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Guided by Grant Wiggins, co-author of Understanding by Design, instruction and assessment are organized around an Essential Question that explores the big ideas of American Government. New, for an accessible curriculum! Explicit reading strategies, such as point-of-use vocabulary support and a considerate text, are designed for students reading at about a 6th-grade level. Each unit culminates in a performance-based assessment task that demonstrates students' understanding.--Publisher.