Educational research has shown that students learn best by participation. North Carolina: The Tar Heel State follows this principle religiously.
The book keeps students involved while they work through exciting and fun activities.
The book gives serious attention to having students understand all the goals and objectives of North Carolina's Social Studies curriculum, not just history and geography.
Students will find outstanding material on government, citizenship, and economics, as well as Social Studies skills.
The text uses an activity approach that teaches students how to think by integrating content with process skills.
Students learn better because the content and process skills of Social Studies actually reinforce each other.
Many of the activities are multi-disciplinary. Adopted by the State of North Carolina.