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Bring your learning to life with compelling images, media and text from National Geographic. National Geographic Reader: Biological Anthropology will help you develop a clearer understanding of the world around you through engaging content.... More

Travel to the Andes with cultural anthropologist Johan Reihard as he unearths Incan mummies and artifacts. Learn about this ancient civilization, the challenges of high altitude archaeology, and how modern technology is used to glean information.... More

Join Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco de Gama, and Ferdinand Magellan on their search for a new trade route to the Indies. Find out how Prince Henry of Portugal ushered in an age of exploration.... More

Learn the history behind the first ten amendments to the U. S. Constitution. See how the Bill of Rights guarantees Americans five basic freedoms (speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition) and protects the rights of the accused.... More

David, a shy young African American boy, makes friends in school by letting his classmates help him with his drawing of a bare winter tree. He proudly writes Our Class Picture on the finished work, including himself in the group. When David gets home from school, he begins a picture of the tree agai... More

Find out why ancient Egyptian civilization continues to fascinate people today. Explore the ancient tombs, see the mummies, and experience life along the Nile.... More

Are You a Good Friend? introduces beginning readers to social values and behaviors that are important for developing and maintaining successful friendships in the social communities of home, school, and play.... More

Simple text explains how everyone can be a better friend by taking turns so that everyone gets what they need.... More

Explore the unique landscapes and wildlife of Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, and Antarctica. Discover what forces caused different environments to form and how this diverse geography affects how people live.... More

From 1915 to 1930, hundreds of African Americans migrated from the South. This is the story of why they left, how they adapted to city life, and how they changed American society.... More

Compares ways people from different cultures respond to their social conditions. Describes how belonging to more than one group can cause internal conflict. Compares and contrasts urban life at the beginning and end of the twentieth century. Describes conditions that prompted calls for reform. Defin... More

Discover the science behind global warming, its causes, and possible effects. Learn how human activities affect global temperatures and explore the good news and the bad news about our warming world.... More

Created Equal begins with the early suffragist movement of the late 19th century, telling of the state of women's rights as they were at the time. The reader will learn about Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and the other women of the Seneca Falls Convention. Having helped to start the suffrag... More

Meet the Founding Fathers and learn about the events, debates, and struggles of the colonists as they moved toward independence. Find out how George Washington and other leaders helped the Colonies unite and win their freedom.... More

The most comprehensive Student Edition. Includes ancient through early modern times (175,000 B.C.-Present).... More

World Cultures and Geography Survey Student Edition.... More

Kids are the targets of many marketing campaigns. This book teaches kids how to be smart comsumers, comparison shop and analyze ads they see and hear... More

Written for the youngest audience. The text is very simple yet manages to convey all the major events in Liberty's creation.... More

Trace the fight for equality as it was fought in court, at lunch counters, and on the streets of America. Meet Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X as they lead the civil rights movement.... More