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Inventing America 2e

eMedia & Ancillaries for Instructors

The Norton Resource Library provides comprehensive instructor resources in one centralized online location. In the library, instructors can download ready-to-use, one-stop solutions for online courses, such as WebCT e-Packs and BlackBoard Course Cartridges, or they can tailor these pre-made course packs to suit their own needs. The library’s exceptional resources include:

Norton Media Library

This useful CD-ROM brings together a wealth of images and multimedia embedded in PowerPoint presentations with lecture outlines organized around the text. Sure to enliven classroom discussion, these presentations are easy to use and free to adopters.

Norton Gradebook is an online application that allows instructors and students to store and track their online quiz results effectively. Student results from each quiz are uploaded to the password-protected Gradebook, where instructors can access and sort them by section, chapter, book, student name, and date. Students can also access the Gradebook to review their personal results and see how they perform in relation to the class, as well as to all classes using the Gradebook nationally. Registration for the Gradebook is instant and no setup is required.

Instructor's Manual and Test Bank

Amy Bix, Iowa State University with James Sargent, Virginia Western Community College
Volume 1: 0-393-92778-4 • paper
Volume 2: 0-393-92779-2 • paper

The Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank contains chapter outlines, lecture ideas, discussion topics, and lists of audio-visual material and Web resources. Available in both print and electronic versions, the Test Bank provides over 2,500 short-answer and essay questions in the easy to use ExamView format. Contact your local Norton representative for more information.

Norton American History Digital Archive

Perfect for classroom presentation, and available free to all adopters of Norton's American history textbooks, the Norton American History Digital Archive (NAHDA) contains nearly one thousand historical images and audio and video clips covering all major periods of American history.