Mazer Creative Services

Social Studies

Harcourt School Publishers

Social Studies, North Carolina edition
Teacher edition and assessment guides for elementary program

Mazer’s Role

In this unique endeavor, Mazer partnered with Harcourt to write, edit, copyedit, and factcheck three state-specific teacher editions and assessment guides for entry into North Carolina. Through strong collaboration and close coordination, Mazer wrote and edited more than 900 pages of teacher edition and assessment manuscript within a month’s time. Unlike traditional teacher editions, the North Carolina entry featured an increased emphasis on reading skills and strategies in an effort to fulfill state standards in both social studies and reading/language arts.

Glencoe

Civics Today: Citizenship, Economics, and You © 2008 National and North Carolina editions
Grade 10 print and online ancillaries

Mazer’s Role

In this sweeping, full-service entry, Mazer worked closely with Glencoe personnel to reimagine and execute an existing array of more than two dozen ancillaries. In so doing, Mazer provided program conceptualization and design prototyping; writing, editing, copyediting, and factchecking of manuscript; art research and acquisition; and page layout and production editing services for this extensive national product line. Mazer then customized elements of the national product line to a North Carolina student base.

Harcourt School Publishers

Social Studies Leveled Readers: National, Ohio, New Jersey, and North Carolina editions
Teacher guides for elementary leveled-readers

Mazer’s Role

In an encore to an earlier effort, Mazer worked across sites on the full-service development of this product line, including the writing, editing, copyediting, art research and acquisition, production editing, and page design of teacher guides designed to accompany a leveled reader series for national and North Carolina audiences. For the Ohio editions, Mazer coordinated its Dayton and Orlando sites in this full-service effort to develop a K–6 series of teacher guides that accompany a series of leveled readers. In so doing, Mazer wrote, edited, and copyedited manuscript, researched and acquired art, and performed page design and production edits.

Prentice Hall

United States History © 2008 California and national editions
Grade 11 teacher edition, teacher resource guide, and color transparencies

Mazer’s Role

In this complex full-service project, Mazer simultaneously produced manuscript for Prentice Hall’s National and California teacher editions and later its Survey and Reconstruction teacher editions through the use of conditional text. As with the teacher editions, Mazer wrote, edited, copyedited, and factchecked manuscript, researched and acquired art, and provided page design and production editing services for three dozen teacher resource guides and hundreds of transparencies that accompany this multitiered high school entry.

Houghton Mifflin

Social Studies © 2005 Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania editions
Grade 4 student editions

Mazer’s Role

Using Houghton Mifflin’s national versions as guides, Mazer provided full-service development of this line of state-customized student editions, including prototyping, writing, editing, copyediting, production editing, design, art research and acquisition, and production services. This large-scale product line, which featured an increased emphasis on reading skills and strategies, included a teacher edition and two-color ancillaries customized to each of six states.

Social Studies © 2006 Massachusetts, Missouri, Wisconsin editions
Grades 3–4 student editions

Mazer’s Role

In an extension of other, concurrent student edition phases, Mazer provided writing, editing, copyediting, production editing, design, art research and acquisition, and production services for this full-service, state-customized offering that also included teacher editions.

Scott Foresman

Social Studies © 2008
Student editions and teacher editions

Mazer’s Role

Mazer provided production edit services for this customized student edition entry into Arkansas and Tennessee for grades 1–6. Demonstrating its versatility, Mazer also provided high quality, full-service editorial capabilities for the corresponding state-specific teacher editions. The customized content accompanied the client’s national editions, providing focused, state-specific instruction and fulfilling all relevant Arkansas and Tennessee social studies standards.

Prentice Hall

America: History of Our Nation © 2007 California edition
Grade 8 teacher edition, teacher resource guide, and color transparencies

Mazer’s Role

In generating elements of this comprehensive U.S. history program, Mazer provided a full range of services: writing, editing, art research and acquisition, and production. In addition to developing in-depth content for the teacher edition and the teacher resources guide, Mazer produced a series of vibrant, informative color transparencies. Through close collaboration with personnel at Prentice Hall, Mazer ensured the accuracy and consistency of all program components.

Harcourt School Publishers

Mazer’s Role

For this national project spanning grades K–6, Mazer assiduously researched and finalized a collection of 30 elaborate annotated transparencies. Mazer exerted the utmost consideration in selecting the primary source materials and historical documents for this collection, carefully identifying pieces that would provide students with valuable experience in reading and using significant primary sources. These transparencies served as the foundation for corresponding teacher material that included leveled document-based questions.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston

Mazer’s Role

Working side by side with Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Mazer developed superior-quality skill-based front matter content for inclusion in the American Anthem U.S. history program. Mazer oversaw work on all tasks, from idea inception through manuscript development, factchecking, and production editing. Having previously developed a contemporary issues unit for the American Anthem program, Mazer later customized the national version for state-specific New York and California editions.

Harcourt School Publishers

Mazer’s Role

Each book in this document-based ancillary program for grades 1–6 features high-interest stories, accessible primary source documents, and well-crafted comprehension questions that encourage higher-order thinking and prepare students for standardized assessments. Mazer’s creative editorial team conducted research, wrote and edited manuscript, and provided production editing services.