McNeill - Webs of Humankind : A World History (9780393417760)

The Webs of Humankind presents a set of pedagogical features intended to guide introductory students through the chapters and support their understanding of world history.

All chapters open with a list of Focus Questions that correspond to the major section headings in the chapter. These questions, which appear also in the relevant running heads at the tops of pages, are meant to alert students to the key developments in each section. All chapters also open with a Chronology of major events and an immersive narrative vignette to draw students into the reading. The chapters end with a summary Conclusion and a Chapter Review page that includes Review Questions, a list of the Key Terms (with page references) that appear in bold in the chapter, and a Further Reading list compiled and annotated by J. R. McNeill. A Glossary at the end of the book includes definitions of all key terms and a prununciation guide.

The author also collaborated on the art program, which includes more than 700 images, and on the more than 150 original maps, all with captions by the author.

W. W. Norton has a long history of delivering robust and carefully designed digital resource packages to support teaching and learning. The resources described here have been built from the ground upwith guidance and input from active world history instructorsspecifically for use with The Webs of Humankind by J. R. McNeill.

The following resources are available using the access card at the front of this text.

InQuizitive is Nortons award-winning adaptive learning tool that personalizes the learning experience for students and enhances their understanding of the key themes and objectives from each chapter. This new InQuizitive course, written for The Webs of Humankind, features hundreds of interactive questions tagged to each chapters Focus Questionsincluding questions based on maps, historical images, and primary-source documentsall of which are delivered in an engaging game-like environment with detailed, answer-specific feedback. InQuizitive can be integrated directly into your existing learning management system for easy student access.

In efficacy studies, when history students completed InQuizitive activities prior to taking a summative quiz, their quiz grades increased by an average of 16 percentage points. Go to www.wwnorton.com/inquizitive for more information.

The History Skills Tutorials are interactive, online modules that support student development of key skills for the world history coursesuch as analysis and interpretation of primary-source documents, images, and maps. With interactive practice assessments, helpful guiding feedback, and videos with John McNeill modeling source analysis, these tutorials teach students the critical analysis skills that they will put to use in their academic and professional careers. These tutorials can be integrated directly into your existing learning management system for easy student access.