I used this book to introduce the social studies topic for the week which is a Louisiana overview. We were also introducing text structure, so I was able to use the captions, table of contents, index, and glossary in the book to introduce these concepts with my class as well. The book discussed different facts of Louisiana. Since the last edition came out in 2003, the population statistics given are not accurate. I was pleased with the way the author present the symbols and then gave a little bit of background on why the symbol was chosen. This book also refers the students to some websites for them to find even more information. ( )