Approved Textbooks and Online Programs

Approved Textbooks and Online Programs

Ttextbooks and online programs approved by the School Board in November 2017.

Online Programs - Grades K-12

  • ICivics
  • Nearpod

Grades K-5

Grade Course Publisher Title
Kindergarten Social Studies Five Ponds Press Our Community: Life in Virginia
1 Social Studies Five Ponds Press Our State: Virginia Then and Now
2 Social Studies Five Ponds Press Our United States: Our Lives, Our Lands, Our Legends
3 Social Studies Five Ponds Press Ancient World Cultures: Their Lives, Lands, and Legends
4 Virginia Studies McGraw Hill Social Studies: Virginia Studies
5 North America Geography Cengage Western Hemisphere with Europe

Grades 6-8

Grade Course Publisher Title
6 United States History to 1865 Five Ponds Press Our America to 1865
7 United States History 1865 to the Present Five Ponds Press Our America: 1865 to the Present
8 Civics and Economics Five Ponds Press Our State & Nation:  Civics and Economics

Grades 9-12

Course Publisher Title
World History and Geography to 1500  Pearson World History and Geography Beginnings to 1500
World History and Geography 1500 to the Present Pearson World History and Geography VA Edition
Virginia and United States History McGraw-Hill Education United States History & Geography
Virginia and United States Government Pearson Magruder’s American Government

Advanced Levels and Electives

Course Publisher Title
Economics Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Economics
Sociology McGraw-Hill Education Sociology and You
Psychology BFW/Worth Psychology in Everyday Life 4th Edition
World Geography  McGraw-Hill Education The Human and Physical World
Pre-AP World History and Geography to 1500  Pearson World History and Geography to 1500
AP World History  Cengage Learning Voyages in World History
AP United states History Norton America: a Narrative History
AP Government and Politics: U.S McGraw Hill Education American Democracy Now
AP Government and Politics: Comparative  Cengage Learning Introduction to Comparative Politics 7th Edition
AP Economics  BFW Worth Krugman’s Economics for AP, 2nd Edition
AP Psychology  Macmillian Publishing Myers Psychology for the AP Course, 4th Edition
AP Psychology  Worth Psychology 11th Edition
AP Human Geography  McGraw Hill Education Human Geography, AP Edition
AP African American Studies Bedford St. Martin Freedom on My Mind 3rd Edition
AP European History  Pearson The Western Heritage Since 1300 The Western Heritage, Since 1300 Revised AP Edition
Pre-IB Diploma Programme World History and Geography From 1500  Cengage Learning Voyages in World History
Pre-IB Diploma Programme AP Government and Politics: Comparative  Cengage Learning Introduction to Comparative Politics 7th Edition
Pre-IB Diploma Programme AP Government and Politics: Comparative  WoodYard Publications AP Comparative Government and Politics: An Essential Coursebook 
Pre-IB Diploma Programme AP Government and Politics: U. S. McGraw Hill Education American Democracy Now
IB Global Politics  Oxford University Press Global Politics: Course Companion
IB History I: History of the America  Hodder & Stoughton Access to History for the IB Diploma- Independence Movements
IB History I: History of the America  Hodder & Stoughton Access to History for the IB Diploma- United States Civil War, Causes Course and 
IB History I: History of the America  Hodder & Stoughton Access to History for the IB Diploma- The Mexican Revolution 1884-1940
IB History I: History of the America  Hodder & Stoughton Access to History for the IB Diploma: Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs 1880-1929
IB History I: History of the America  Hodder & Stoughton Access to History for the IB Diploma: The Great Depression and the Americas 1929-39
IB History I: History of the America  Hodder & Stoughton Access to History for the IB Diploma: The Second World War and the Americas 1933-1945 Second Edition
IB History I: History of the America  Hodder & Stoughton Access to History for the IB Diploma: Civil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas Post-1945 Second Edition
IB History I: History of the America  Hodder & Stoughton Access to History for the IB Diploma: The Cold War and the Americas 1945-1981 Second Edition
IB History II: Topics in Twentieth-Century History  Pearson Baccalaureate The Move to Global Wa
IB History II: Topics in Twentieth-Century History  Pearson Baccalaureate Causes and Effects of 20th Century Wars
IB History II: Topics in Twentieth-Century History  Pearson Baccalaureate Authoritarian States
IB History II: Topics in Twentieth-Century History  Pearson Baccalaureate The Cold War
IB Geography  Oxford University Press IB Geography Course Book
IB Psychology  Oxford University Press IB Psychology Course Book
IB Social and Cultural Anthropology  Cengage Learning Culture Counts: A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 4th Edition

Cambridge Courses

Course Publisher Title
Pre-AICE World History and Geography to 1500 Cengage Learning The Earth and Its Peoples, Brief: A Global History, 6th Edition
AICE World  Cambridge University Press Cambridge International AS Level History: European History, 1789-1917
AICE United States History  Harper Collins Flagship History, United States, 1776 to 1992
AICE United States History  Cambridge University Press Cambridge International AS Level History: History of the USA 1840-1941
AICE Economics  Pearson Foundations of Economics, 8th Edition
AICE Global Perspectives  Oxford University Press Complete Global Perspectives for Cambridge IGCSE and O Level 2nd Edition
AICE International History: 1945 – 1991  Cengage Learning Flagship History, International Relations, 1879-2004
AICE International History: 1945 – 1991  Palgrave The Cold War, 1945-1991
AICE Psychology  Oxford University Press Psychology for Cambridge International AS and A Level
AICE Sociology  Cambridge University Press Cambridge International AS and A Level Sociology: Coursebook
IGCSE Global Perspectives  Cambridge University Press Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Global Perspectives Coursebook