History

Understanding the Story of Humanity

History explores how societies change through ideas, conflict, culture, and human decisions. Macmillan Learning titles combine engaging content with thoughtfully designed learning tools, helping students make connections that shape their understanding of today’s world.

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Solutions to Bring History to Life

Achieve Courseware

Achieve for History brings the past to life through primary sources and expert perspectives, helping students engage with the voices, choices, and movements that shaped societies and continue to influence the present.

Achieve for History provides tools that help students analyse sources, strengthen content knowledge, and reflect on historical ideas. Key assessments include:

  • Primary Sources & Quizzes provide curated historical sources paired with assignable quizzes that build critical thinking and source analysis skills.
  • History Tutorials teach essential skills such as analysing primary sources, avoiding plagiarism, improving historical writing, and effective note-taking, with auto-graded quizzes for reinforcement.
  • LearningCurve Adaptive Quizzing delivers personalised practice that adapts to each student’s understanding level, identifies knowledge gaps, and links directly to readings to reinforce key concepts.
  • Short-Form Writing Assignments support frequent, low-stakes writing that helps students reflect on readings, ideas, and historical content, allowing instructors to focus on substance rather than mechanics.
  • Respondus® LockDown Browser Integration provides a secure and trustworthy exam environment for your history assessments.

Support student learning and engagement with tools that adapt to individual needs while helping instructors understand how students are progressing.

  • LearningCurve Adaptive Quizzing supports independent learning with adaptive practice and feedback that helps students master concepts at their own pace.
  • Goal-setting & Reflection Surveys (GRS) help students set learning goals, monitor progress, and reflect on their understanding, while pulse checks give instructors timely insights into student progress.
  • iClicker supports discussion and active learning through real-time polling, instant feedback, and more.
  • Integrated eBook tools provide highlighting, note-taking, and text-to-speech features to help students engage with readings in ways that support comprehension and accessibility.

Streamline course setup, feedback, and instruction with flexible tools designed for history courses.

  • Ready-to-use instructor resources, such as question banks, classroom activities, and more, make it easier to prepare and teach your history course.
  • LMS integration simplifies course setup, assignments, and grading.
  • Real-time analytics & gradebook tools monitor student progress, identify learning gaps, and track trends across the class.
  • Customisable content gives you the flexibility to adapt assignments and resources to match your teaching style and course objectives.

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LMS Integration

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Accessibility

Ensure all students can succeed by providing digital resources designed with accessibility in mind. Macmillan Learning tools comply with accessibility standards to support learners of all abilities.

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