Description: In an increasingly digital world in which pedagogical trends are de-emphasizing rote learning and professors are increasingly turning toward active-learning exercises, scholars are fleeing traditional textbooks. Yet for those that still yearn for the safe tether of a synthetic text, as either narrative backbone or occasional reference material, The American Yawp offers a free and online,… more
Contributors: Blankenship, Steve, Callahan, J. Sean, Feagin, Jayme, Long, Bronson
Description: This set of videos supplementing the Georgia Highlands College implementation of The American Yawp was created under a Round Twelve Mini-Grant for Ancillary Materials Creation and Revisions. The videos have been added to GHC's American History I Youtube Playlist, and a few are also included in Western Civilization II.
Topics include:
The Columbian Exchange;
The Middle Ground… more