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Our New Mexico: A Twentieth Century History
Contributor(s): Roberts, Calvin A. (Author), Bramwell, Lincoln (Editor), Dickey, Sonia (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0826340083     ISBN-13: 9780826340085
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
OUR PRICE: $31.45  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2006
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Annotation: New Mexico's history since statehood in 1912 is presented in eleven chapters and organized into sections, each with a brief overview of a period or a topic. Each section of narrative text is followed by excerpts from books by experts on these topics. "Our New Mexico" has two goals: to help students learn more about New Mexicos history over the past one hundred years, and to guide students to apply critical thinking skills. The book introduces three themes important in New Mexico's past, present, and futureresources, culture, and continuity amid change.

Supplementary teacher/student materials (activities, tests, etc.) will be distributed with class text orders of 20 or more books on CD (ISBN 0-8263-4009-1). Additional CDs will be available for $10 each.

This text was developed with the guidance of the New Mexico Public Education Department to meet the benchmarks for the half-unit high school course in New Mexico history.

Educational consultant on the book: Midge Y. Arthur, M.A.
Educational consultant on the teacher/student materials: Laura Sanchez-Brown, M.A.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - State & Local
Dewey: 978.905
LCCN: 2006285722
Age Level: 13-17
Grade Level: 8-12
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.76" W x 10" L (0.90 lbs) 192 pages
Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - New Mexico
- Cultural Region - Southwest U.S.
Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
 
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New Mexico's history since statehood in 1912 is presented in eleven chapters and organized into sections, each with a brief overview of a period or a topic. Each section of narrative text is followed by excerpts from books by experts on these topics. Our New Mexico has two goals: to help students learn more about New Mexico's history over the past one hundred years, and to guide students to apply critical thinking skills. The book introduces three themes important in New Mexico's past, present, and future--resources, culture, and continuity amid change.

This text was developed with the guidance of the New Mexico Public Education Department to meet the benchmarks for the half-unit high school course in New Mexico history.

Contributor Bio(s): Roberts, Calvin A.: - Calvin A. Roberts spent his teaching career at Del Norte High School in Albuquerque. He received the Ph.D. in history from the University of New Mexico.
 
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