Discovering the Western Past

Merry E. Wiesner

Houghton/Mifflin

This supplemental text, designed for use in any Western civilization course, explores historical material using the "discovery approach," which presents students with a series of historical problems—and the evidence they can use to analyze and solve these problems. Each chapter follows a six-step system that allows students to follow a scholarly historical investigation from beginning to end.

Discovering the Western Past: A Look at the Evidence : To 1789

History

Europe

Houghton Mifflin College Div.

This impressive author team use a unique process to guide students in analysing evidence and drawing conclusions, dividing each chapter into six steps: Problem, Background, Method, Evidence, Questions to Consider and Epilogue. The unique structure promotes critical thinking, sharpens analytical skills and builds student interest in the subject. New comparative chapters contribute to a more thorough and balanced examination of global history. New material has been included in both volumes on topics such as the Black Death, pilgrimages, agricultural villages, the Atlantic system and popular culture. With the emphasis on historical study as interpretation rather than memorisation of data this second edition is sure to prove as popular as the first.

Discovering the Global Past: A Look at the Evidence, Second Edition, Vol. 2

William Bruce Wheeler

Franklin M. Doeringer

World

Cengage Learning'

This primary source reader contains a multi-part pedagogical framework to guide the student through the process of historical inquiry and explanation. Its unique structure promotes critical thinking, sharpens analytical skills, and builds student interest in the subject matter. The text features the latest scholarship in the field of Medieval history emphasizing historical study as interpretation rather than memorization of data.

Discovering the Medieval Past

Kenneth R. Curtis

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