Civics and Economics in U.S. History offers engaging text and a rich selection of images. Some of the topics include: Governments come in many different forms, but they serve the same purposes; the U.S. Constitution was built on ideas from American colonial history, British history, and the European Enlightenment; the Constitution separated powers among three branches of government and included a system of checks and balances; the amendment process has allowed the Constitution to change over time; the Bill of Rights explicitly protects individual rights.

Core Knowledge History and Geography™ (CKHG) is a comprehensive program in world and American history and geography, integrating topics in civics and the arts. CKHG helps students build knowledge of the diverse civilizations, cultures, and concepts specified in the Core Knowledge Sequence.

Using CKHG in the Classroom

• For Social Studies: Used in their recommended sequence, CKHG materials can form the basis of an engaging Social Studies program that builds historical and geographical knowledge and skills grade by grade.
• For Language Arts: You can also use CKHG to integrate content-rich nonfiction into your Reading/Language Arts lessons. CKHG objectives are correlated with the Common Core English Language Arts standards, which call for increased reading of nonfiction informational texts.