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Teaching Ancient Civilizations with Children's Literature: Life and Times in Ancient Greece

Feb 9, 2010
Introduction and Summary: Life and Times in Ancient Greece was written and edited by Andrew Charman. Illustrations are by Inklink Firenze. The book is a journey through life in Ancient Greece. One of the first pages is a table of contents which has...

Teaching History with Children's Literature: Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Timbuktu

Feb 9, 2010
  Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Timbuktu, written by Larry Brook and illustrated by Ray Webb, is an informative book that gives children facts and illustrations about life in Timbuktu.  The book begins with an overview of the history of Timbuktu...

Teaching Ancient Civilizations with Children's Literature: Mummies, Pyramids, and Pharaohs: A Book about Ancient Egypt

Feb 9, 2010
Mummies, Pyramids, and Pharaohs: A Book about Ancient Egypt was written by Gail Gibbons and illustrated by Saho Fujii.   “One of the world’s oldest continuous civilizations began about five thousand years ago, in the land of Egypt.”  The book gives...

Teaching History with Children's Literature: Roman Town

Feb 8, 2010
“This book is about a Roman town.  It is not an actual town, instead it is composed of the many elements typical of Roman towns throughout the empire at the beginning of the 1st century AD.  Look around the town, and find out what it was like to be...

Teaching History with Children's Literature: You Are In Ancient Greece

Feb 8, 2010
You Are In Ancient Greece, written by Ivan Minnis, is filled with photographs of ancient buildings and artifacts and excellent information for teaching about Ancient Greece. There is no particular illustrator because all of the images are photographs....


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