Bundle Includes:
- Student Workbook - 300 + pages
- Answer Key
This book is 100% aligned with New York State's new Social Studies Framework for Grade 11. It covers everything you need to know in United States History and Government. Every Key Idea and Content Specification found in the grade 11 curriculum is fully and thoroughly explored.
The book is highly illustrated, with hundreds of images, maps, diagrams and other visuals. The text is presented in a student-friendly language, in an easy to comprehend format that is simple to follow and promotes long-term memory.
A guiding principle of this book is the "chunking of information" - breaking information into "bite-sized" pieces so that you can more easily "digest" the information. Complex events have been broke down into even smaller chunks - making them easier to understand and absorb.
The opening chapters of the book provide you with tools and strategies to learn how to approach each type of question on the new regents. The book also explores in great detail how to answer stimulus-based questions, short-essay questions, and the Civic Literacy Essay.
Each content chapter contains four Study Cards that focus on the most essential information in that chapter.
This book contains a large number of practice questions, all mirroring the same format and level of difficulty as you will find on the new Untied States History and Government Regents. The questions provide ample practice to answer every type of question on the new regents.
The book helps you to learn the specialized vocabulary of United States history. A "word wall" in every content chapter focuses on the most essential terms, concepts, and people you will find on the new regents examination.
The authors are nationally recognized experts in the field of social studies. The have extensive experience as former writers of New York State regents, authored numerous other books on United States history, and conducted teacher workshops throughout the nation.
The book employs the latest cutting-edge educational research, leans heavily on the principles in John Bransford's How People Learn and incorporates proven strategies described in Robert Marzano's Classroom Instruction that Works.
