BJU Press Heritage Studies 5 presents the narrative of American history from the creation of the car in the late 1800s through the 2015 Clean Power plan. Photographs, illustrations, maps, timelines, and notes in the student textbook highlight themes of geography, American history, government, economics, world history, and culture. Topics are presented from a biblical perspective and include the invention and influence of the automobile and airplane, World War I, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, World War II, the Vietnam War, struggles over civil rights, the war on terror, Afghanistan and Iraq wars, and immigration decisions. Parents may wish to note that this book touches upon gay rights and abortion (from a conservative perspective).
The Teacher's Edition includes reduced-size student lesson pages with notes in the margins. "Teach for Understanding" sections provide teachers with step-by-step instruction and questions along with the correct student answers; it also includes background information and activities plus a lesson focus with objectives and a list of any materials needed, review, and reading preparation notes. The included teacher's toolkit CD contains the activitymanual answer key, background information, instructional aids with an answer key, interactive visuals, visuals, quizzes and quiz answer key, a materials list, and rubrics.
The student activity manual provides reinforcement of the skills and concepts taught in the textbook and gives students a number of activities that include map skills, vocabulary work, short-answer questions, True/False questions, study guide worksheets, and more. Forms to create a lapbook are included in the back.
The student activity manual answer key includes full-page, full-color reproductions of the student pages with the correct answers overlaid.
The tests can help assess your students retention of the text. Tests include short answer, multiple-choice, true/false, and matching questions. 20 tests are included glue binding for easy removal. The test answer key features full-size student tests with the correct answers overlaid in italic.
This BJU Press Heritage Studies 5, 4th Edition kit includes:
- Heritage Studies 5 Textbook, 4th Edition, 505 pages with index and glossary, softcover.
- Heritage Studies 5 Teacher's Edition with CD, 476 pages, spiralbound soft frontcover and hard backcover.
- Heritage Studies 5 Activity Manual, 4th Edition. 352 pages, softcover and three-hole-punched. Consumable and non-reproducible.
- Heritage Studies 5 Activity Manual Answer Key, 4th edition. 352 pages, spiral-bound. Softcover.
- Heritage Studies 5 Tests, 4th Edition. Glue Binding.
- Heritage Studies 5 Test Answer Key, 4th Edition. Loose-leaf and three-hole-punched.
This kit is an "updated edition" due to the inclusion of the physical Activity Manual Answer Key, which was not included in the previous version as a printed book; previously, it was only present on the Teacher's Toolkit CD-ROM.
