The MTEL History guide includes tips for studying and maximizing efficiency during your test, a comprehensive review of the subject area, a sample test of multiple choice questions, a sample essay prompt and a sample essay response. A user-friendly answer key is included along with detailed explanations for each answer on the practice test. As an added bonus, each question on the multiple-choice test also let you know which skill it aligns to; this will be very helpful in determining which sections might require a second review before taking your certification exam. Specific topics include: - Indigenous societies - The Revolutionary War - Westward expansion - Industrial expansion - Civil rights - World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War - The Great Depression - World religions - World history - Historical and contemporary economic systems If you are looking to buy a study guide that covers every competency on the MTEL History teaching certification exam with an added sample essay response - this is the book for you