As stated earlier, this book is 100% aligned to the new Grade 9 social studies framework in Global History. Each of the Key Ideas in the framework are covered in a comprehensive fashion that you will not find in any other textbook. This new book is quite different from the traditional textbooks you're used to using that simply don't have the content information needed for the new grade 9 curriculum. Instead of spending lots of time trying to locate material to teach the new content in the curriculum, you can simply find it in this book. For example, here is a page from our book that you will not find in a traditional textbook: the role of the Islamic Caliphates on the Renaissance. If the content material is mentioned in the Content Specifications, you can be sure it’s in this book. Every content chapter is devoted to covering one of the Key Ideas with a thorough analysis of each of its related Content Specifications.