// In secondary classrooms

United States Government

1st Choice Recommended

United States Government: Our Democracy (2016)

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Print Edition ISBNs:

  • Student (2018): 978-0-07-668113-6
  • Teacher (2018): 978-0-07-668108-2

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  • Partnerships with BBC/Learn360
  • Based on Understanding by Design
  • Utilizes LearnSmart®, an adaptive study tool
  • Multilingual glossary (digital)
  • Easy access of Spanish language texts (digital)
  • Planning and pacing guide
  • Extensive resource library including primary source library, simulations, edtechteacher, Inquiry Journal, Supreme Court Cases
  • Interactive and printable maps (digital)
  • Ability to adjust Lexile reading levels
  • Editable teacher resources
  • Includes extensive differentiated instruction tools
  • Online assessment center
  • Concerns: Assessment question banks do not export to third-party assessment software i.e. ExamView

2nd Choice Recommended

United States Government (2018)

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Print Edition ISBNs:

  • Student (2018): 978-0-544-74268-0
  • Teacher (2018): 978-0-544-74285-7

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  • Partnership with History.com
  • Digital note-taking
  • Well-organized student/teacher resources
  • Visually appealing
  • Interactive Supreme Court Case Studies
  • Concerns: Textbook lacks yearly/semester pacing guide, limited ability to edit teacher resources, and assessment question banks do not export to third-party assessment software i.e. ExamView

3rd Choice Recommended

Magruder’s American Government (2016)

Publisher: Pearson

Print Edition ISBNs:

  • Student (2016): 978-0-133-32848-6
  • Teacher (2016): 978-0-133-30710-8

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  • Partnerships with OpenEd, Constitutional Rights Foundation, Civic Action Project, and NBC Learn
  • Ability to edit assessments online and with ExamView
  • Project-based learning modules
  • Organizable digital note-taking
  • Well-organized student/teacher resources
  • Teacher designed content can be added to Topics (chapters)
  • Visually appealing
  • Editable slide presentations
  • Concern: Music enrichment activities limited to hip-hop style