See What A Difference Upfront
Can Make In Your Classroom
STANDARDS
Meet Today's Most Important Academic Standards
BLENDED LEARNING
Engage Every Student with Flexible Print + Digital Resources
Digital Articles
Read Upfront on any device, from whiteboards to smartphones. You can even zoom in on Upfront’s many text features, including photos, maps, graphs, and diagrams.
Skills Sheets
Every issue comes with printable activities that develop key social studies and ELA skills, such as analyzing arguments, understanding paired texts, and organizing ideas for writing projects.
Searchable Issue Archive
Need resources on a specific Upfront topic? Search our easy-to-use archive for past articles, text sets, videos, and skills sheets.
Videos
Engaging videos build background knowledge and give context to complex news stories (with closed-captioning).
Multiple Reading Levels
Alternate Lexile® levels help struggling students access Upfront’s most important articles.
CALENDAR
Cover Curricular Topics and the News All Year
2024–2025 Planning Calendar
Here's a sneak peek at our 2024–2025 first semester calendar. In addition to all of these great articles, subscribers get access to 100s more articles in our digital archive.
TEACHER SUPPORT
Save Prep Time with Comprehensive Teaching Support
Pacing and Implementation Guide
To help you make the most of all the great resources Upfront offers, we’ve developed this pacing guide. It features implementation suggestions and curriculum connections you need to plan lessons effectively and efficiently. Click here to view.
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Build the Knowledge and Skills Your Students Need Most
View the complete social studies and ELA skills list here.
By the end of the year, your students will have developed knowledge and enhanced skills in the following areas:
