Although the book alignes to the Utah core curriculum the dull format, the lack of colors and pictures and the poor selection of topics makes this resource not appealing for teachers and students.

The vocabulary is not adecuate for middle and high school students for it use of sexual vocabulary and making offesive references to people with disabilities in some of the readings. In some of the texts they also steriotype the language spoken by Afroamericans.

The book only provides historical text but without any context making the very difficult for students to make connections with previous learning experiences.

The Information provided about the author is not complete enough to provide a meaninful context for the student and does~not lead the teacher to create pre-reading activities.

The Utah State Board of Education generally recommends AP texts as "Recommended Primary." The rubric doesn't necessarily apply to this AP text. For additional information see College Board Example Textbook lists at https://a