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 | | Portrait of America: Volume 1: To 1877 by Stephen Oates, Charles J. Errico ISBN-10: 9780618642960 ISBN-10: 0-618-64296-X ISBN-13: 9780618642960 ISBN-13: 978-0-618-64296-0 Paperback 2006-08-08 Wadsworth Publishing Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Portrait of America is an anthology of essays written by some of America's most eminent historians. Suitable for U.S. history survey courses, the collection maintains a loose biographical focus. The essays in this secondary-source reader humanize American history by portraying it as a story of real people with whom students can easily identify. More than 20 percent of the essays in the Ninth Edition are new. Each selection is preceded by an introduction for context, and a helpful glossary identifies important individuals, events, and concepts. Study questions follow each selection, prompting students to make comparisons between the readings. | ||
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Fantastic supplement A secondary source reader is a hugely valuable resource for teaching American History. Portrait of America is a fantastic supplement to any US History Survey. Each essay, written by a prominent historian, provides a sophisticated analysis of certain events and personalities in American History, in more depth and detail than any survey text provides. The variety of viewpoints taken by the authors also provide an excellent springboard to discussions of historiography. I use it as a supplemental reader, along with a survey text and a primary source reader, for teaching an Advanced Placement US History course. I have also used individual selections for teaching non-AP level US History courses to high school students. | ||
Good survey of American History I assigned this book to my AP and Dual Credit classes for outside reading. It has submissions from several authors which exposes students to different viewpoints and writing styles. The students got a lot out of each essay and were able to better understand the topics discusses in class. Highly recommended. | ||
An Interesting Insight into History We use this in my US History AP course and it's an interesting supplement. We read one piece each week. Some are amazing, others are rather pointless, but the book does a nice job of introducing each piece, and I also like the glossary they have with terms used. Overall it's pretty good. | ||