Prentice Hall's exclusive partnership with Close Up Foundation, the nation's largest civic education organization, brings teachers and students access to innovative multimedia and print materials, including excerpts of Current Issues.

The Close Up Foundation is the nation's leading civic education organization. Since 1971, Close Up has been a leader in the social studies field, reaching millions of students, educators, and other adults. The Foundation's mission of informed participation in government and democracy drives its experiential civic education programs for students and teachers in Washington D.C., as well as its television programs on C-SPAN and its award-winning publications and videos. Close Up's work represents a multidimensional approach to citizenship education by increasing community involvement and civic literacy - one student, one citizen, at a time.