This original timeline treats each subject as a visual thread and makes any history lesson memorable. Children can't resist following along to find out what happens. Visual Timelines: Inventions is an invaluable resource that provides unbeatable material for any student.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 5-9?Unlike many similar books on the topic, this volume manages to convey a sense of how the passage of time affects creative design. Inventions are organized into five categories (world events, travel and conquest, agriculture and industry, daily life and health, and measurement and communication) and are presented concurrently in a timeline that starts in 600,000 B.C. and proceeds, with each turn of the page, to the present. This approach allows readers to note coincidences in creativity. Short captions fill in information about the inventions, but for good explanations of their significance or definitions of terms, readers will have to look elsewhere. The full-color photographs are varied and interesting. What's more, this book teaches a sophisticated form of literacy similar to skills students learn when they interact with multimedia resources?reading both text and pictures?and provides a third understanding, that of juxtaposition.?Cathryn A. Camper, Minneapolis Public Library
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Gr. 3-6. As in many other books published by Dorling Kindersley, the visuals here (clear photographs or drawings set against a bright white background) will attract readers. A time line of world events anchors each page, with the remainder of the page divided into four sections: "Counting & Communication"; "Daily Life & Health"; "Agriculture & Industry"; and "Travel & Conquest." There are, however, gaps in the visual history. For example, although the Huang He (Yellow River) of China is listed as one site of early settlement, the accompanying map doesn't show it. Still, despite the limitations noted, books of this kind are fascinating to browse, with this one leading readers on a sweep through history extending from the discovery of fire and the making of the wheel to the invention of virtual reality. Mary Harris Veeder
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Richard Platt has been writing for children since 1992. One of his books, Castle Diary, was shortlisted for the Kate Maschler Award, The Times Education Supplement award, and a History Today prize. His Pirate Diary won the Kate Greenaway Medal 2002, the Silver Smarties Award 2002, and won the 'Best Book With Facts' prize in the Blue Peter Book Awards 2003.
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A mesmerizing reference book,
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This review is from: Visual Timeline of Inventions (Hardcover)
I checked this out from the library originally. Had to purchase it after seeing how it enthralled my children. We home school and intend to use this as a guideline for history and science projects- projects will be based on the inventions
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