Documenting History

Description:

This 12-volume set examines important aspects of modern history through a range of primary source media-including photos, eyewitness accounts, news reports, and official documents. The materials are woven into a coherent overview of the topic. This set, designed to be used as circulating non-fiction in the library and as a companion to history texts in the classroom, brings history to life while teaching students the importance of primary source research.

Key features include:

• Colorful design and easy-to-read content offers a non-intimidating introduction to document- based learning.

• Upper-level vocabulary is defined contextually.

• "Now You Know" provides recap of each topic.

• Each volume offers a mini-archive of primary source material about the topic.

• Content is correlated to state and provincial learning standards.

• The set is a convenient summary of and guide to relevant topical content for students more versed in document-based learning.

Titles:

• Aboriginal Rights Movement

• African American Civil Rights Movement

• American Civil War

• Canadian Independence

• Chinese Revolution

• Federation of Australia

• The Great Depression

• Independence of India and Pakistan

• South Africa's Anti-Apartheid Movement

• Women's Right to Vote

• World War II in Europe

• World War II in the Pacific