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Across the Centuries Teacher's Edition, 21st Century Edition

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I have used Houghton-Miffin Social Studies books in my Home School for two years now and I would highly recommend them because they are really well written. They bring History to life, they are colorful, down-to-earth, easy to understand and include time-lines. The lessons are easily divided up for you with headers of Lesson 1 (etc)--even without the teacher's edition and make studying and learning fun, easy, and exciting. These books really get you involved with the way things were and how and why they relate to you today.
Include in each chapter are focus points, key terms, lots of illustrations with full explanations, charts, colorful-detailed maps, and "Sliced view" of objects to see inside of things (like houses, buildings, etc). Though, I believe that you can sometimes find "workbooks" to go along with these books, I found them unnecessary as there are lots of activities included at the end of each lesson in the Review section, including: Focus questions, Connect questions, Citizenship, Critical thinking, and Writing Activities. Also along the side of the text are included Questions to provoke thought as you read the text, which are great discussion starters.
Also included in the chapters are sections for discussions and decisions which can be used for further research and reports. Finally Chapter Reviews make excellent "Tests" or "Quizzes" with a lot of open end and essay questions.
I am using these Houghton-Miffin Social Studies books again this year for teaching 6th grade (Ancient Days of world history) and already have my books for next year (World History Medieval Days).
My student is excited about history with these books and looks forward to our lessons--If they're fun and exciting, then they aren't just another subject he HAS to do, it's a subject he WANTS to do! How much better can you get than that?