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New York Regents - Social Studies
Grades 9–12
Comprehensive coverage of the New York Social Studies Framework content and skills
Each chapter focuses on a Key Idea from the New York Framework, describes the overarching themes and enduring issues, and provides streamlined content and key terms. Standards-focused lessons include analyzing a primary source, historical content and context presented in concise language, questions for close reading, and primary source activities. Chapters end with stimulus-based multiple-choice and short-essay questions mirroring the Regents Exam.
Students are prompted to “think like historians” using Social Studies Practices, analyze primary sources, and use textual evidence in their written responses.
Developed under the guidance of New York teachers and administrators, this concise and accessible resource includes the essential content, key primary sources, and stimulus-based questions required for the new United States History and Government course and Regents Exam.
The updated edition includes content addressing:
- Recent changes to voting and immigration legislation and the resulting impact.
- LGBT rights and related court cases.
- Recent economic changes and the federal response to COVID.
- Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the NATO response.
Chapter 2: Constitutional Foundations (1763–1824)
Chapter 3: Expansion, Nationalism, and Sectionalism (1800–1865)
Chapter 4: The Post–Civil War Era (1865–1900)
Chapter 5: Industrialization and Urbanization (1870–1920)
Chapter 6: The Rise of U.S. Power (1890–1920)
Chapter 7: Prosperity and Depression (1920–1939)
Chapter 8: World War II (1935–1945)
Chapter 9: The Cold War (1945–1990)
Chapter 10: U.S. Social and Economic Change (1945–Present)
Chapter 11: The United States in a Changing World (1990–Present)
Each chapter includes:
- A Chapter Overview, a Key Idea from the New York Framework, instruction on Writing a Civic Literacy Essay, and a list of Key Terms.
- Three or four lessons.
- A speaking and listening activity.
- A chapter review that consists of stimulus-based multiple-choice questions and short-essay questions.
Each lesson includes:
- Instruction: Analyze a Primary Source to demonstrate how to analyze a document.
- A narrative aligned to the New York Framework.
- Read Closely margin notes that help students develop their reading skills.
- Civic Literacy margin notes that focus on Constitutional and civic issues.
- Application: Analyze a Primary Source to provide students with practice analyzing documents.
The book also includes:
- Civic Literacy Essay questions following Chapters 3, 6, 9, and 11.
- A full-length practice test based on the updated Regents Exam.
A separate answer key includes:
- Answers for all multiple-choice question and Read Closely questions.
- Answer guidelines for all short-essay questions and civic literacy essay questions.
Developed under the guidance of New York teachers and administrators, this concise and accessible resource includes the essential content, key primary sources, and stimulus-based questions required for the new Global History & Geography II course and Regents Exam.
The updated edition includes content addressing:
- COVID-19
- Russia and Ukraine war
- Brexit
- Iranian repression and protests
- Paris Climate Accords
- Al-Qaeda
- Immigration
Period 2: Revolutions, Industrialization, and Empires, 1750–1914
Period 3: Crisis and Achievement in the 20th Century, 1914–Present
Period 4: Contemporary Issues
Each of the four periods includes:
- An introductory world map with callouts to provide an overview of the period.
- Extended Essay practice questions about enduring issues.
Each of the ten chapters includes
- A Chapter Overview, a Key Idea from the New York Framework, an Identify Enduring Issues feature, and a list of Key Terms by Theme.
- A Chapter Review that consists of stimulus-based multiple-choice items, short-answer constructed response questions, tips for answering exam questions, and a speaking and listening activity based on the Key Idea.
Each of the 32 lessons includes
- Analyze a Primary Source to demonstrate for students how to read a document closely.
- A narrative aligned to the New York Framework.
- Read Closely margin notes that include instruction and application.
- Enduring Issue margin notes that connect events with ongoing challenges societies face.
- Application to provide students with practice analyzing documents.
The book concludes with a full-length practice test based on the updated Regents Exam.
A separate answer key includes:
- Answers for all multiple-choice questions, short-answer questions, and questions in the Read Closely notes.
- Rubrics for all Enduring Issue Extended Essay questions.
The answer key is sold only to educators and shipped to school or district addresses only. A verified classroom purchase of the student edition is required.
