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Instructor Supplements

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SUPPLEMENTS FOR QUALIFIED COLLEGE ADOPTERS

Companion Website

Instructors can take advantage of the Companion Website that supports this text. The instructor section of the Website includes the instructor's manual, teaching links, downloadable maps and images from the text for use in PowerPoint™ or other presentation software, and Syllabus Builder, our unique course management system.

ContentSelect Online Research Database with the iSearch History Guide

Free when packaged with Civilization in the West, the ContentSelect Research Database, www.ablongman.com/contentselect, gives students instant access to thousands of leading academic journals and periodicals from any computer with an Internet connection. Key word terms located at the end of each chapter in Civilization in the West, 5/e link students directly to specific articles relating to the chapter content. The accompanying iSearch book helps students effectively use the Web for research, offers an extensive list of history-specific Web resources, and provides guidance in using the ContentSelect database.

Discovering Western Civilization Through Maps and Views

Created by Gerald Danzer, University of Illinois at Chicago—the recipient of the American History Association's James Harvey Robinson Prize for his work in the development of map transparencies—and David Buissert, this set of 140 four-color acetates is a unique instructional tool. It contains an introduction on teaching history through maps and a detailed commentary on each transparency. The collection includes cartographic and pictorial maps, views and photos, urban plans, building diagrams, and works of art. Available to qualified college adopters.

Instructor's Resource Manual

Prepared by Roy Sandstrom of the University of Northern Iowa, this edition of the Instructor's Manual is enhanced by the addition in each chapter of "Active Learning in the Classroom" as well as a series of 12 to 16 "Questions for Small Group Discussion." Each chapter also contains a chapter summary, key terms, geographic and map items, and discussion questions.

Test Bank

This edition of the Test Bank, revised by Chris Howell of Red Rocks Community College, contains more than 1200 multiple-choice, matching, and completion questions. Multiple-choice items are referenced by topic, text page number, and type (factual or interpretive).

TestGen EQ Computerized Testing System

This flexible, easy-to-master computerized testing system includes all of the test items in the printed test bank. The friendly interface allows instructors to easily edit, print, and expand item banks. Tests can be printed in several different formats and can include figures such as graphs and tables. Available for Windows and Macintosh computers.

History Digital Media Archive CD-ROM

The Digital Media Archive CD-ROM contains electronic images and interactive and static maps, along with media elements such as video. These media assets are fully customizable and ready for classroom presentation or easy downloading into your PowerPoint™ presentations or any other presentation software.

Course Compass/BlackBoard/WebCT

Longman's extensive Western Civilization content is available in three major course management platforms: CourseCompass, BlackBoard, and WebCT. All quickly and easily customizable for use with Civilization in the West, 5e, the content includes multiple primary sources, maps, and map exercises. Book specific testing is simply loaded. Ask your Longman representative for details.

Transparencies

This set of transparencies contains all the maps from the text, bound together with reproducible map exercises in a binder.



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