78 new primary sources in the text, such as an Egyptian nobleman’s
obituary, Assyrian proverbs, explorers’description of Prester John, and
a section of Pepys’ diary about Charles II’s arrival in England.
Each source is accompanied by an introductory paragraph that offers the
reader some context for understanding the source. Questions after the document
invite the student to “Investigate the Document.” For example, after
reading Herodotus’ account of Xerxes invasion of Greece, students are
asked to consider how Herodotus estimated the size of the invading force,
and how the force supplied itself.
Primary Source Investigator (PSI) cd comes with the text. PSI has 45 primary
sources (different from those in the text) from the Epic of Gilgamesh to Rousseau’s
Social Contract to poems of Anna Akhmatova.
PSI also has 30 interactive maps (The Silk Roads, Andean South American,
and Imperialism in Africa, for example), 13 brief movies (Islamic Scientific
Advances, Chaucer’s England, and The Berlin Aircraft, for example), and
124 visual sources like historical maps, artifacts, and works of art.
PSI provides contextual information and questions for each source, questions
that get students looking at sources the way historians do. PSI also offers
students the chance to take notes on the sources they study, and then guides
them through how to write a paper or create a presentation based on those
sources.
Hundreds more primary sources are available through the book’s Online
Learning Center: www.mhhe.com/sherman2updated.
For students, the OLC also offers quizzing for each chapter (multiple choice,
true/false, and brief essay questions) as well map exercises, global connections
exercises, biography exercises, and two types of chronology exercises.
To obtain an instructor login for this Online Learning Center, ask your local sales representative.
If you're an instructor thinking about adopting this textbook, request a free copy for review.
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