Focus on the big ideas with an accessible print student text built around Essential Questions, enduring ideas, and NCSS Standards. Puts students in the middle of the action with The Story Matters chapter openers, Biography features, maps, and timelines. The Reading Help Desk in each lesson assists students with reading strategies, note-taking activities, graphic organizers, and vocabulary support. Features such as Thinking Like a Historian, It Matters Because, What Do You Think, and Connections to Today help build critical thinking and historical analysis skills.