Teachers' Guides and Student Activities Include:

• Historical background- develops the overall historical perspective by examining each event's background, detailing each event, helping students undersatnd why the event took place, who was involved, where and how the outcome influenced later events
• Lessons- copy masters
• A narrative map - placing each event into a geographic context.
• Vocabulary
• Discussion questions
• Listing of people important to event
• Internet/websites- selected sites for research.