A wonderfully written, sweeping narrative history of the United States that will help Americans discover the land they call home.
Workbook for High School and College students studying Land of Hope
This Digital Workbook accompanies Land of Hope
ThisStudent Workbook for Wilfred M. Mc Clay’s
Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story will be an invaluable supplemental resource for students and teachers who use
Land of Hope as a textbook for courses in U.S. history. Prepared by Dr. Mc Clay in collaboration with Dr. John Mc Bride, a master teacher with more than thirty years of secondary and collegiate teaching experience, it is an exceptionally rich and useful tool for classroom instructors. The
Student Workbook is designed to be used in tandem with the
Teacher’s Guide to Land of Hope and includes additional materials, such as extensive map exercises, that will build students’ geographical knowledge. In the
Student Workbook, each chapter of
Land of Hope receives a four-part treatment: questions and answers about the chapter, short objective tests suitable for quizzes and exams, a primary-source document for class analysis, and questions and answers to accompany the document. In addition, the
Student Workbook contains special units to assist students in understanding the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Finally, in addition to the map exercises, the
Student Workbook features handy reference tools for student use and an extensive list of suggested topics for research papers and further investigation.
About the author
John Mc Bride was educated at Rice University (BA 1968, MA 1971) and the University of Virginia (Ph D 1977). He taught high school (mostly US History AP) in Chattanooga TN from 1974 to 2010, at the Baylor School and David Brainerd Christian School. He has also taught as an adjunct for the past 25 years at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, in political science and in history. For the past six years he has taught (as a volunteer and most recently as an adjunct for Georgia State University) at Walker State Prison, which is Georgia’s character-and-faith-based prison. He enjoys employing a wide variety of teaching methods, including games, trivium-style debates, and group projects.