literature
7,8
NO TEXTBOOK ADOPTED
FOR THIS COURSE AT THIS
TIME
NO TEXTBOOK ADOPTED
FOR THIS COURSE AT THIS
TIME
NO TEXTBOOK ADOPTED
FOR THIS COURSE AT THIS
TIME
NO TEXTBOOK ADOPTED
FOR THIS COURSE AT THIS
TIME
NO TEXTBOOK ADOPTED
FOR THIS COURSE AT THIS
TIME
HRW
Pending
Pending
Pending
Pending
Pending
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English Language
Development (ELD) Beginning and Early
Intermediate
For levels: ELD I,
ELD II, ELD III; CELDT
scores of 1 or 2
6,7,8
Inside the USA (PT)
English Grammar through
Guided Writing: Verbs (S);
McClelland and Hale
Electric Elephant and Star
Stories: Chills (E); More
Chills (E); Goodman
Love You Forever (E);
Munsch
Stone Cutter Who Wanted to
be Rich, The (E); Getzel
Oxford Picture Dictionary
(and workbook) (R/R);
Parnwell
English Language
Development (ELD) Intermediate
For levels: ELD IV,
ELD V; CELDT score
of 3
6,7,8 English 3D (PT)
English Grammar through
Guided Writing: Verbs (S);
McClelland and Hale
Chocolate Touch, The (E);
Catling
Classic Literature Series (E);
Solimene (Levels 1 & 2
selections only)
Level 1:
White Fang,
Pending
Cengage
Learning
2012-13
Prentice Hall
Regents
2003-04
Pending
Jamestown
Publishers
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
Oxford University
Press
2003-04
Pending
Scholastic
2012-13
Pending
Prentice Hall
Regents
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
Edcon
2003-04
Pending
Edcon
2003-04
Pending
Oxford University
Press
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
Pending
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm,
Little Women,
Swiss Family Robinson
Level 2:
Black Beauty,
Tom Sawyer,
The Call of the Wild,
Treasure Island
Electric Elephant and Other
Stories, The (E); Graham
Freckle Juice (E); Blume
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English Language
Development (ELD) Intermediate — cont.
For levels: ELD IV,
ELD V; CELDT score
of 3
English Language
Development (ELD) Advanced
For levels: ELD VI;
CELDT score of 4 or 5
6,7,8 Classic Literature Series (E);
Solimene (Levels 1 & 2
selections only)
Level 2: - cont.
Goodman's Five Star
Stories: Surprises (E);
Jamestown
More Surprises (E);
Publishers
Goodman
How to Eat Fried Worms (E);
Rockwell
Murfaro's Beautiful Daughters
(E); Steptoe
My Father's Dragon (E);
Gannett
Phantom of the Opera (E);
Random
Leroux/McMullen
House/Bullseye
Stone Fox (E); Parnwell
Oxford Picture Dictionary
(and workbook) (R/R);
Parnwell
6,7,8 English 3D (PT)
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
Oxford University
Press
2003-04
Pending
Scholastic
2012-13
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
English Grammar through Guided
Writing: Verbs (S); McClelland and Prentice Hall Regents
Hale
Classic Literature Series (E);
Solimene
(Levels 3-5 selections only)
Level 3:
Robinson Crusoe,
Red Badge of Courage,
Kidnapped,
Invisible Man
Level 4:
Captains Courageous,
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,
Time Machine,
Gulliver's Travel
Level 5:
Metropolis,
Hound of the Baskervilles,
Kim,
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Edcon
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English Language
Development (ELD) Advanced - cont.
For levels: ELD VI;
CELDT score of 4 or 5
6,7,8 Electric Elephant and Other
Stories, The (E); Graham
Oxford University
Press
2003-04
Pending
Goodman's Five Star
Stories:
Shocks (E);
After Shocks (E);
Goodman
Great American Stories 1 & 2
Prentice Hall
(E); Draper
In the Year of the Boar and
Harper
Jackie Robinson (E); Lord
Indian in the Cupboard, The
Doubleday
(E); Banks
Sadako and the Thousand
Putnam
Paper Cranes (E); Coerr
Sarah, Plain and Tall (E);
Harper
MacLachlan
Oxford Picture Dictionary
Oxford University
(and workbook) (R/R);
Press
Parnwell
Pacemaker Classic Series
Fearon Education
(E); Green Sutter, et al. (The
following selections only):
Treasure Island,
Frankenstein,
Adventures of Tom Sawyer,
Jungle Book,
Last of the Mohicans
Oxford Picture Dictionary
Oxford University
(and workbook) (R/R);
Press
Parnwell
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
2003-04
Pending
(PT)=Primary text
(S)=Supplemental text (one class set/teacher)
(C)=Core literature (two required selections/year)
(E)=Extended literature selection
(R/R)=Resource/reference book (one class set/teacher)
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DOWNEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Instructional Services
MIDDLE SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS
INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSES
Subject Area/Course
Grade
Textbook / Author
Cross Age Teaching
7,8
NO TEXTBOOK ADOPTED
FOR THIS COURSE
Library Service
7,8
NO TEXTBOOK ADOPTED
FOR THIS COURSE
Manual Communication
7,8
NO TEXTBOOK ADOPTED
FOR THIS COURSE
8
NO TEXTBOOK ADOPTED
FOR THIS COURSE
Office Service
Spanish Language
Conversation and
Culture
7,8
¿Y Tú? Parte Primera y
Parte Segunda: Jarvis,
Bonin, Birckbichler, Shih
Publisher
Holt, Rinehart,
Winston
Next
Year of
Implementation Adoption
1994-95
2011-12
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DOWNEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Instructional Services
MIDDLE SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS
MATHEMATICS COURSES
Subject
Area/Course
Grade
Textbook / Author
Publisher
Year of
Implementation Next Adoption
Math
6
California Mathematics ~
Course 1; A. Park (Editor)
CGP Education
2009-10
2016-17
Pre-Algebra
7
California Mathematics ~
Course 2; S. Keeley (Editor)
CGP Education
2009-10
2016-17
Algebra
Readiness
8
California Algebra Readiness;
Randall Charles, et. al.
Pearson
Prentice Hall
2009-10
2016-17
Algebra I
8
California Algebra I; T. Major &
CGP Education
A. Park (Editors)
2009-10
2016-17
Geometry
8
Geometry ;
Jurgensen, Brown & Jurgensen
McDougal Littell
2009-10
2016-17
Math Lab
7
California Mathematics ~
Course 2; S. Keeley (Editor)
CGP Education
2009-10
2016-17
(pending)
(pending)
(pending)
(pending)
(pending)
(pending)
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DOWNEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Instructional Services
MIDDLE SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Subject Area/Course
Grade
Textbook / Author
6, 7, 8 Moving with Confidence;
Physical Education
Spindt, Weinberg, Hennesy,
(Three books are approved
Holyoak, Monti
for all P.E. courses)
Moving with Skill; Spindt,
Weinberg, Hennesy,
Holyoak, Monti
Moving as a Team; Spindt,
Weinberg, Hennesy,
Holyoak, Monti
Publisher
Kendall/Hunt
Next
Year of
Implementation Adoption
2000-01
TBD
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DOWNEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Instructional Services
MIDDLE SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS
PRACTICAL ARTS
Subject Area/Course
Grade
Textbook / Author
Publisher
Next
Year of
Implementation Adoption
Home Economics Courses
Exploratory Home
Economics
6
Discovering Nutrition;
Kowtaluk
Sewing/Needlecrafts
7, 8
NO TEXTBOOK ADOPTED
FOR THIS COURSE
Foods/Life Skills
7, 8
Today's Teen; Kelly-Plate
and Eubanks
Subject Area/Course
Grade
Textbook / Author
Bennett &
Mcknight
1997-98
TBD
TBD
Glencoe
Publisher
1997-98
TBD
Next
Year of
Implementation Adoption
Industrial Arts Courses
Photography
Exploratory Technology
Technology Education
7, 8
NO TEXTBOOK ADOPTED
FOR THIS COURSE
Technology: Shaping Our
World; Gradwell, Welch and
Martin
Technology: Shaping Our
7, 8 World; Gradwell, Welch and
Martin
6
TBD
GoodheartWilcox
2005-06
TBD
GoodheartWilcox
2005-06
TBD
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DOWNEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Instructional Services
MIDDLE SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS
SCIENCE COURSES
Subject Area/Course
General Science (Earth
Science)
Grade
6
Life Science
7
Physical Science
8
Adventures in Science:
Electricity and Magnetism
Unit
7, 8
Adventures in Science:
Waves-Light and Sound
Unit
7, 8
Adventures in Science:
Consumer Awareness Unit
7, 8
Health Education Unit
May be included within the
following courses: Life
Science, Foods/Life Skills,
Physical Education,
Exploratory Home
Economics, or Study Skills
6, 7, 8
Textbook / Author
Publisher
Year of
Next
Implementation Adoption
California Earth Science
Holt
2008-09
TBD
California Life Science
Holt
2008-09
TBD
California Physical Science
Holt
2008-09
TBD
California Physical Science
Holt
2008-09
TBD
California Physical Science
Holt
2008-09
TBD
California Physical Science;
and/or California Life
Science
Holt
2008-09
TBD
Glencoe
2005-06
TBD
California Teen Health,
Course 1
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DOWNEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Instructional Services
MIDDLE SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS
SOCIAL STUDIES COURSES
Subject Area/Course
Social Studies
Social Studies
Textbook/Author
Grade
6
Ancient Civilizations
7
History Alive! The Ancient
World (Social Studies
Concepts Classes only)
Medieval to Early Modern
Times
History Alive! The Medieval
World and Beyond (Social
Studies Concepts Classes
only)
Social Studies
Exploratory
Geography
8
6
Publisher
Year of
Implementation
Next
Adoption
McDougal Littell
2006-07
TBD
TCI
2006-07
TBD
Holt
2006-07
TBD
TCI
2006-07
TBD
Glencoe
2006-07
TBD
TCI
2006-07
TBD
McDougal Littell
2006-07
TBD
TCI
2006-07
TBD
The American Journey
History Alive! The United
States through Industrialism
(Social Studies Concepts
Classes only)
Ancient Civilizations
History Alive! The Ancient
World (ELD sections only)
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DOWNEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Instructional Services
MIDDLE SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS
SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Subject Area/Course
Grade
Textbook / Author
Publisher
Next
Year of
Implementation Adoption
English
RSP/SDC
6, 7, 8 Steck-Vaughn Spelling;
Pesconsolido
Steck-Vaughn
2001-02
Pending
Steck-Vaughn
2001-02
Pending
Steck-Vaughn
2001-02
Pending
Globe Fearon
2001-02
Pending
Steck-Vaughn Phonics;
D'Amico, et. al.
Steck-Vaughn
2001-02
Pending
The Great Series; Billings
and Stone
Steck-Vaughn
2001-02
Pending
Steck-Vaughn
2001-02
Pending
AGS Basic Math Skills;
Treff & Jacobs
Pearson Globe Fearon
2009-10
2016-17
AGS Mathematics
Pathways; Haenisch
Pearson Globe Fearon
2009-10
2016-17
Pearson (AGS) PreAlgebra ; Haenisch
Pearson Globe Fearon
2009-10
2016-17
Language Handbooks:
Vocabulary Connections:
Coulter and Hatala
RSP
6, 7, 8 World Myths and Legends
Short Classics
Mathematics
RSP/SDC
RSP/SDC
RSP/SDC
6
7
8
(pending)
(pending)
(pending)
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Science
SDC
6, 7, 8 Pacemaker General
Science: Vogt & Wagner
(Primary Text)
Globe Fearon Pearson
2008-09
TBD
2008-09
TBD
2008-09
TBD
2008-09
TBD
SDC
6
Wonders of Science: The
Steck-Vaughn
Earth and Beyond; Gottlieb
SDC
7
Wonders of Science: Plant
Life; Gottlieb; AND/OR
Wonders of Science: The
Human Body; Gottlieb;
AND/OR Wonders of
Science: Land Animals;
Gottlieb
Wonders of Science:
Matter, Motion, and
Machines; Gottlieb
Steck-Vaughn
World Cultures - Past and
Present: Taylor and
Donahue
Steck-Vaughn
Atlas of the World
Steck-Vaughn
2007-08
World History: King and
Lewinski
American
Guidance
Service
Steck-Vaughn
2007-08
SDC
8
Steck-Vaughn
Social Studies
SDC
6, 7
History of the World:
People, Places, and Ideas
(vol. 1 & 2); Billings
SDC
8
America's Story: Bernstein
2007-08
TBD
TBD
TBD
2007-08
TBD
Steck-Vaughn
2007-08
TBD
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DOWNEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Instructional Services
MIDDLE SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
Subject Area/Course
Grade
Textbook / Author
Publisher
Next
Year of
Implementation Adoption
Art Courses
Exploratory Art
6
Art Design
7, 8
Basic Ceramics
7, 8
Introducing Art; Mittler,
Unsworth, Raggans,
Scannell
Exploring Art; Mittler,
Raggans; and
Understanding Art; Mittler,
Raggans
Exploring Art; Mittler,
Raggans; and
Understanding Art; Mittler,
Raggans
Glencoe
2008-09
TBD
Glencoe
2008-09
TBD
Glencoe
2008-09
TBD
Drama Courses
Drama/Speech
7 ,8
NO TEXTBOOK ADOPTED
FOR THIS COURSE
TBD
Music Courses
Exploratory Music
Band
Jazz Band
Chorus
NO TEXTBOOK ADOPTED
FOR THIS COURSE
Essential Elements 2000;
Lautzenheiser, et. al.; and
6, 7, 8 Foundations for a Superior
Performance; Williams and
King
Essential Elements 2000;
Lautzenheiser, et. al.; and
6, 7, 8 Foundations for a Superior
Performance; Williams and
King
6, 7, 8 NO TEXTBOOK ADOPTED
FOR THIS COURSE
2008-09
TBD
Hal Leonard
Corp. ;
Neil A. Kjos
Publishing
2008-09
TBD
Hal Leonard
Corp. ;
Neil A. Kjos
Publishing
2008-09
TBD
2008-09
TBD
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