Jacqueline Dineen examines the unique ways in which births are celebrated in six of the world's major religions. First-hand accounts describe the special event in people's own words allowing children to compare different religions and attitudes.
Surveys the civilization of Ancient Greece, including information about its history, government, religion, family life, social structure, culture, and influence on the Western world.
The Bible Project Book has answers to such questions as: How was the Bible written? How did people live in Biblical times? When did the first English Bible appear? Children can also read some of the best-known stories from the Old and New Testaments, from the journeys of Moses to the miracles of Jesus. There are interesting activities to make children think as well as a Bible Quiz to test their knowledge.
Embalm Your Own Mummy! Discover Ancient Burial Rituals! Includes Body Organs, Shroud, and Canopic Jars! This exploration kit combines lessons in science, archaeology, and anthropology with the experience of creating your very own mummy! The kit includes a mummy figurine, major internal organs with canopic jars for storing them, gauze for wrapping, and cardboard press-out amulets to protect the spirit as it travels to the afterlife and more! Lift the Lid on Mummies shows how mummification was the key to the afterlife in many ancient cultures, mainly in ancient Egypt, South America and China, and asks how South Americans mummified their dead and how a 2000-year-old iceman was found intact.
Describes the development of agriculture, the influence of weather and climate, different types of farming throughout the world, and ways of improving farming in the future.
Medicine? Leeches to suck the blood clean, cow dung to heal cuts, and the nettles to cure sprains! Thanks to the lifesavers in this book and the discoveries they made, we no longer need such treatments to make us better. This pioneering work has helped us live longer, healthier lives than before.Text Type: Expository, Explanation, ReportTheme/Topic: Medicine, Life Science
In this text children are shown the customs and rituals that help people to live in groups. They can look at the ceremonies concerned with hunting, sowing crops and the harvest, and see how many have their roots in religious beliefs. They can also observe the rituals which surround eating, learn how the everyday practice of giving and receiving gifts is steeped in ritual, and see how people settle their differences in various traditional ways, from a straight fight to more complex song-duels and drumming contests.
As a little boy Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) was moved to tears by his mother's piano playing but he was soon to delight audiences with his own playing and composing. This book tells young readers about his short life, which was overshadowed by revolutions in Poland and France, and by his own illness. Photographs and paintings help to bring the people and places of Chopin's time to life.
This book introduces different art forms such as craft, photography, sculpture, painting and their materials, as well as a brief history of art from the first cave paintings to contemporary art of the 1990s.
Looks throughout history at discoveries in the fields of arts, crafts and communications, and discusses how the ideas and inventions which were developed changed people's lives. Examples include glass and metalworking, writing, microscopes and telescopes, recording sound, movies, and computers. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.
Describes different types of hotels around the world, the people who work in hotels, the different jobs they do, and how all these jobs fit together to keep the hotel running smoothly.
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