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Economics: It’s Your Business

Henry Billings

A complete economics program for students who aren’t up to Magruder’s

Arranged in 29 four-page chapters, this textbook uses straightforward language and highly effective illustrations to clarify and enliven a complex subject, linking the principles of economics to the dollars-and-cents issues of students’ daily lives.

Understanding the Power of Money
This text brings present-day topics such as inflation, the stock market, fiscal policy, and world trade into focus. Through relevant examples, pointed questions, and targeted activities, students tackle economic issues and learn how they affect the actual cost of everyday products and services.

Features:

  • Short chapters focus students on a single topic.
  • Cooperative Learning Activities begin each unit to stimulate group work.
  • Margin Notes summarize key concepts, define content vocabulary, and pose critical-thinking questions.
  • Chapter and unit reviews help reinforce lessons.
  • Tables, charts, and graphs clarify concepts.
  • Glossary serves as a complete resource for content vocabulary.
  • Student Worktext provides additional activities and tests.
  • Teacher’s Guide includes Unit Planning Chart.

ECONOMICS: It’s Your Business (Softcover)

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ECONOMICS: It’s Your Business Student Text
ISBN: 9781562560478 
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ECONOMICS: It’s Your Business Teacher's Guide
ISBN: 9781562560492 
$12.49
ECONOMICS: It’s Your Business Workbook
ISBN: 9781562560485 
$12.99
 

 

The Constitution Made Easier

The Constitution Made Easier presents the entire Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the 27 Amendments in modern, readable English and Spanish. The format allows teachers to use it alongside the original documents.




The Constitution Made Easier (Softcover)

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The Constitution Made Easier Student Text, Bilingual
ISBN: 9781562560430 
From $10.99
 

 

Our Constitutional Heritage

James Carroll

In this book, the Constitution is explained in clear language, using shortchapters and small information blocks that help teach students at risk.




Our Constitutional Heritage (Softcover)

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Our Constitutional Heritage Student Workbook
ISBN: 9781562560065 
From $22.99
Our Constitutional Heritage Teacher's Guide
ISBN: 9781562560072 
$9.99
 

 

Government Today

Beverly Vaillancourt

A complete government program for reluctant readers

This exciting four-color text brings the power, relevance, and scope of the U.S. government to low-level readers. Written in direct correlation to Magruder’s program, all national, state, and local government topics are covered in a clear writing style that makes reading easy and enjoyable.

Full Content Made Accessible
Presented in two facing pages of manageable, easy-to-grasp instruction, all 70 lessons are expanded by sidebars with interesting and relevant learning links that foster classroom discussion. Each lesson includes vocabulary, guided reading, and reading-comprehension and critical-thinking exercises. Government Today is a comprehensive text that guides learning as it focuses on reading and writing skills.

Coordinated Program for Success—Including The Peoples Tutor!

  • Student Textbook—complete lessons laid out in two facing pages to make information manageable for low-level readers
  • Teacher’s Edition—easy-to-use, wraparound format, reduced student pages, and easy-to-locate sections
  • Tests and Rubrics—track, evaluate, and score students’ progress in writing and comprehension
  • Student Worktext—focused page of skills helps reinforce each lesson in the student text

Government Today (Softcover)

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Government Today Teacher's Edition
ISBN: 9781562560195 
$49.00
Government Today Workbook
ISBN: 9781562560379 
$12.99
Government Today Tests and Rubrics
ISBN: 9781562560331 
$27.99
 

 

The Peoples Tutor, U.S. Government

Lesson-by-lesson companion study guide reinforces U.S. government content, comprehension, and vocabulary

This independent-study guide—a boon for teachers with larger class sizes and mainstreaming—provides students with the extra, one-on-one instruction needed to succeed. Crafted by top professionals in special and remedial education, each of 70 lessons directly correlates to a lesson in the Government Today text but refers students to topics in other textbooks.

Features:
For students who need more help understanding the content, the 12 units
in the Tutor present 70 lessons in a consistent, logical, three-page format:

  • Page 1: develops prereading skills and content vocabulary
  • Page 2: reviews the important content of the lesson, with questions to help students outline the ideas, guides to the pronunciation of important names, and study hints
  • Page 3: reinforces content with more reading-comprehension and writing activities about the U.S. government

The Peoples Tutor, U.S. Government (Softcover)

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The Peoples Tutor, U.S. Government Student Text
ISBN: 9781562560188 
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The Peoples Tutor, U.S. Government Answer Key
ISBN: 9781562560362 
$19.00
 

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