In Times Past on CD

Integrating US History with Literature in Grades 3-8. Third Edition.

by Carol Otis Hurst and Rebecca Otis. Available on CD for $29.95. Originally published by McGraw-Hill. 2nd Edition, Carol Hurst Consultants, 2004. ISBN 097485090X.

Tired of the same old routine when teaching about the past in the classroom?

Recent fiction and non-fiction can make the American past come alive for young students. New activities can make studies both educational and fun.

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In Times Past is set up to make things easy no matter which approach you use to teach U. S. History from third grade up. There are suggestions for activities and extensive booklists throughout In Times Past. One section looks at history through a broad lens and gives ways to look at the scope of it. Another section follows one strand such as immigration and follows it through our history. The third section takes the more usual chronological approach with glances at the culture of the time as well as the events. And then there's a section where you dive into an era through a single novel.

This CD version of In Times Past is in PDF. If your computer has Acrobat, you just click and you're In Times Past (forgive the pun). If you don't have Acrobat, the program is free so you can download it online. You can print out the whole book and use it in a loose leaf notebook, print out any part of it, or use it on screen. Press on any page number in the Table of Contents or the extensive Index and voila! You are at that page in the document. We think it's a valuable and long overdue resource for teachers.

View the Table of Contents.

View an excerpt: The Time of the Pilgrims.