World History Workbook - 2nd Edition by David Hertzel (Paperback)

About the Book

This innovative and user-friendly workbook, now combined into a single volume organized chronologically, guides students and instructors through the ideas and methods of world history. It provides all the elements necessary to support a world history course, including narrativ...

Book Synopsis

This innovative and user-friendly workbook, now combined into a single volume organized chronologically, guides students and instructors through the ideas and methods of world history. It provides all the elements necessary to support a world history course, including narrative, projects, primary sources, and a detailed glossary of terms.

Review Quotes

David Hertzel addresses World History with common sense and intelligence. Instead of another large, unruly text, The World History Workbook offers us a manageable approach to the subject featuring critical historiographical topics, straightforward comments on methodology, an impressive set of primary sources, and a selection of relevant exercises that bring students face to face with the study of history.

In this effective and clear introduction to the work of a historian, David Hertzel explains how to identify and analyze primary sources to render critical interpretations of the past. The workbook guides students through the process of interpretation while simultaneously raising their awareness of the complexity of context. Now updated to maintain relevance for students, this new edition is an invaluable addition to the history classroom.

About the Author

David Hertzel is professor of history at Southwestern Oklahoma State University.