Thinking Through Sources for Ways of the World: A Global History with Sources for the AP® World History Modern Course

Thinking Through Sources for Ways of the World: A Global History with Sources for the AP® World History Modern Course
Author: Robert W. Strayer
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2020-05-01
Genre: World history
ISBN: 1319329381

Designed as a companion reader to accompany Ways of the World Since 1200, each chapter contains a DBQ-like project of six to eight carefully selected written and visual primary sources organized around a particular theme, issue, or question. Each project is then followed by related secondary sources. Source include headnotes and questions intended to assist students in developing the skills required to read, analyze, and write about sources. Essay questions at the end of each chapter provide a starting point for classroom discussion or a written assignment.

1200 Update Ways of the World with Sources for the AP® Modern Course

1200 Update Ways of the World with Sources for the AP® Modern Course
Author: Robert W. Strayer
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
Total Pages: 2265
Release: 2019-10-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1319282466

If you plan to begin your course at 1200 C.E., we have a Ways of the World for you! This brand new brief edition combines the thorough examination of significant historical trends, themes, and developments that Strayer/Nelson in known for, but opens with an entirely new “Part One” written specifically for this new course. By first setting the stage of world history at 1200 C.E., Strayer and Nelson provide a thoughtful and insightful commentary that helps students see the big picture of the 1200 start date and models historical thinking and writing throughout. Like the complete fourth edition, this briefer volume is even more focused on the needs of AP® students, with AP® Skills Workshops, DBQ-aligned Working with Evidence features, and more opportunities for students to hone their AP® skills and practice for the exam. Whether you move to a 1200 start date or continue to teach the full course, we have the market-leading book for you!

Ways of the World, Volume 1

Ways of the World, Volume 1
Author: Robert W. Strayer
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
Total Pages: 548
Release: 2015-09-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 1319030025

Ways of the World is one of the most successful and innovative textbooks for world history. The brief-by-design narrative is truly global and focuses on significant historical trends, themes, and developments in world history. Authors Robert W. Strayer, a pioneer in the world history movement with years of classroom experience, along with new co-author Eric W. Nelson, a popular and skilled teacher, provide a thoughtful and insightful synthesis that helps students see the big picture while teaching students to consider the evidence the way historians do.

1200 Update Ways of the World with Sources for the Ap(r) Modern Course

1200 Update Ways of the World with Sources for the Ap(r) Modern Course
Author: Robert W. Strayer
Publisher: Bedford Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-09-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781319236571

If you plan to begin your course at 1200 C.E., we have a Ways of the World for you! This brand new brief edition combines the thorough examination of significant historical trends, themes, and developments that Strayer/Nelson in known for, but opens with an entirely new "Part One" written specifically for this new course. By first setting the stage of world history at 1200 C.E., Strayer and Nelson provide a thoughtful and insightful commentary that helps students see the big picture of the 1200 start date and models historical thinking and writing throughout. Like the complete fourth edition, this briefer volume is even more focused on the needs of AP(R) students, with AP(R) Skills Workshops, DBQ-aligned Working with Evidence features, and more opportunities for students to hone their AP(R) skills and practice for the exam. Whether you move to a 1200 start date or continue to teach the full course, we have the market-leading book for you!

The World That Trade Created

The World That Trade Created
Author: Kenneth Pomeranz
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 523
Release: 2014-12-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317453824

In a series of brief vignettes the authors bring to life international trade and its actors, and also demonstrate that economic activity cannot be divorced from social and cultural contexts. In the process they make clear that the seemingly modern concept of economic globalisation has deep historical roots.