Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) and A&E Television Networks (AETN) have announced the availability of two co-branded high school social studies iBooks textbooks for the Apple iPad, The Americans and World History: Patterns of Interaction. While full versions will not be available for purchase until August 1, a sample chapter of The Americans is now available on the iBookstore.
Each multi-touch and visually engaging iBooks textbook offers magazine-style design plus embedded interactive features. Special features include:
- HISTORY® videos
- Audio clips of section summaries
- Photo galleries to illustrate the content
- Interactive features such as 3D graphics and animated maps
- Section quizzes
iBooks textbook functionality includes:
- Highlight Text—allows students to highlight what’s personally important to them
- Notes—allows students to add point-of-use notes and create study cards
- Note Search—allows students to refer to previous notes while studying
- Bookmark—allows students to flag content for quick referral
- Search—allows students to easily find content of interest throughout the iBook
