R&L Education
Pages: 320
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Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-1-57886-293-1 • Paperback • November 2005 • $110.00 • (£85.00)
Shelly Kintisch and Wilma Cordero have worked together for over thirty years. They are firmly committed to public education and through the years have developed multicultural curriculum for heterogeneous classes, team-taught, supervised student teachers, coached the debate team, and mentored new teachers.
Part 1 Introduction to the First Edition
Part 2 Introduction to the Second Edition
Part 3 Introduction to the Third Edition
Chapter 4 1. Exploration of the New World
Chapter 5 2. The Colonists
Chapter 6 3. The American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence
Chapter 7 4. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights
Chapter 8 5. Establishing the New Nation
Chapter 9 6. Expansion and the Frontier
Chapter 10 7. The Civil War
Chapter 11 8. Reconstruction
Chapter 12 9. Life Across the United States, 1865-1900
Chapter 13 10. The Industrial Revolution
Chapter 14 11. Immigration
Chapter 15 12. The United States Becomes a World Power
Chapter 16 13. The Twenties
Chapter 17 14. The Great Depression
Chapter 18 15. World War II
Chapter 19 16. The Postwar Years, 1945-1959
Chapter 20 17. The Sixties
Chapter 21 18. The Seventies
Chapter 22 19. The Eighties and Nineties: Ending the Twentieth Century
Chapter 23 20. Facing the Twenty-First Century
Chapter 24 21. Current Events
Chapter 25 22. Term Papers
Chapter 26 23. A Special Classroom Library: Beyond Reference
Chapter 27 24. Debates
Intended as a teaching supplement for U.S. history courses, this text presents learning activities that encourage active student involvement. It features a variety of classroom activities, research projects, and writing assignments aimed at bringing American history alive for students of all grade levels.
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