World History
We are in our fifth year of using an online textbook with our students and so it never ceases to amaze me that Pearson still isn't ready for prime time. Every year at this point, when everyone is logging in their books, they can't handle the traffic. Or the one that was really amused with was McGraw-Hill servicing their online books from Thursday - this morning after having had the entire summer to work on their shells.
Having said all that, I still believe that online books are the way to go, but not just because they are online. Really I hope we are moving towards the days when books will be used as a resource and not the main source. There are so many videos, links, images, documents online that a book should fill in the gaps or be the starting point.
But if you do want a book, here is one I worked on years ago called USHistory.org/civ and it is not going to go down on your students and it is complete through about 2000.
- Win A Copy Of My Book
So I want to give one of you a free book. The person who can find me the best review (for US/world history, US/comparative government or economics) will get a free copy of my book. The catch is that the resource has to be online and more sites...
- Online History E-textbook
Years ago I worked with a group that was trying to get interactive textbooks up and free online. We managed to get the textbook up, but not the funding. But, for those of you who want to share a great e-textbook with your students, here is...
- Ancient World History E-book
A few years ago I worked with some people at the Independence Hall Association in Philly to try to get some interactive e-books up and running. We never did get funding, but thanks to the precursor today we still have some great e-books left online. One...
- Focusing While Reading E-books
Because I have been pushing e-books for four years now, I get lots of good and some negative comments (the positives have greatly increased with this article from the WashPost on my classroom). One negative comments is that it is harder to focus...
- E-textbook
I am huge proponent of moving textbooks online, especially since the major textbook companies have finally figured it out and now have a number of digital ancillaries that come with the books. But every one in while they do server maintenance or have...
World History
Free Online Ancient World Civ eTextbook
Having said all that, I still believe that online books are the way to go, but not just because they are online. Really I hope we are moving towards the days when books will be used as a resource and not the main source. There are so many videos, links, images, documents online that a book should fill in the gaps or be the starting point.
But if you do want a book, here is one I worked on years ago called USHistory.org/civ and it is not going to go down on your students and it is complete through about 2000.
- Win A Copy Of My Book
So I want to give one of you a free book. The person who can find me the best review (for US/world history, US/comparative government or economics) will get a free copy of my book. The catch is that the resource has to be online and more sites...
- Online History E-textbook
Years ago I worked with a group that was trying to get interactive textbooks up and free online. We managed to get the textbook up, but not the funding. But, for those of you who want to share a great e-textbook with your students, here is...
- Ancient World History E-book
A few years ago I worked with some people at the Independence Hall Association in Philly to try to get some interactive e-books up and running. We never did get funding, but thanks to the precursor today we still have some great e-books left online. One...
- Focusing While Reading E-books
Because I have been pushing e-books for four years now, I get lots of good and some negative comments (the positives have greatly increased with this article from the WashPost on my classroom). One negative comments is that it is harder to focus...
- E-textbook
I am huge proponent of moving textbooks online, especially since the major textbook companies have finally figured it out and now have a number of digital ancillaries that come with the books. But every one in while they do server maintenance or have...