An overview of a program which coordinates ninth-grade academic English and world history courses is presented along with teaching material for the courses. The classes are taught separately, but the subject matter and major assignments are coordinated by historical period. Teaching materials include: goals and objectives of the program, 13 ideas for coordinated assignments, a letter to parents explaining the program, a coordinated list of topics covered in the history class and books assigned in the English class for each of four quarters, a list of 33 first-quarter projects from which students can choose, and instructions for a newspaper project for the fourth quarter. This document was selected by the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) Task Force on Public Confidence as descriptive of a promising practice or exemplary project worthy of highlighting for the California educational community. (DC)