West

• “What is the West?”—The text begins with an essay to engage students in the task of defining the West and to introduce them to the notion of cultural encounters.
• “Encounters and Transformations”—These features, which appear in half the chapters, illustrate the main theme of the book by identifying specific encounters and showing how they led to significant transformations in the cultures of the West. 

PERSONALIZE LEARNING WITH MYHISTORYLAB

• MyHistoryLab – MyHistoryLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program that truly engages students in learning. It helps students better prepare for class, quizzes, and exams—resulting in better performance in the course. It provides educators a dynamic set of tools for gauging individual and class performance. And, MyHistoryLab comes from Pearson—your partner in providing the best digital learning experiences.
• Customizable – MyHistoryLab is customizable. Instructors choose what students’ course looks like. Homework, applications, and more can easily be turned off and off.
• Blackboard Single Sign-on – MyHistoryLab can be used by itself or linked to any course management system. Blackboard single sign-on provides deep linking to all New MyHistoryLab resources.
• Pearson eText and Chapter Audio – Like the printed text, students can highlight relevant passages and add notes. The Pearson eText can be accessed through laptops, iPads, and tablets. Download the free Pearson eText app to use on tablets. Students can also listen to their text with the Audio eText.
• Assignment Calendar & Gradebook – A drag and drop assignment calendar makes assigning and completing work easy. The automatically graded assessment provides instant feedback and flows into the gradebook, which can be used in the MyLab or exported.
• Personalized Study Plan – Students’ personalized plans promote better critical thinking skills. The study plan organizes students’ study needs into sections, such as Remembering, Understanding, Applying, and Analyzing.
• MyHistoryLab Margin Icons – Margin icons guide students from their reading material to Closer Looks, MyHistoryLibrary, and writing assessment.
• Instructor’s eText  – Instructors have easy access to videos, readings, and more all in one place within their instructor’s eText.
• Writing Assessment – MyLab writing assessments help students build their knowledge of important disciplinary concepts. The MyLab auto-grader provides feedback on both content and mechanics. An overall score feeds into the MyLab gradebook.
• Class Preparation Tool – All of the very best class presentation resources can be found in one convenient destination, so instructors can keep students engaged throughout every class.
• Flashcards – Students can study key terms and concepts with their own personal set of flashcards.
• BlackBoard Single Sign-On – Available with Blackboard Learn 9.1 Service Pack 6 or higher.  Educators and students can link their Blackboard and Pearson accounts to enable single sign-on to MyHistoryLab from within their Blackboard course. The flexible grade transfer capabilities allow the educator to control exactly which MyHistoryLab grades should be transferred to the Blackboard Grade Center. Educators can also continue to use the powerful assignment and analytics tools in the MyHistoryLab gradebook.
• Closer Looks – Interactive walkthroughs offer an in-depth look at key maps, images, and key primary sources. Closer Looks help students uncover meaning of historically important materials and understand their context.
• MyHistoryLibrary – MyHistoryLibrary offers over 600 primary source readings. Readings can be browsed by Topic, Title, Chronology, Geography, Theme, Author, and Bookshelf. Primary sources can also be printed. Every primary source is accompanied by a head note (abstract) as well as assessment questions for assignability and gauging reading comprehension.
• History Bookshelf – History Bookshelf has the most commonly assigned history works like Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, Homer’s The Iliad, and Machiavelli’s The Prince. Students canread, download, or print up to 100 masterpieces.
• Writing Assessments – MyHistoryLab writing assessments help students build their knowledge of important psychological concepts. After viewing an Author Video Lecture, students answer the writing prompts. The MyHistoryLab auto-grader provides feedback on both content and mechanics. An overall score feeds into the MyHistoryLab gradebook. Available Fall 2012 for US History, Available Spring 2013 for Western Civilization and World History.

• MyHistoryLibrary etext with audio provides 200+ primary source documents in an etext format, allowing students to read, highlight, take notes, and search each document. In addition, audio is provided so students can also listen to all of the documents. Available for survey texts published from Jan. 2013 on.

• MyHistoryLab Chapter Launcher Videos introduce students to the material, helping to engage them in the narrative before they begin reading the chapter. Available for survey texts published from Jan. 2013 on.

IMPROVE CRITICAL THINKING

• “Justice in History”—Found in every chapter, this feature presents a historically significant trial or episode in which different notions of justice (or injustice) were debated and resolved.  Each “Justice in History” feature includes two pedagogical aids.  “For Discussion” helps students explore the historical significance of the episode just examined.  “Taking it Further” provides the student with a few references that can be consulted in connection with a research project.
• “Different Voices”—Each chapter contains a new feature consisting of two primary source documents that present different and often opposing views regarding a particular person, event, or development.
• Key Terms and Glossary—Key terms for each chapter are listed at the end of each chapter, and all key terms are listed in alphabetical order, together with their definitions, in the Glossary at the end of the book.
• Chapter Review and Questions for Discussion—The text offers five different sets of questions in each chapter. 
  • “Chapter Questions”—After the introduction to each chapter, the main question that the chapter addresses appears before the chapter outline. Each of the major sections of the chapter begins with the main question that the section addresses. These section questions appear once again at the end of the chapter under the heading “Chapter Questions.”
  • “Making Connections”—At the end of each chapter a set of questions under the heading “Making Connections” asks the student to think about some of the more specific issues discussed in the chapter.
  • “Questions for Analysis”—An additional set of “Questions for Analysis” under the heading “MyHistoryLab Connections” at the end of each chapter asks questions regarding the five most important items in MyHistoryLab that the student has been asked to read in the chapter.
  • “For Discussion”—Each “Justice in History” and “Different Voices”  feature is followed by a set of questions under the heading “For Discussion.”
  • The caption for each map includes a question related to the map for which the text of the chapter provides an answer. 

ENGAGE STUDENTS

• Maps and Illustrations—More than 300 images of fine art and photos tell the story of Western civilization and help students visualize the past.

SUPPORT INSTRUCTORS

• The outstanding supplements package supports a wide range of instructional settings, including small discussion groups, large lecture halls, and online or Web-based courses.
• Create a Custom Text – For enrollments of at least 25, create your own textbook by combining chapters from best-selling Pearson textbooks and/or reading selections in the sequence you want. To begin building your custom text, visit www.pearsoncustomlibrary.com. You may also work with a dedicated Pearson Custom editor to create your ideal text—publishing your own original content or mixing and matching Pearson content. Contact your Pearson Publisher’s Representative to get started.