A History of Just About Everything: 180 Events, People and Inventions That Changed the World
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.69 (589 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1554537754 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 124 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Touching on landmark events (first humans appear, fire is discovered, language and farming are developed, the wheel is invented, Hitler's rise, the Moon landing, the collapse of communism in Europe, 9/11), this is a good place to start when introducing world history to young students. . From School Library Journal Gr 4-6–This book's time line encompasses a lot of history, 6,000,000 BCE through 2011 (and beyond), and the 120-odd pages do a great job of briefly introducing 180 important historical events. Compact and surprisingly complete, this volume is a superb introduction.–Anne Chapman Callaghan, Racine Pu
She now lives in Toronto, Canada, with her twin sister and works as a designer and illustrator. Her books have been nominated for numerous prizes, including the prestigious Governor General's Literary Award. . Elizabeth MacLeod has written many children's books, including nine titles in the Snapshots Biography series, numerous titles in the Kids Can
Disappointed in the content I really wanted to like this book. It has wonderful illustrations, it covers many important moments in history, and it would have been a good fit for my children who are in the grammar stage. Unfortunately, it is unapologetically Darwinistic in tone. From the first page that talks of our hairy ancestors who swung down from the trees, to the last pages that speak of the search for alien life on other planets, I found that this book--which was written to be a reliable source for young students--was a little le. "IT CHANGED HISTORY!" according to MartyReads. TITLE: A HISTORY OF JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING SUBTITLE: 180 Events, People and Inventions That Changed the World AUTHORS: Elizabeth MacLeod, Frieda Wishinsky ILLUSTRATOR: Qin Leng GENRE/AUDIENCE: KIDS (and Curious Adults) PUBLISHER: KIDS CAN PRESS PUB DATE: AUGUST 1 201IT CHANGED HISTORY! TITLE: A HISTORY OF JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING SUBTITLE: 180 Events, People and Inventions That Changed the World AUTHORS: Elizabeth MacLeod, Frieda Wishinsky ILLUSTRATOR: Qin Leng GENRE/AUDIENCE: KIDS (and Curious Adults) PUBLISHER: KIDS CAN PRESS PUB DATE: AUGUST 1 2013REVIEW: This is an awesome book. Teach your kids what history really means, before they decide history is boring at school. (Forget for a moment how history was the class where you struggled to memorize dates.)This book is crisp, well planned, we. REVIEW: This is an awesome book. Teach your kids what history really means, before they decide history is boring at school. (Forget for a moment how history was the class where you struggled to memorize dates.)This book is crisp, well planned, we. Great brief resource I used this book to excite my 5th grade students about inventions. They loved it. I caught several students reading it after I presented some of the pages. Yeah.
From Buddha and Muhammad to King and Mandela, from the discovery of fire to the invention of the World Wide Web, and from Romeo and Juliet to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, this is a thorough and thoroughly entertaining compendium of important people and events.