Required Book

updated: August 12, 2017

Your only required book is an online reader titled Latin America: An Interactive History Lab which I created and edited [photo right=book cover]. Cost for online access code = $60. ISBN # 978-1-68075-145-1 I suggest ordering directly from Great River Publishing using a credit card. This is the same URL you will use to access the textbook, documents, quizzes, and to post discussions and essays. You may also purchase an access code from the NC State bookstore. More than a reader, the History Lab is an interactive learning system with many components.

Student Comments on the Interactive Lab

The Interactive Lab is overflowing with primary resources, videos, and great introductions to the general theme or problem addressed in each chapter.

I like how every assignment for the semester is laid out for you in the interactive lab, as well as numerous sources with plentiful information.

Using primary source documents of quality helped me to get out of my comfort zone.

The primary source documents were interesting, and the synthesized information in the chapters were a better aid to understanding events. The menu page below shows the various lab components. The lab combines structured assignments designed by the instructor and self-study opportunities, such as chapter quizzes, vocabulary (glossary) flashcards, and additional links to materials on Latin American history and culture.

I think the interactive history lab was a great component to the course.

There's so much info there [in the Lab], there's not enough time in the semester to explore it all.

The online course website is nicely setup and very easy to use.

The lab was set up great! Everything in a good spot and easy to access.

Pretty straight-forward class with easy instructions. I really like how everything was already set in place so you could go ahead and prepare for your next assignments. No waiting around and not a lot of confusion.

Photo: Prof. Slatta signing copies of one of his books, National Cowboy Symposium & Celebration, Lubbock, Texas, 2010