Migration in Modern World History
Patrick Manning, project director, World History Center
ISBN 0534574394

An educational CD-ROM produced by the World History Center with assistance from WGBH Educational Foundation and funding from The Annenberg/CPB Project

Now available -- published by Wadsworth Thomson Learning. For an examination copy or to order Contact Wadsworth. Or you may order from Amazon.com. (Look under P. Manning, Migration in Modern World History. Use the ISBN number above.)

This interactive instructional package was created especially for college and advanced high school courses on World History. Thirteen chronological and thematic units explore world history since 1500 through the issue of migration. Each unit includes sections on Evidence, Narrative and Analysis. The Evidence sections include 400 documents in all media; the Analysis sections include 1001 questions enabling users to do the work of historians. Four Reference sections, a Notebook for composing multimedia essays, and several useful tools round out the Migration CD-ROM.

Use this innovative package --

• as the principal material for a semester course in World History since 1500 -- for the price of a textbook.
• as a supplement for courses in World History since 1500 -- packaged automatically with one leading college text, and two others for a small supplement in price.
• as a supplement for regional courses on United States, Europe, or other world regions.

Contents -- titles and themes of the thirteen units.
Sample Screens -- a peek at the Migration CD-ROM.
Associated Textbooks -- links to textbooks and further resources. User's Guide and Instructor's Guide -- further hints on using the CD.
Pedagogy -- organization of the historical analyses.
Classroom Experience - reports on teaching the Migration CD
Production - the story behind the Migration CD-ROM