Guidebook, Complete for Kennedy/Cohen/Bailey S the American Pageant, 13th

by Thomas A. Bailey, David M. Kennedy, Lizabeth Cohen, et al.

Book Overview

The American Pageant Guidebook: A Manual for Students 384 pages This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618574263
• ISBN13: 9780618574261
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Perfect

So it turns out my AP history teacher uses the multiple choice questions from this book for our tests. This is awesome! I only wish I had ordered it sooner because now its June and all I can use it for is studying for the final. ( Which I will now ace.)

The American Pageant Guidebook

The workbook was in perfect condition and arrived in a short period of time. Thanks!

Very Helpful Resource

As an AP U.S. History teacher, I have noticed many students struggle as they try to get meaningful information from their history textbooks. This 13th edition Guidebook for American Pageant offers students multiple ways of getting pertinent details from the text via multiple choice, identification, map skills questions, and short essay questions. Although not exceptional, this consumable is a helpful resource for students.

A Teacher's Perspective

The Guidebook is not a substitute for the text, but it is not designed to be. It is a good resource for those looking for review materials to help them in a course in which American Pageant is the primary text.

More than a Text Book

While taking AP American History at my high school I was worried about how much reading I would have to sacrifice myself to. While reading did take a good 45 minutes to an hour for each chapter in The American Pageant, it was exciting venture. Unlike most texts which are filled with flat sentences, the words used to teach history in the American Pageant bounce of the page and are filled with life. The vigor that Bailey and Kennedy bring to describing history is unlike anything I have ever seen before. History is told through metaphors and figurative language, the antithesis of almost all other text books which simply state the facts with no emotion. The enthusiasm in which the book was written rubbed of on me. I was actually excited about coming home and reading about World War I, or The Great Depression, or The Spanish-American War, or The Stormy Sixties. It was a vastly entertaining book, and, while I never thought I would say this, I am considering buying myself a copy for the years to come. The American Pageant taught me more history than anything I ever read. This fact is due to one key difference between this book and all other text books I have read: The American Pageant kept me interested. I will always remember the clever writing style and substanative information that was included in every chapter. I am forever grateful to The American Pageant for showing me the intresting and exciting side of the United State's past, and, of course, for helping me recieve outstanding grades in American History.