FEATURES:

• New dynamic design and updated text and statistics
• Project Room feature offers ideas for standards-based school assignments
• Primary sources appear throughout with explanations of what they are and how to cite the Author's Tips and Source Notes
• Content-area vocabulary words defined on page
• New features such as Weird Laws, WOW Factor, and Picture Yourself
• Think About It presents opposing points of view on important issues to help build critical thinking and conflict resolution skills