// 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
