Supplements for Students

America Past and Present Interactive Edition CD-ROM
Free to students with Divine et al. America Past and Present, Fifth Edition, the Divine Interactive Edition CD-ROM is an exciting new learning tool that combines the America Past and Present textbook and Study Guide with the latest in multimedia. The Interactive Edition CD-ROM contains the full text and maps from the book, in full color, with contextually placed media icons – audio, video, related web links, activities, practice tests, and more – that connect students to additional content directly related to key concepts in their text. These multimedia icons and features expand chapter content, involve students in the subject matter, and reinforce the material that they've studied. Because the Divine Interactive Edition allows students to study through a variety of media, it accommodates a wide variety of individual learning styles. Please contact your local Longman sales representative for ordering information.

The History Place Website (www.ushistoryplace.com).
Available free to adopters of the text, this new Website combines quality educational publishing with the immediacy and interactivity of the Internet. At The History Place, you'll find a continually updated source of maps, timelines, and other interactive learning activities, as well as a rich collection of primary documents, news, and online quizzes. A free subscription to The History Place is included with every new copy of the student text.

Study Guide and Practice Tests
This two-volume study guide was written by Donald L. Smith, Houston Community College; Richard Bailey, San Jacinto College; and Charles M. Cook, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Community and Technical Colleges. Each volume begins with an introductory essay, "Skills for Studying and Learning History." Each chapter contains a summary, learning objectives, identification list, map exercises, glossary, and multiple-choice, completion, essay questions, and new critical thinking exercises involving primary sources.

StudyWizard Computerized Tutorial
Prepared by Ken Weatherbie of Del Mar College, this interactive program helps students learn the major facts and concepts through drill and practice exercises and diagnostic feedback. StudyWizard, which provides immediate correct answers, explanations of answers and the text page number on which the material is discussed, maintains a running score of the student's performance on the screen throughout the session.

America Through the Eyes of Its People: Primary Sources in American History, Second Edition
This one-volume collection of primary documents portrays the rich and varied tapestry of American life. It contains documents by women, Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, and others who helped to shape the course of U.S. history, along with student study questions and contextual headnotes.

Sources of the African-American Past
Edited by Roy Finkenbine of University of Detroit at Mercy, this collection of primary sources covers key themes in the African-American experience from the West African background to the present. Balanced between political and social history, it offers a vivid snapshot of the lives of African Americans in different historical periods, and includes documents representing women and different regions of the United States. Available at a minimum cost when bundled with the text.

Women and the National Experience
Edited by Ellen Skinner of Pace University, this primary source reader contains both classic and unusual documents describing the history of women in the United States. The documents provide dramatic evidence that outspoken women attained a public voice and participated in the development of national events and policies long before they could vote. Chronologically organized and balanced between social and political history, this reader offers a striking picture of the lives of women across American history. Available at a minimum cost when bundled with the text.

Reading the American West
Edited by Mitchel Roth of Sam Houston State University, this primary source reader uses letters, diary excerpts, speeches, interviews, and newspaper articles to let students experience what historians really do and how history is written. Every document is accompanied by a contextual headnote and study questions. The book is divided into chapters with extensive introductions. Available at a minimum cost when bundled with the text.

Library of American Biography Series
Edited by Oscar Handlin of Harvard University, each of these interpretive biographies focuses on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of American history and national life. At the same time, each biography relates the life of its subject to the broader them and developments of the times. Brief and inexpensive, they are ideal for any U.S. history course. New editions include Abigail Adams: An American Woman, Second Edition, by Charles W. Akers; Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business, Second Edition, by Harold C. Livesay; and Eleanor Roosevelt: A Personal and Public Life, Second Edition, by J. William T. Youngs

Longman American History Atlas
This full color historical atlas includes more than 100 maps, all designed especially for this volume. This valuable reference tool is available shrink-wrapped with America Past and Present at low cost.

Mapping America: A Guide to Historical Geography
This workbook by Ken Weatherbie of Del Mar College was revised specifically for this new edition. Each volume contains 18 exercises corresponding to the map program in the text. Each exercise concludes with interpretive questions about the role of geography in American history. This free item is designed to be packaged with America Past and Present.

Mapping American History: Student Activities
Written by Gerald Danzer of the University of Illinois at Chicago, this free map workbook for students features exercises designed to teach students to interpret and analyze cartographic materials as historical documents.

TimeLink Computer Atlas of American History
This atlas, compiled by William Hamblin of Brigham Young University, is an introductory software tutorial and textbook companion. This Macintosh program presents the historical geography of the continental United States from colonial times to the settling of the West and the admission of the last continental state in 1912. The program covers territories in different time periods, provides quizzes, and includes a special Civil War module.

Learning to Think Critically: Films and Myths about American History
Randy Roberts and Robert May of Purdue University use well-known films such as Gone with the Wind and Casablanca to explore some common myths about America and its past. This short handbook subjects some popular beliefs to historical scrutiny to help students develop a method of inquiry for approaching the subject of history in general.

A Short Guide To Writing About History
Written by Richard Marius of Harvard University, this short guide introduces students to the pleasures of historical research and discovery while teaching them how to write cogent history papers. Focusing on more than just the conventions of good writing, this supplement shows students first how to think about history, and then how to organize their thoughts into coherent essays.


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