The Aztecs (Crafts from the Past) [Library Binding]

Gillian Chapman (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Crafts from the Past

Projects based on various features of Aztec culture recreate some of their arts and crafts, including woven textiles, mosaic masks, jewelry, featherwork, and wheeled toys.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-8?Brief snippets of text make for superficial coverage of the Egyptian and Aztec empires, but crafts?not history?are the focus of this series, and sufficient information is given to put the crafts into a cultural context. The appealing, inventive projects include "Jade Mosaics," "Featherwork," "Woven Textiles," and "Chacmool Statues" (The Aztecs); and "Nest of Mummies," "Scarab Seals," "Board Games," and "Canopic Jars" (The Egyptians). The colorful crafts are attractive, often ambitious, and generally reflective of the culture. Instructions are rather sketchy, but the full-color diagrams and photographs of completed projects provide sufficient clarification. There are no pretensions to authenticity here. On the contrary, there is a rather jarring effort to make the items "useful" (e.g., a mosaic papier-mache serpent becomes a key holder, a cat mummy becomes a "purr-fect" money box), and the general instructions suggest that "All the projects make perfect presents." These volumes are hardly essential, but as supplementary material for hands-on learning, they should prove useful.?Marcia Hupp, Mamaroneck Public Library, NY
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About the Author

Gillian Chapman, author of Crafts from the Past: the Aztecs, and Crafts from the Past: the Egyptians, as well as Art from Sand & Earth (Raintree/Steck Vaughn) lives in England. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Library Binding: 32 pages
• Publisher: Heinemann Library (January 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157572555X
• ISBN-13: 978-1575725550
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 9.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,371,392 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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