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. 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 primary sources, MyHistoryLab Video Series, and History Explorer.

Instructor''s eText - Instructors have easy access to videos, readings, and more all in one place within their instructor''s eText. 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 ass igned 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. Explorer enables students to use maps to analyze pivotal events and topics with 37 interactive modules that cover a wide array of topics. Available for U.S. History survey texts published from Jan.

2013 on. EMPHASIZE OUTCOMES Learning objectives- Learning Objective questions at the beginning of each chapter highlight the important issues and themes, priming students'' attention to them. Each is linked to one of the chapter''s main sections. Chapter Review -The Chapter Review on the last page addresses all four Learning Objective questions in brief 50-word answers, summarizing the important points. Thematic timelines -The thematic timeline ending each chapter reinforces the essential points of the narrative, as events are tied to key terms from the text. ENGAGE STUDENTS Vignettes- Chapter introductory vignettes tell the stories of individuals who represent the events and issues developed in the chapter, as well as the underlying theme of equality. Short and fast-paced, each begins with an arresting question and is enhanced by an image. Images -The images in the chapters themselves are bigger, visually provocative, and imaginative.

They are also more integrated with the theme of equality, which is reflected in the question within each caption. IMPROVE CRITICAL THINKING "Charting Equality" -The new "Charting Equality" feature, included in MyHistoryLab through the History Explorer engine, integrates a map or chart with relevant data and evocative illustrations. This multifaceted presentation will enhance students'' comprehension of patterns of conflict and change over time and space, relating to some aspect of the equality theme. "Interpreting History" -The Interpreting History feature, included in every chapter of the printed text and in MyHistoryLab, provides students with the opportunity to "do history" on their own. These boxes encourage the examination of primary source documents-both famous and obscure-in their socio-historical contexts. Questions at the end of each document test students'' comprehension by asking them to analyze the document in relation to the developments, concepts, and themes explored in the chapter. The questions also encourage students to consider the relevance of the document both to the period in which it was composed and to the contemporary world. 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.