I hate this textbook and disagree with using it entirely. Same as last year, when studying for finals, it is useless. Sure, the info is good and may be of higher quality than the regular grade 9 socials textbook, but for studying, it is useless. It is out of date, contains some innaccurate info (the creator of the Water Frame for example is wrongly credited to Arkwright), and lastly, it is USELESS to study from. Why? Last year, what I did was read through each chapter. The descriptions the textbook gives are soooooooo long that it's not even funny. It takes ages to find one piece of information. Unlike the regular Grade 9 textbook, there are no study sections, no glossarys, no helpful bubbles on the sides, no this, no that. I hate this textbook and I think that Middle Years students should move on to using the regular grade 9 textbook. The teachers can then include supplementary information in their lectures and notes.