* Focus on the big ideas  with an accessible print student text built around Essential Questions and Inquiry.
* Maximize comprehension with the Reading Help Desk in each lesson to assist students with building vocabulary, cultivating reading strategies, and strengthening note-taking skills.
* Analyze a variety of primary and secondary sources including text excerpts, political cartoons, photographs, graphs, maps, and more.
* Develop strong critical thinking, analytical, and compromise skills with Debate and Deliberation features.
* Challenge students to "be the judge" in Supreme Court Case Studies; students will classify arguments, assign unmarked opinions and decide cases, apply precedents to recent cases, and conduct in-class moot courts.
* Customize the learning experience for differentiated instruction using leveled reading, customizable assessments and worksheets, and flexible online learning tools.
* Facilitate mastery of complex principles with dynamic digital tools.