A standards-based American History program for English language learners and special needs students, grades 7-12. Available as a Student Book and Teacher's Edition.

Access American History Student Book presents concepts in a highly visual format with simplified language and clear, easy-to-follow lessons. Each lesson has three parts: Talk and Explore, Look and Read, and Develop Language. Colorful visual aids, limited text, constant vocabulary instruction and a focus on "big ideas" help teach essential content.

The Teacher's Edition provides page-by-page support for planning and instruction. It incorporates a smaller version of the Student Book plus daily lesson plans that include aligning content to standards and differentiated instruction suggestions.

Contents include:

• America's Beginnings
• Building a New Nation
  
• Growing Differences
  
• New States and Civil War
  
• A Changing America
  
• America in Two World Wars
  
• Struggling for Peace and Justice
  
• Civics in America
  

Created by Dr. Elva Duran, Jo Gusman and Dr. John Shefelbine. Student book is hardcover, 348 pgs., 2005. Teacher's Edition is a spiralbound book, 316 pgs., 2005.

Books are available separately or as a Classroom Kit that includes 8 Student Books and 1 Teacher's Edition (see Options below).

Item No. AS-H01 Access American History Student Book
Item No. AS-H02 Access American History Teacher's Edition
Item No. AS-H10 Access American History Classroom Kit