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Binding: Unknown Binding
EAN: 9780395138861
ISBN: 0395138868
Label: Houghton Mifflin
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
Publication Date: 1973
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Studio: Houghton Mifflin |
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Summary: Fantastic supplement
Comment: 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.
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Summary: Good survey of American History
Comment: 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.
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Summary: An Interesting Insight into History
Comment: 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.
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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 has 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 identify. Each selection is preceded by an introduction that sets the context and a helpful glossary that identifies important individuals, events, and concepts. The Eighth Edition includes an essay in which six major historians reflect on the historical significance of September 11, 2001.
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