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About the Roadmap
HOPE for Students, Online Interactive Student Web Site
- Presidential terms to help establish historical chronology.
- Key historical points emphasized in each chapter.
- Important terms, topics, events, and details.
- Time lines of important events in American history.
- A listing of important and key individuals.
- Critical laws, legislation, treaties, and documents.
- Technological advances and revolutions.
- Vocabulary lists to help students improve their SAT scores.
- Historical maps for major eras and events.
- Web sites that provide quality links to additional resources.
HOPE Audio Podcasts with William J. Bennett
- Introductions to chapters to frame the chapter in terms of historical and contemporary significance.
- "Beyond the Chapter" segments that enrich the materials with additional information, anecdotes, and stories to help expand the student's knowledge of people, places, events, and concepts.
HOPE for Teachers, Online Resources for Teachers
- Detailed chapter summaries with suggestions for instruction.
- Maps and charts that can be imported into PowerPoint presentations.
- Primary source materials including speeches, political cartoons, and important documents.
- Lesson plans, essays, debates, plays, and memory hooks for use in class.
- Additional resources including books, videos, music, Web sites, and professional development opportunities.
- Graphical time lines that can be printed or imported into presentation software.
- Assessment tools including a test bank and other evaluative instruments.
Premium Roadmap
A Premium Roadmap Web site will be available in fall 2008 and include the following:
- "Ask Team HOPE." Classes can submit questions related to American history and Last Best Hope, which will be answered by Team HOPE and posted on the Roadmap Web site.
- Classes can submit lessons, essays, paintings, music, projects, videos of plays, and new material for the Roadmap Web site that specifically coincides with Last Best Hope chapters.
- Extensive series of mnemonics and plays to reinforce and extend events addressed in each chapter, and expanded curriculum offerings beyond the Reagan presidency to present times for schools needing this material.
- Audio recordings and Spanish translations of the text.
- Online chat discussions with "Professor" Bennett.
- Audiotapes of pre-1900 speeches such as the Gettysburg Address and Washington's Farewell Address, and famous letters.
- Teachers can submit lessons to be shared on the Roadmap Web site.
- Additional audio Podcasts from Professor Bennett on historical events including origins and importance today including topics such as Columbus Day, Independence Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, D-Day, Memorial Day, Veteran's Day, Pearl Harbor, Black History Month, and Women's History Month.
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