United States Government & Civics © 2024

Challenge Preconceived Notions, Engage in Civil Discourse

Inspire students to embrace their role in the community, state, country, and world as the engage in civil discourse on their way to becoming future-ready citizens. Equip them to make informed decisions both inside and outside of the voting booth. Empower them to think critically, ask questions, and make an impact.

The Student Experience
• Compelling questions for each chapter that encourage deep thought and reflection.
• Inquiry-infused content that incorporates a variety of perspectives.
• Activities that help students engage with present-day issues and affect change locally through informed action. 
• A living library of updated content that makes history relevant, including biweekly current event articles that link what students are learning to today's events. 
• Engaging multimedia content, including brand new videos and interactive maps, audio files and more authentic and engaging ways for students to experience the lesson.
• Targeted, personalized learning that adapts to the needs of each student using SmartBook®.

The Teacher Experience
Flexibility and Customizable Options
Choose between a variety of learning resources and instructional tools to engage your students in thought-provoking inquiry opportunities, current events, and student-centered exercises and projects that encourage critical thinking, deeper analysis, and the development of essential skills needed for college, career, and civic life.

The Digital Experience
• Full Student Edition narrative with built-in tools including audio reads, full text search, highlighting, annotations, and notes.
• An Approaching Level version provides the core narrative at two grade levels lower than the On-Level version. It also includes additional support for students, especially for comprehending primary and secondary source excerpts.
• Assign a chapter or lesson of the eBook to your students. Students may answer questions directly in the eBook and submit for review and grading. 
• Access the eBook on any mobile device through the ReadAnywhere app. Download the lesson or chapter for offline access - no internet required.
• SmartBook® delivers personalized, adaptive learning tailored for each student's individual needs by pinpointing knowledge gaps and focusing instruction on the concepts that require additional study. Teachers can assign a specific chapter, topic, or concept and access advanced reporting features that track individual and class progress with actionable insights to inform in-class instruction.

Assessment
• All Preassessment, Quizzes, and Tests from the Chapter Tests and Lesson Quizzes blackline master are available as printable PDFs in the digital courseware. 
• Digital assessments may be assigned online and offer automatic grading on several question types. 
• Customize your assessments, edit and existing assessment, or create your own. 

Digital Worksheets
Digital worksheets provide additional support and extend learning with:
• Hands-On Topic Projects
• Reading and Writing Essentials
• Activities in Guided Reading, Reteaching, Review and Apply, Video Response, History and Geography, History and Civics, and History and Economics.

Differentiation and Scaffolding throughout the program, including Reading and Writing Essentials.