Rural Life, Urban Life is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.2.9 and Literacy.L.2.6. Full-page color photographs and narrative nonfiction text teaches the difference between rural and urban environments. This book includes a graphic organizer. This book should be paired with "Farm Life, City Life" (9781477722480) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.