World History: Patterns of Interaction combines a highly visual approach with primary sources to help all students understand world history and make global connections. Support for All Learners High-interest, engaging visuals, interactive technology, differentiated instruction, and customized test preparation help make history accessible to all students. Many resources help all students and every learning style: Inner-column notes and questions Graphics combining visual and verbal information Assessment questions based on critical thinking strategies Visual summaries A Focus on Critical Thinking Primary sources are integrated into the narrative and are supported by document-based questions to help students develop and improve their critical thinking skills. The Primary Source Handbook provides additional resources to explore important documents in world history. Section and chapter assessment are designed to build and assess the development of student's critical thinking skills. An Emphasis on the Big Picture Students connect to the events and ideas of the past by understanding key concepts, themes, and patterns of interaction found throughout history. In addition to other features found throughout the text every unit culminates in a special section that compares and contrasts patterns of development in different civilization. Unit 1: Beginnings of Civilization Unit 2: New Directions in Government and Society Unit 3: An Age of Exchange and Encounter Unit 4: Connecting Hemispheres Unit 5: Absolutism to Revolution Unit 6: Industrialism and the Race for Empire Unit 7: The World at War Unit 8: Perspectives on the Present