Taking Sides: Clashing Views in United States History, Volume 1: The Colonial Period to Reconstruction

Taking Sides: Clashing Views in United States History, Volume 1: The Colonial Period to Reconstruction
Author: Larry Madaras
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2006-11-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780073527239

This Twelfth Edition of TAKING SIDES: CLASHING VIEWS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, VOLUME 1 presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. An instructor’s manual with testing material is available for each volume. USING TAKING SIDES IN THE CLASSROOM is also an excellent instructor resource with practical suggestions on incorporating this effective approach in the classroom. Each TAKING SIDES reader features an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites and is supported by our student website, www.mhcls.com/online.

Taking Sides

Taking Sides
Author: Eugene Kuzirian
Publisher:
Total Pages: 384
Release: 1987
Genre: United States
ISBN:

Taking Sides American History

Taking Sides American History
Author: Larry Madaras
Publisher: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: United States
ISBN: 9780073102184

Presents opposing arguments on eighteen events and issues in American history since Reconstruction, including the Industrial Revolution, Prohibition, the Depression, the attack on Pearl Harbor, segregation, the Cold War, and others.

Taking Sides: The colonial period to Reconstruction

Taking Sides: The colonial period to Reconstruction
Author: Larry Madaras
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
Total Pages: 408
Release: 1991
Genre: United States
ISBN: 9780879679347

[The authors] aim has been to create an effective instrument to enhance classroom learning and to foster critical thinking.... The understanding that the reader arrives at based on the evidence that emerges from the clash of views encourages the reader to view history as an interpretive discipline, not one of rote memorization. As in previous editions, the issues are arranged in chronological order and can be easily incorporated into any American history survey course. Each issue has an issue introduction, which set the stage for the debate that follows in the pro and con sections. -Pref.

Taking Sides American History Since 1945

Taking Sides American History Since 1945
Author: Larry Madaras
Publisher: Dushkin Publishing Group
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780072828214

This reader introduces students to controversies in American history since 1945. The issues discuss topics such as: was it necessary to drop the atomic bomb to end World War II; was Dwight Eisenhower a great president; and did the great society fail. Taking Sides actively develops critical thinking skills by requiring students to analyze opposing viewpoints and reach considered judgements. Visit our student Web site Dushkin Online (www.dushkin.com/online/) for additional support to the Taking Sides title.

Taking Sides

Taking Sides
Author: Larry Madaras
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1993
Genre: United States
ISBN:

Taking sides

Taking sides
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 408
Release: 1995
Genre: Bioethics
ISBN: 9780717275502

United States History, Volume 2: Taking Sides - Clashing Views in United States History, Volume 2: Reconstruction to the Present

United States History, Volume 2: Taking Sides - Clashing Views in United States History, Volume 2: Reconstruction to the Present
Author: Larry Madaras
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2008-10-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780073515328

This THIRTEENTH EDITION of TAKING SIDES: CLASHING VIEWS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, VOLUME 2 presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with an issue summary, an issue introduction, and a postscript. An instructor’s manual with testing material is available online for each volume. USING TAKING SIDES IN THE CLASSROOM is also an excellent instructor resource with practical suggestions on incorporating this effective approach in the classroom. Each TAKING SIDES reader features an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites and is supported by our student website, www.mhcls.com/online.