Reading and Writing American History Volume 1 - Softcover

Hoffer, Distinguished Research Professor Peter Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 125635886X ISBN 13: 9781256358862

Publisher: Pearson Learning Solutions, 2011

Synopsis

As American colleges and universities strive to prepare twenty-first-century students for an ever-changing world, the importance of studying history within a liberal arts curriculum can be forgotten. Noting that the students of today are very present-minded, the authors of Reading and Writing American History show how learning about history can be seamlessly integrated with up-to-the-minute technology, blending the past, the present, and even the future. Following the philosophy that students should become doers rather than simple consumers, the book aims to teach historical methods and skills while engaging students in a way no ordinary textbook can. The book is thus really a work-text, with opportunities for students to pause and reflect on what they are learning every few pages.

Each chapter presents students not only with a period of American history, but also with a specific task to help them become better historians; for example, the chapter on the Civil War encourages students to use the Internet for research but also instructs them on how to tell valid online sources from spurious ones. The chapters include in-depth examinations of previously ignored or marginalized peoples, fulfilling the new multicultural mandates of history departments. By bringing students face to face with the questions that every history teacher and scholar confronts, the authors ensure that history

becomes a living and breathing field of study for today's students.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson Learning Solutions
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 125635886X
• ISBN 13: 9781256358862
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 264