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THE ORIGINAL WBA? CD-ROM
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WHO BUILT AMERICA?
PART I "Once in a while . . . a truly exciting,
high-quality electronic book turns up to reveal the real potential of
electronic learning. My latest nomination to this CD-ROM Hall of Fame
is . . . Who Built America?"
A definitive social history
of the United States, Who Built America? offers a whole new way to
experience history. Readers reach through the text to thousands of original
source documents--audio, video, and text. Imagine not just reading about
the invention of cinema, the aftermath of slavery, or the birth of the women's
movement, but seeing The Great Train Robbery in its entirety, hearing a
young boy's searing account of a lynching in rural Florida in 1902, or watching
suffragists march up Fifth Avenue. Coupling superb scholarship with the
opportunity to move behind the printed page, the impact and immediacy of
Who Built America? transform the study of history.
Features: "Who Built America?
combines impeccable scholarship with a beautiful design and format that
is accessible to those new to both computers and American history. It
will redefine the way American history is taught." "Who Built America? on CD-ROM represents an astounding
innovation for history textbooks. The interactive quizzes, graphics, sound
(including original rrecordings of songs and speeches), and even early
movies makes this already innovative book into an exciting new teaching
tool. If anything can 'bring history alive' for students, this is it."
"The CD-ROM version of Who Built America? lifts
the study of history onto an entirely new plane. In its capacity to engage
students--through images, songs, and primary sources--its excursions into
and behind the textbook are simply extraordinary. A second Gutenberg revolution
is at hand." "The winner of my 'master the medium' contest goes to
Voyager for . . . Who Built America?, a beautifully presented collection
of documents, songs, oral histories, images and videos. The depth of the
material is staggering; history comes alive."
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