AMERICA: History of Our Nation

Prentice Hall America: A History of Our Nation is a multiple media program designed to engage todays students in the exciting story of our nations past. Built around meeting the way you teach and the way your students learn the program provides different pathways into the content for all levels and types of learners while providing cutting-edge teacher support developed to provide a "wow!" factor at each stage of instruction. The program is built around Essential Questions designed to stimulate conversation emphasize source analysis hands-on learning and critical thinking with a goal of helping students to achieve an enduring understanding of Americas past. Authors James West Davidson Michael B. Stoff and Grant Wiggins co-author of Understanding by Design focus on the "why" of history--helping students make meaning of what happened long ago and why it remains important to us today. The Survey Edition supports all American History courses from the beginnings to the modern day.