A Student Workbook for Land of Hope

An Invitation to the Great American Story

Wilfred M. McClay, John McBride

• Publisher: Encounter Books
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9781641771900
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: History of Education

A wonderfully written, sweeping narrative history of the United States that will help Americans discover the land they call home.

Workbook for High School and College students studying Land of Hope

This Digital Workbook accompanies Land of Hope  

This  Student Workbook  for Wilfred M. McClay's  Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story  will be an invaluable supplemental resource for students and teachers who use  Land of Hope  as a textbook for courses in U.S. history. Prepared by Dr. McClay in collaboration with Dr. John McBride, a master teacher with more than thirty years of secondary and collegiate teaching experience, it is an exceptionally rich and useful tool for classroom instructors. The  Student Workboo k is designed to be used in tandem with the  Teacher's Guide to Land of Hope  and includes additional materials, such as extensive map exercises, that will build students' geographical knowledge. In the  Student Workbook, each chapter of  Land of Hope  receives a four-part treatment: questions and answers about the chapter, short objective tests suitable for quizzes and exams, a primary-source document for class analysis, and questions and answers to accompany the document. In addition, the  Student Workbook  contains special units to assist students in understanding the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Finally, in addition to the map exercises, the  Student Workbook  features handy reference tools for student use and an extensive list of suggested topics for research papers and further investigation. 

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface: Using the Workbook
• Epigraph and Introduction: One Long Story
• Chapter One: Beginnings: Settlement and Unsettlement
• Chapter Two: The Shaping of British North America
• Chapter Three: The Revolution of Self-Rule
• Chapter Four: A War, a Nation, and a Wound
• Chapter Five: The Experiment Begins
• Chapter Six: From Jefferson to Jackson: The Rise of the Common Man
• Chapter Seven: The Culture of Democracy
• Chapter Eight: The Old South and Slavery
• Chapter Nine: The Gathering Storm
• Chapter Ten: The House Divides
• Chapter Eleven: The Ordeal of Reconstruction
• Chapter Twelve: A Nation Transformed
• Chapter Thirteen: Becoming a World Power
• Chapter Fourteen: The Progressive Era
• Chapter Fifteen: Woodrow Wilson and the Great War
• Chapter Sixteen: From Boom to Bust
• Chapter Seventeen: The New Deal
• Chapter Eighteen: The Finest Hour: World War II
• Chapter Ninteen: All Thoughts and Things Were Split: The Cold War
• Chapter Twenty: Out of Balance: The Turbulent Sixties
• Chapter Twenty-One: Fall and Restoration: From Nixon to Reagan
• Chapter Twenty-Two: The World since the Cold War
• Epilogue: The Shape of American Patriotism
• Map Exercises
• Supplemental Materials
• Table of U.S. Presidential Elections
• Suggested Topics for Additional Research