ACCESS American History
Product identity
- Publisher
- Great Source Education Group
- Program family
- ACCESS: Building Literacy Through Learning
- Edition
- 1st Edition (©2005)
Instructional fit
- Courses
- Accessible American history for grades 5–12
- Role explanation
- Supplemental and intervention-oriented American history curriculum supporting access to grade-level social studies content.
- Subjects covered
- Supported instructional roles
Materials and delivery
- Format description
- Print student and teacher materials with an activity journal, assessment resources, visuals, maps, vocabulary support, and literacy scaffolds.
- Included components
- Student edition; teacher edition; student activity journal; assessment book; assessment folder; transparencies; vocabulary and reading support; maps and timelines; review and skills practice.
- Languages and support
- English with simplified language, explicit vocabulary, visual context, structured reading support, differentiated instruction, and teacher guidance for multilingual and developing readers.
- Format components
Links and notes
- Vendor product URL
- Visit publisher product page
- Curriculum notes
- The source inventory combined this title with ACCESS World History. They are distinct products with separate ISBNs and publication years, so each receives its own listing. Great Source Education Group was a division of Houghton Mifflin. This edition is discontinued and no longer available for purchase.
Availability
- Product availability
- Discontinued—no longer available for purchase
- Last checked
- September 29, 2026
A literacy-supported American history program designed to make social studies content accessible through concise text, visual context, vocabulary instruction, reading support, activities, and assessment.
ACCESS American History combines United States history content with explicit literacy development. Short sections, accessible language, vocabulary instruction, visuals, maps, timelines, comprehension checks, and structured activities help multilingual learners and students reading below grade level engage with historical content while strengthening academic reading and writing.