Writing the American Past
| Author | : Mark M. Smith |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 185 |
| Release | : 2009-03-09 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781405163590 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1405163593 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (593 Downloads) |
Download or read book Writing the American Past written by Mark M. Smith and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-09 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing the American Past reproduces dozens of untranscribed, handwritten documents, offering students the opportunity to transcribe, decipher, and interpret primary sources. Documents include diary entries from Massachusetts in the 1690s, a woman detailing the Great Awakening, an eighteenth-century treaty with Native Americans, a journal describing antebellum train travel, and a letter by a slave Skillfully teaches students to engage with the raw material of pre-1877 US history: the written document An introduction and headnotes to each document contextualize the sources and provide a foundation from which the student can explore the material
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