THE COMPLETE STORY OF AMERICAN HISTORY IN ONE COMPREHENSIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM The American Journey is a student-friendly presentation of American history from pre-exploration to the present. Its unparalleled author team, including National Geographic, ensures accuracy in every detail of the narrative, maps, and charts. • Research-based Active Reading strategies promote social studies literacy, encourage the understanding of informational text, and help students become successful readers. • The American Journey series addresses state standards in American history, integrates content and skills in every lesson, and gets students ready for classroom and standardized examinations. • TIME Notebooks allow students to step into the past, learning about everyday life in various periods and the “hot topics” of different eras. • National Geographic's Geography and History features show students how geography and events intertwine to create the history of a location or nation. • The program emphasizes skill development—from reading maps to analyzing primary and secondary sources to exploring the connections between history and geography, economics, government, citizenship, and current events.