A brief text focused on social history that is both engaging and accessible. Sustained attention to daily life with lively details about the human experience — from families and food to sex and religion — captures students’ interest. A narrative that is 30 percent shorter than the full-length book is more accessible for students and gives teachers the flexibility to assign supplemental texts.
An author team of renowned scholars and veteran teachers. Joining John P. McKay and John Buckler, new authors Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks and Clare Haru Crowston, both highly respected scholars, bring new perspectives, scholarship in social history, and global emphases.
The most extensive pedagogical support available in a brief text. Learning aids include section reviews, carefully crafted chapter reviews that reprise the preview questions with summary answers, and pronunciation guides and key term definitions at point-of-encounter.
An art and map program that rivals full-length texts. Contemporaneous illustrations and plentiful maps reveal the past to students while introducing them to visual analysis. "Mapping the Past" activities encourage students to think critically about the role of geography in Western civilization.
Special features use documents, images, and brief biographies to extend the narrative. This brief edition includes all of the widely praised special features of its parent text.
Individuals in Society biographical accounts highlight human agency;
Listening to the Past documents introduce students to primary-source analysis; and
Images in Society essays engage students with visual sources.