The textbook continues the author's line in social studies for grades 5-9. Contains extensive theoretical and factual material on the social studies course. Created taking into account modern scientific ideas about the spiritual world of the individual, the social structure of society and social relations, the state and law. Includes diagrams, tables, illustrations. The methodological apparatus for each paragraph contains a variety of multi-level questions and tasks for collective and independent work, fragments from documents, scientific and popular science literature for analysis and discussion, lesson vocabulary, topics for project activities, abstracts, discussions. The textbook is written in accordance with the Federal state educational standard for basic general education, approved by the Russian Academy of Education and the Russian Academy of Sciences, included in the Federal List.