This course introduces the history of the age of revolutions in the atlantic world from 1776 to 1848. Just like wikipedia, you can contribute new information or corrections to the catalog. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Running alongside and extending beyond these political revolutions is the first industrial revolution. A concise history is an open educational resource textbook covering the history of western civilization from approximately 8,000 bce to 2017 ce. Click on the link below to see shorter inquiries designed around michigans content expectations. The goal is to create a standard of quality which will suffice for a secondary and postsecondary environment. This is a sample of several oer world history textbooks or course materials available. After a yearlong collaboration, over 350 historians have produced a beta edition of the american yawp.
We can look to historical policies to understand how weve inherited the policies governing. Iskmes digital librarians have curated collections of open textbooks and full courses to help leverage oer in your classroom. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Whether you are looking for more affordable options for your students, or dynamic content to inspire your own teaching and learning practice, this hub, organized by discipline and provider will help you discover the resources you need at your fingertips. Members of the openstax community can join the hub to share resources theyve created to use with our u. A free and open alternative to traditional history textbooks. Services and suny geneseo that searches 43 sources for oer of all types. Cultures, states, and societies to 1500 offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of humankind from prehistory to 1500. Course summary if you use the access world history textbook in class, this course is a great resource to supplement your studies. Old book illustrations offers a wide range of public domain, royaltyfree images scanned from old books. A free and online, collaboratively built american history textbook. Include the information and attribute the source as needed. World history videos, crashcourse, standard youtube license.
Varies, but mostly ccbysa, legacy saylor course, based on maxfields book. On this page you will find several open history textbooks along with. The american yawp offers a free and online, collaboratively built, open american history textbook designed for collegelevel history courses. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The course covers the same important world history concepts found. It is available in three volumes covering the following time periods and topics.
Searchable galleries include animals, plants, techniques, artists names, books titles, and much more. A guide to sources of information on world history and western civilization. Open educational resources world history libguides at austin. These courses are delivered via the lumen learning platform, and can be integrated into your. The oer commons is a single search source that pulls from multiple. This organization is dedicated to making a free, open content, standardized textbook on world history based on the ap world history standard. An oral history of the zombie war by brooks, max from amazons fiction books store.
For example, the book spends much more time on the background history leading up until the european conquest of the new world than is common in other textbooks. This organization is dedicated to making a free, opencontent, standardized textbook on world history based on the ap. Energy policy is typically evolutionary as opposed to revolutionary. If youre with a campus bookstore or school and looking for print copies of openstax textbooks, we offer several print options to meet your needs. These books can be downloaded for no cost, or printed at low cost. The books are in pdf format scanned from original books. The impetus for the creation of this text was to adopt an opensource textbook for.
This course introduces the history of the age of revolutions in the. World civilization and world history oer course development. All usg open textbooks galileo, university system of georgia. Open textbooks are textbooks that have been funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed. We know that schools across the united states and throughout the world are moving instruction online, as we grapple with the covid19 coronavirus pandemic. History covers key forces that form the american experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender. Open educational resources ancient and medieval history. Colonial period to civil war gordon state college by j. Authored by six usg faculty members with advance degrees in history, this textbook offers uptodate original scholarship. History open educational resources oer research guides at. Its digital nature allows students to follow links to applicable sources and videos, expanding their educational experience beyond the textbook.
Download free, opensource textbooks from openstax college. World history wikibooks, open books for an open world. Currently about a dozen textbooks are available, covering mostly the sciences, but history, economics, and other. Oer textbooks and courses open educational resources oer. Oer commons provides a curated collection of history textbooks.
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