"Making Sense of World History is a comprehensive and accessible textbook that helps students understand the key themes of world history within a chronological framework stretching from ancient times to the present day. To lend coherence to its narrative, the book employs a set of organizing devices that connect times, places, and/or themes. This narrative is supported by: Flowcharts that show how phenomena within diverse broad themes interact in generating key processes and events in world history. A discussion of the common challenges faced by different types of agent, including rulers, merchants, farmers, and parents, and a comparison of how these challenges were addressed in different times and places. An exhaustive and balanced treatment of themes such as culture, politics, and economy, with an emphasis on interaction. Explicit attention to skill acquisition in organizing information, cultural sensitivity, comparison, visual literacy, integration, interrogating primary sources, and critical thinking. A focus on historical “episodes” that are carefully related to each other. Through the use of such devices, the book shows the cumulative effect of thematic interactions through time, communicates the many ways in which societies have influenced each other through history, and allows us to compare and contrast how they have reacted to similar challenges. They also allow the reader to transcend historical controversies and can be used to stimulate class discussions and guide student assignments. With a unified authorial voice and offering a narrative from the ancient to the present, this is the go-to textbook for World History courses and students. The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003013518, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license."
这是一本综合性、通俗易懂的教科书，帮助学生在从古到今的时间框架内理解世界历史的关键主题。为了使叙述连贯，这本书采用了一套连接时间、地点和/或主题的组织手段。这一叙述是由：流程图所支持的，这些流程图展示了在世界历史上不同的广泛主题中的现象是如何相互作用的，从而产生了世界历史上的关键过程和事件。讨论不同类型的代理人所面临的共同挑战，包括统治者、商人、农民和家长，并比较了这些挑战在不同的时间和地点是如何应对的。对文化、政治和经济等主题的详尽而平衡的处理，强调互动。在组织信息、文化敏感性、比较、视觉素养、整合、询问主要来源和批判性思维方面，明确关注技能习得。关注历史上彼此密切相关的“情节”。通过使用这些手段，这本书展示了主题互动在时间上的累积效应，传达了社会在历史中相互影响的多种方式，并让我们能够比较和对比他们对类似挑战的反应。它们还允许读者超越历史争议，并可用于激发课堂讨论和指导学生作业。这是世界历史课程和学生的必读教材，具有统一的作者声音和从古至今的叙述。
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