textbook+review

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heres the book for review http://books.google.com/books?id=c1gCqh5RMhEC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

The American Pageant: fourteenth edition volume 2 Here are the objectives: Project manager - pull everything together (Liz) Analyze the textbook (Justin)

__Basic Textbook Facts:__ __From the Preface:__ __Notes on the 14th Edition:__ __Goals of the Textbook:__ __About the Authors:__
 * __Title__: //The American Pagent//, 14th Edition – Volume II (from 1865)
 * __Publisher__: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning; based in Boston, MA
 * __Authors__: David M. Kennedy, Lizabeth Cohen, Thomas A. Bailey
 * (all 3 of the authors are history scholars and writers as well as educators)
 * 12 of the 13 members of the publishing and marketing staff are women
 * The 14th edition of //The American Pagent// attempts to “incorporate the most recent scholarship about American history” in a way that is clear-cut, focused on the major themes, and told as a “clutter-free narrative”
 * The textbook has been in use for five decades
 * The 14th Edition of //The American Pagent// attempts to “streamline” the narrative while simultaneously adding more expanded discussions of social, cultural, and intellectual American history
 * This edition also makes a strong attempt to tell the American story in a global context throughout the course of world history. It succeeds in comparing American and global history by introducing many new graphics and by adding twelve essays called “Thinking Globally” which look at such topics as WWII, the Great Depression, and Women’s suffrage / rights from a global perspective
 * This edition also includes a list of 10 suggested books at the end of each chapter for interested readers to further their knowledge of the topic
 * Promote “balanced judgement” and “informed understanding” of American society and history
 * Provide readers with a critical understanding of the importance of historical context and processes
 * **David Kennedy:**
 * Political / economic historian who has taught for 40 years at Standord University
 * Undergraduate degree from Stanford University
 * Graduate degree from Yale in American Studies (history, economics, literature)
 * Teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in political, diplomatic, intellectual and social history and American literature
 * Earned many awards for his books and teaching and speaking abilities
 * From 1990-1995 he served as the Chair of the Test Development Committee for the A.P. US history exam
 * **Lizabeth Cohen:**
 * Social / cultural historian and is Chair of the History Department at Harvard University
 * Undergraduate degree from Princeton University
 * Graduate and PhD degrees from University of California at Berkely
 * Her many books on labor relations, economic and social history have all received many awards
 * She teachers courses at Harvard about 20th Century American history
 * She taught secondary level history in high schools and worked in multiple musueums before continuing on for her masters and PhD
 * **Thomas A. Bailey:**
 * Deceased (1903-1983)
 * Taught history courses for almost 40 years at his alma mater of Stanford University
 * Was highly regarded as a leading historian in the field of American diplomatic history
 * Wrote over 20 books

Whats included and whats not (Randy)
 * Here is my section of the textbook critique:
 * go to: @https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L9DkS_10qCPrYQGWT2DZwIY_b7cpWpl80QhN3qoy5CU/edit?hl=en_US

whats missing from the textbook (Tim) 1) There are a few pages missing from the online version of this book but from what is there about Woodrow Wilson the textbook says nothing about his racism or his segregating of the National Government which Loewen mentions on page 16 of __Lies My Teacher Told Me.__ By looking at the somewhat detailed table of contents it seems this part of President Wilson's presidency are omitted.

2) In the discussions about Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction they mention the "Radical Republicans" and Thaddeus Stevens in passing but perhaps a bit more could be said about Stevens. He seems to be one of the more forward thinkers of his time and especially if we find ourselves teaching in Pennsylvania we should go into some detail about him since he is from here.

3) In the part about immigration to the U.S. in the late 1800's to the early 1900's they do not seem to say anything about Ellis Island. A good book for students to read to learn about the portal island is [|American Passage: The History of Ellis Island.]

how to improve (Becky)
 * I think the best way to improve it would be to add a more multicultural aspect to the book. For example more detail could have been provided about the contributions of the native americans, blacks and japs during WWII.

How you would supplement (other resources) (Bekah) I think the best way to supplement this text book I would also have students looking at primary documents from the different time periods covered and one of the best sources for this I found is ebsco host which most schools have access too. An example would be in studying reconstruction after the civil war we might look at Lincolns Gettysburg address and you can access the original document by doing a simple search and getting to this page: http://ehis.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=3&hid=3&sid=557e8665-c0c0-478a-a3d4-3c5946d951ca%40sessionmgr12&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=a9h&AN=21212322 Using this tool could add primary documents to any of the chapters covered by the textbook.

What to add (Kelly) -Tara pick one to also research

-everyone post what you find here so that Liz can compile it.

Liz: Let's please remember that the book review is due in a few weeks (10.25, right?) and I'd like to have at least 3 days to compile information. Thanks :)