American History II:


Post-Civil War America to the Present




American History II, a nationally distributed product, is being newly released, encased in a state-of-the-art intuitive Web-based interface that it shares with WorldView's other highly acclaimed products. With each user possessing his or her own account, students will enjoy learning from this interactive, workbook-style product wherever they have access to the Internet, either at home or in school – their work securely stored and easily retrieved "from the cloud."

This high school program traces history from Post-Civil War America to the Present. The content, divided into 18 chapters and 7 themes, is explored in such depth and breadth as to put American History II into the realm of an electronic textbook. Each chapter is accompanied by a comprehensive overview, tutorials, review and test questions, writing activities, written and graphical documents, case studies, and projects.

Resource materials include:

  • 53 original source documents
  • 62 graphical-based documents
  • 1060 glossary entries
  • 790+ chronology entries
  • 200+ biographies
  • 18 case studies
  • 6 tutorial lessons


Assessment materials include:

  • 1049 questions/mini-lessons
  • 31 skill-development projects
  • 18 essay questions with sample essays
  • 115 written and graphical dbq's

Download a curriculum guide for American History II

Accolades:


  • 2012 ComputED Gazette BESSIE Award, Best Software in High School: American History Website
  • 2007 ComputED Gazette BESSIE Award, Best Software in High School: American History Website
  • 2007 Codie Award, Best Social Studies Instruction Solution, Finalist
  • 2005 ComputED Gazette EDDIE Award, Best Educational Web Site—Middle School Social Studies
  • 2005 ComputED Gazette BESSIE Award, Best Educational Web Site—Middle School Social Studies
  • 2005 Media & Methods Magazine Awards Portfolio, Social Studies
  • 2004 Alabama State Textbook Committee approved American History II for state textbook funding.
  • 2004 Media & Methods Magazine Awards Portfolio, Social Studies
  • 2002 Media & Methods Magazine Awards Portfolio, Social Studies
  • 2002 Texas Education Agency approved American History II for state textbook funding.