Why West Virginia Students Will Love It...

• Beautiful use of full color throughout
• Visually outstanding – hundreds of illustrations
• Excellent organization and clear and simple writing style make learning easier
• Special features to motivate, enlighten, and maintain interest
• Activities to encourage participation and develop skills

Why West Virginia Teachers Will Love It...

• Written specifically for West Virginia students and teachers
• Material is up to date and correlates to West Virginia Social Studies Content Standard Objectives
• Written by experienced educator and historian
• End-of-chapter activities encourage participation and develop skills
• Superior teacher support materials:

• Teacher Guide contains teaching suggestions, textbook, and blackline masters answers, history timeline, and more resources
• Reproducible Blackline Masters of student activities, chapter and source documents

Noteworthy Features

• Vocabulary previews designed to increase students’ reading comprehension
• Complete glossary of vocabulary terms
• Textbook and student activities recognize the diversity of West Virginia's racial and ethnic groups
• Interesting and useful maps and charts
• Two-page chapter review activities provide review/reinforcement
• Student activities in the Blackline Masters and Teacher Guide incorporate technology, multiple disciplines, diversity
• Preserving Our Heritage Feature in every chapter