What text books do APWH teachers recommend?
The three most popular texts cited by APWH teachers are: Bentley and Ziegler’s Traditions and Encounters; Stearns, et al, World Civilizations:The Global Experience (the AP edition); and Bulliet, et al, The Earth and Its Peoples (the AP edition). There are several other excellent choices, including the new Voyages in World History and Ways of the World. To order sample copies, see the link to these and other texts at my APWH site. I use Stearns, 4th AP ed. I think it is well written and organized and it has excellent sections that tie together key themes in APWH. Some teachers have praise for texts other than the above. For example, one teacher likes World History, by Upshur, for several reasons: “It’s shorter than most texts…it reads like a story…good materials…truly global coverage….” There’s the similarly titled The World’s History, by Spodek, that gets high marks for having a narrative that comes from one voice, unlike many of the other texts written by several people. More
The three most popular texts cited by APWH teachers are: Bentley and Ziegler’s Traditions and Encounters; Stearns, et al, World Civilizations:The Global Experience (the AP edition); and Bulliet, et al, The Earth and Its Peoples (the AP edition). There are several other excellent choices, including the new Voyages in World History and Ways of the World. To order sample copies, see the link to these and other texts at my APWH site. I use Stearns, 4th AP ed. I think it is well written and organized and it has excellent sections that tie together key themes in APWH. Some teachers have praise for texts other than the above. For example, one teacher likes World History, by Upshur, for several reasons: “It’s shorter than most texts…it reads like a story…good materials…truly global coverage….” There’s the similarly titled The World’s History, by Spodek, that gets high marks for having a narrative that comes from one voice, unlike many of the other texts written by several people. Regar
