Designed primarily for class readings of 10–15 minutes, these dramatizations contain fascinating insights and touches of humor to reflect what historical characters may have said more than a thousand years ago.
Exercises such as comparing and retelling Native American creation myths, inventing and breaking Civil War codes, creating a Depression/New Deal timeline, and giving an oral report on teenage leaders in the Civil Rights movement are supported by reproducible handouts.
Beginning with the migration of early humans and extending through the fall of the Roman Empire, the illustrated episodes are supplemented by readings about the age and culture, true/false questions, and group and individual activity suggestions.
On the Auction Block (1730)—Should you run or stay? Servant for Sale (1760)—Serve seven years of indenture in beastly hot Charles Town or hot-blooded Boston? Sons of Liberty (1765)—Choose loyalty or treason? Winter Camp at Valley Forge (1777–78)—Risk desertion or starve and freeze? Tennessee or Kentucky Pioneers (1790)—Should you pick the northern or southern frontier?
Each workbook features prereading activities, history-related information searches, and postreading follow-ups aimed at comprehension and critical thinking.
Six units and 13 chapters cover pre-history through AD 1650.
Four units cover 1650 to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Among the stories treated are The Cage, Night, The Hiding Place, The Last Mission, The Upstairs Room, Farewell to Manzanar, Kindertransport, and Maus I and Maus II.
Requiring fourth-grade reading and math skills, the worksheets are organized in five sequential units: “Earning Your Money,” “Spending Your Money,” “Saving Your Money,” “Automating Your Money” (electronic banking), and “Managing Your Money.
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