'How Well Understanding U.S. History Addresses the California State History-Social Science Standards - Grade 8' (PDF format) is Araminta Coleman's review of an eighth grade history textbook for which NCITE provided consultation. Understanding U.S. History was written by Doug Carnine, Don Crawford, Mark Harniss, and Keith Hollenbeck, and was published by the University of Oregon in 1995. This review documents how well the book meets the California State Standards for history and social science.