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Junior Scholastic
GRADES 6–8

Junior Scholastic

Current topics, history, civics, and geography for the social studies classroom

  • 9 issues per student
  • Print & digital resources
  • Robust content library

$8.49 per student

District and school-wide volume discounts

  • Try a Free Digital Sample

    Read stories. Watch videos. Browse activities. And more! Give it a try in your classroom.
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    Get complimentary print samples, a live online demo, or a quote. Just ask—we'll be right with you!
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Bring the World into Your Classroom

Make social studies relevant and meaningful to middle schoolers with the current nonfiction resource just for them.  Our texts offer teen-focused, authentic connections to curricular topics, giving students a deeper understanding of our country, the world, and their place in it. 

Turn Amazing Stories into Powerful Lessons

It's already done for you! Ready-to-go teaching kits come with every story for instant, high-interest lessons. Check out our easy-to-use suite of multimedia teaching tools that elevate instruction.
  • High-Interest Nonfiction

    Read, think, and talk about stories that matter. Listen to audio versions.
  • Real-World Videos

    Build important background knowledge with powerful videos made just for social studies.
  • Interactive Slideshows

    Grow vocabularies and comprehension with engaging lessons featuring audio and video.
  • Engaging Skill Builders

    Reinforce important social studies and ELA skills with targeted activities.

  • Get Time-Saving Teacher Support

    Optimize planning and teaching with step-by-step lesson plans, a pacing guide, and more. All this support means implementation is easy!

  • Meet Your Academic Standards

    Raise student achievement by aligning lessons to instructional goals. With built-in correlations to state and national standards, you'll stay on track all year.
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  • Align Our Topics to Your Instruction

    Get the right texts at the right time sent right to you. Look at our 2025–26 calendar. Your curriculum, our content—it's the perfect match!
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  • Build Essential Skills

    Close-reading questions, writing prompts, primary source analysis, and other activities help students achieve grade-level mastery in:

    • Reading Comprehension

    • Social Studies and History

    • Geography and Map Skills

    • Research

    • Language Development

    • Writing
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Reach Every Learner with Differentiation

Meet students where they are—and take them where they need to be. Use multiple reading levels, a Text-to-Speech audio feature, closed-captioned videos, assessments, and more. Differentiate with a click!

Real Teachers. Real Success.

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