This supplemental resource contains a variety of research and interactive exercises to help students master basic social studies skills.

The unit on United States geography includes physical features, rivers, capital cities, border, regions, reading road maps, and state-by-state overviews. The unit on Maps and Graphs includes map measurements, latitude and longitude, time zones, using different types of charts, population density, elevation and contour maps, and temperature maps.

The unit on US Government highlights the three branches of government and the presidents. The final unit on the US Economy surveys capitalism, the stock market, supply and demand, social security, and budgets.

This resource can be used with any history or social studies curriculum or as part of a geography unit study. An answer key is included in the back of the book.