Students will build knowledge of topics such as the Middle Ages, World War II, the Russian Revolution, and the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. Teacher Editions include a selection of instructional materials and tools for each grade per module, including: 

• Daily Lesson Plans: thirty 90-minute lessons devoted to Core and Deep Dive Language instruction. 
  
• Core and Supplementary Materials: carefully curated literary, informational, and visual art texts that students use to build knowledge. 
  
• Formative Assessments: daily assessments that help gauge the level of student understanding and provides the formative data that informs the next steps in differentiation and instruction. 
  
• Explicit Writing Instruction: a coherent sequence of writing standards that help integrate the various aspects of writing instruction that students learn and eventually master.