Glencoe World History Texas Student Edition 2003 - Hardcover

McGraw-Hill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0078285577 ISBN 13: 9780078285578

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 2002

Synopsis

Glencoe World History, a comprehensive course that covers prehistory to the present day, helps link the events of the past with the issues that confront students today. It motivates and engages students in meaningful learning as they develop an understanding of the world's cultures and an appreciation for the interdependence of world regions.

Features:

• Respected Authorship- - Written by an unparalleled author team that includes the world-renowned National Geographic Society, this program is characterized by a consistently riveting narrative flow.- Special features contributed by the National Geographic engage every student and encourage even more reading.-
• The National Geographic Society created the map program for Glencoe World History. Clear, concise, and accurate, the maps make the connection between geography and history
• Reading Support- - Glencoe World History contains more reading support than any other World History program! Glencoe authors, editors, and reading specialists have created a unique content reading strategy that includes Prior Knowledge Activators and Graphic Organizers in every lesson and In-Text Reading Checks to monitor' ongoing comprehension.-
• New! Reading Essentials and Study Guide contains the entire text rewritten at a lower reading level. Combined with the World History Audio Program, the guide is a powerful reading tool for reluctant readers.

About this title

About the Author:

Jackson J. Spielvogel is Associate Professor Emeritus of History at The Pennsylvania State University. He received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, where he specialized in Reformation history under Harold J. Grimm. His articles and reviews have appeared in journals such as Moreana, Journal of General Education, Catholic Historical Review, Archiv fur Reformationsgeschichte, and American Historical Review. He also has contributed chapters or articles to THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION, THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE: A DICTIONARY HANDBOOK, the SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER ANNUAL OF HOLOCAUST STUDIES, and UTOPIAN STUDIES. His work has been supported by fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation and the Foundation for Reformation Research. At Penn State, he helped inaugurate the Western Civilization course, as well as a popular course on Nazi Germany. His book HITLER AND NAZI GERMANY was published in 1987 (7th Edition, 2014). He is the author of WESTERN CIVILIZATION, first published in 1991 (9th Edition, 2015), and the coauthor (with William Duiker) of WORLD HISTORY, first published in 1994 (8th Edition, 2016). Professor Spielvogel has won five major university-wide teaching awards. During the year 1988?1989, he held the Penn State Teaching Fellowship, the university's most prestigious teaching award. In 1996, he won the Dean Arthur Ray Warnock Award for Outstanding Faculty member, and in 2000 received the Schreyer Honors College Excellence in Teaching Award.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0078285577
• ISBN 13: 9780078285578
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1058