Product Description This authoritative reference book brings world history to life, from early humans to the current war on terror. Along the way, it reveals riveting facts on the founding of the great Roman Empire, the revolution that changed France forever, the war between the North and South that unified America, the start of World War I and the Great Depression that followed, the first moon landing, and the end of apartheid in South Africa.
The encyclopedia is organized chronologically and then thematically within each time period. A timeline runs across the top of each page. Each section includes biographies of important people and features on art, architecture, and technology. [ ^Top ]
A good beginning...
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I too homeschool in a classical mode. I originally bought this due to the reference in The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home (Revised and Updated 10th Anniversary Edition). It is a useful introduction to unfamiliar ground. Non Western topics are often unfamiliar to me and I find the snippets given along with the timeline context enough of a start that I can take it from there. Would it be the only text I would use? Definitely not. However, it is a fleshed out outline of the topics and a good road map when outlining a course of study.
world history at a glance
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If you're looking for a detail oriented history book this is not the one, nor is it Pro Western Civilization as if the rest of the world did not exist. This book is concise and picture oriented. It attempts to say what happened around the world in general. Each Major time period starts with "the world at a glance" and ends with a summery of the accomplishments in Arts, Architecture and Science and Technology. Mainly geared for 12-15 year olds or adults who want a synopsis. I use this book to supplement science students in grade 8-9 that I tutor, so that they are not ignorant about history nor that they conceive science as something that materialized just recently in the life of a young person.
The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia
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We're using this for our 5th grade History studies and the level of the test is well suited to the 10-11 year old capacity for detail. I like how each time period is started with a 2page spread of a world map and a general summery of what was going on everywhere. THe time line that runs across the top of the book is aso a helpful item.
We are homeschoolers, using this as a base textbook but could see it as helpful for any young student trying to pull together all the diffrent ideas and events from arroung the world that they have heard about up untill now.
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I love this book. I am a homeschool mom who is using this for a history spine for our world history studies. This book is packed full of information with colorful photos. Each topic has two page spread. Timelines are made very easily with this book.
LOVE This Book!!!!
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Excellent reference book. Spectacular graphics and handsome book. Glad I got this one!!!!
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