With a refreshing new design and fully updated information, the Everything You Need to Know About... series is a first-rate homework reference guide for 4th- 5th- and 6th-graders and their parents!
The newly revised and updated Everything You Need to Know About...series provide kids and parents with a quick refresher to 4th through 6th grade curriculum topics. The organization and scope of these concise homework-help guides make them an essential reference resource.
Researched according to middle-grade curriculum and current textbooks, and created in conjunction with subject experts, these titles answer kids' most frequently asked homework questions.
In WORLD HISTORY, students will find everything from Ancient Egypt to Buddha, from Operation Enduring Freedom to the Olympic Games.
History can be a boring and tasking subject to learn in school for most kids. But what child wouldn't want to learn about the first written language or who started the studies of science and math? Well, okay still seems a little boring. How about the Ancient Indians who wrote fables and stories? Kids will have fun learning about doctors, musicians and dances from 322 B.C.
Empires and rulers in ancient times created havoc amongst the peoples. Slave trades started in 1441. In Africa, 1948 Apartheid forced people into white and non-white racial groups. Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata were two famous heroes of the Mexican Revolution. Wars and revolution have caused up-rises around the globe in history.
A modern timeline of world events is listed from the 1700's to the present day. Young readers will learn about Neil Armstrong the first astronaut to walk on the moon. Martin Luther King Jr. and his freedom marches, Indira Gandhi the first woman prime minister of India, along with so many more can be found here too.
The glossary of terms in the back will have young readers mastering history in no time.
Another fantastic offering from Anne Zeman. The colorful, easy-to-read format is appealing and even easier to use. I hope to own all the books in her series because they are of great value.