{"product_id":"a-teachers-guide-to-land-of-hope-an-invitation-to-the-great-american-story-young-readers-edition-volume-1-9781641773096","title":"A Teacher's Guide to Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story: Young Reader's Edition, Volume 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eA wonderfully written, sweeping narrative history of the United States that will help Americans discover the land they call home.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuide for Teachers using \u003ci\u003eLand of Hope: Young Readers Edition\u003c\/i\u003e. Middle School \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Grades 6-8\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe FIRST \u003ci\u003eTeachers Guide\u003c\/i\u003e to accompany the two-volume narrative \u003ci\u003eLand of Hope: Young Readers Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eTeacher's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e to the \u003ci\u003eYoung Reader's Edition\u003c\/i\u003e of Wilfred McClay's\u003ci\u003e Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable supplemental resource for teachers who use the Young Reader's Edition as a textbook for middle-grade courses in US history. Prepared by McClay in collaboration with John McBride, 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.\u003cbr\u003eEach chapter of this \u003ci\u003eTeacher's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e receives a five-part treatment: a short summation of the chapter's contents questions and answers about the chapter, a list of key names and terms appearing within each one, a crossword puzzle based on those names and terms, and one or more primary source documents for class analysis with accompanying questions and answers. Longer documents are broken into shorter passages with questions interspersed to help younger readers. This \u003ci\u003eTeacher's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e also features a collection of map exercises as well as special units to assist instructors in teaching students about the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the two-party system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilfred M. McClay\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history and the Victor Davis Hanson Chair in Classical History and Western Civilization at Hillsdale College.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn D. McBride\u003c\/b\u003e was educated at Rice University (BA 1968, MA 1971) and the University of Virginia (PhD 1977). He taught high-school history in Chattanooga, Tennessee from 1974 to 2010 at the Baylor School and the David Brainerd Christian School. He has also taught political science and history as an adjunct for twenty-five years at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. After retirement, he spent six years mentoring and teaching as a volunteer at Walker State Prison, Georgia's faith-and character-based prison. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Encounter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50914429632786,"sku":"9781641773096","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_30513107-f473-4713-a4b2-e357c51d925f.jpg?v=1738816169","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-teachers-guide-to-land-of-hope-an-invitation-to-the-great-american-story-young-readers-edition-volume-1-9781641773096","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}