History Textbook

In elementary school through middle school, my teachers taught from a history or social studies textbook.  I have been learning about history and the present much differently at John Carroll.  I like how we can use the internet to do research and create projects and essays to tie up everything that our class learned.  Traditionally, students learn about history "by the book."  Textbooks offer a wide variety of topics that can be covered throughout a school year.  It is easy to take notes from a book and read real text.  As the times change, textbooks can be out-of-date while the internet always has late breaking news and current events.  Most textbook cover world history or American history.  Textbook and books educate us on past events that has shaped the world or countries into what they have become.