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"""The advantage that Debating American History has over other projects and texts currently available is that it brings a very clear and focused organization to the notion of classroom debate. The terms of each debate are clear. The books introduce students to historiography and primary sources. Most of all, the project re-envisions the way that US history should be taught. No other textbook or set of teaching materials does what these books do when taken together as the sum of their parts.""--Ian Hartman, University of Alaska ""Debating American History repositions the discipline of history as one that is rooted in discovery, investigation, and interpretation.""--Ingrid Dineen-Wimberly, University of California, Santa Barbara ""Debating American History is an excellent replacement for a 'big assignment' in a course. Offering a way to add discussion to a class, it is also a perfect 'active learning' assignment, in a convenient package.""--Gene Rhea Tucker, Temple College ""The author does an admirable job of presenting the political issues involved in the secession crisis of 1860-1861, a complicated and voluminous issue in which it would be easy to become bogged down in details.""--Robert J. Allison, Suffolk University, Boston ""There are a wonderful array of sources in this book. The angle in which the documents are used leads to a deeper conversation about the causes of the Civil War.""--Tramaine Anderson, Tarrant County College"

The advantage that Debating American History has over other projects and texts currently available is that it brings a very clear and focused organization to the notion of classroom debate. The terms of each debate are clear. The books introduce students to historiography and primary sources. Most of all, the project re-envisions the way that US history should be taught. No other textbook or set of teaching materials does what these books do when taken together as the sum of their parts. --Ian Hartman, University of Alaska Debating American History repositions the discipline of history as one that is rooted in discovery, investigation, and interpretation. --Ingrid Dineen-Wimberly, University of California, Santa Barbara Debating American History is an excellent replacement for a 'big assignment' in a course. Offering a way to add discussion to a class, it is also a perfect 'active learning' assignment, in a convenient package. --Gene Rhea Tucker, Temple College The author does an admirable job of presenting the political issues involved in the secession crisis of 1860-1861, a complicated and voluminous issue in which it would be easy to become bogged down in details. --Robert J. Allison, Suffolk University, Boston There are a wonderful array of sources in this book. The angle in which the documents are used leads to a deeper conversation about the causes of the Civil War. --Tramaine Anderson, Tarrant County College

"""The advantage that Debating American History has over other projects and texts currently available is that it brings a very clear and focused organization to the notion of classroom debate. The terms of each debate are clear. The books introduce students to historiography and primary sources. Most of all, the project re-envisions the way that US history should be taught. No other textbook or set of teaching materials does what these books do when taken together as the sum of their parts.""--Ian Hartman, University of Alaska""Debating American History repositions the discipline of history as one that is rooted in discovery, investigation, and interpretation.""--Ingrid Dineen-Wimberly, University of California, Santa Barbara""Debating American History is an excellent replacement for a 'big assignment' in a course. Offering a way to add discussion to a class, it is also a perfect 'active learning' assignment, in a convenient package.""--Gene Rhea Tucker, Temple College""The author does an admirable job of presenting the political issues involved in the secession crisis of 1860-1861, a complicated and voluminous issue in which it would be easy to become bogged down in details.""--Robert J. Allison, Suffolk University, Boston""There are a wonderful array of sources in this book. The angle in which the documents are used leads to a deeper conversation about the causes of the Civil War.""--Tramaine Anderson, Tarrant County College"

The advantage that Debating American History has over other projects and texts currently available is that it brings a very clear and focused organization to the notion of classroom debate. The terms of each debate are clear. The books introduce students to historiography and primary sources. Most of all, the project re-envisions the way that US history should be taught. No other textbook or set of teaching materials does what these books do when taken together as the sum of their parts.--Ian Hartman, University of Alaska Debating American History repositions the discipline of history as one that is rooted in discovery, investigation, and interpretation.--Ingrid Dineen-Wimberly, University of California, Santa Barbara Debating American History is an excellent replacement for a 'big assignment' in a course. Offering a way to add discussion to a class, it is also a perfect 'active learning' assignment, in a convenient package.--Gene Rhea Tucker, Temple College The author does an admirable job of presenting the political issues involved in the secession crisis of 1860-1861, a complicated and voluminous issue in which it would be easy to become bogged down in details.--Robert J. Allison, Suffolk University, Boston There are a wonderful array of sources in this book. The angle in which the documents are used leads to a deeper conversation about the causes of the Civil War.--Tramaine Anderson, Tarrant County College

The advantage that Debating American History has over other projects and texts currently available is that it brings a very clear and focused organization to the notion of classroom debate. The terms of each debate are clear. The books introduce students to historiography and primary sources. Most of all, the project re-envisions the way that US history should be taught. No other textbook or set of teaching materials does what these books do when taken together as the sum of their parts. --Ian Hartman, University of Alaska Debating American History repositions the discipline of history as one that is rooted in discovery, investigation, and interpretation. --Ingrid Dineen-Wimberly, University of California, Santa Barbara Debating American History is an excellent replacement for a 'big assignment' in a course. Offering a way to add discussion to a class, it is also a perfect 'active learning' assignment, in a convenient package. --Gene Rhea Tucker, Temple College The author does an admirable job of presenting the political issues involved in the secession crisis of 1860-1861, a complicated and voluminous issue in which it would be easy to become bogged down in details. --Robert J. Allison, Suffolk University, Boston There are a wonderful array of sources in this book. The angle in which the documents are used leads to a deeper conversation about the causes of the Civil War. --Tramaine Anderson, Tarrant County College

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Joel M. Sipress received his PhD in US History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, where he teaches US and Latin American History. He serves as coeditor of the Debating American History series with David J. Voelker.

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