Usborne encyclopedia of world history internet linked
Encyclopedia of World History pb (Usborne)
The name
BiblioPlan
is synonymous with classical chronological world history. Comprehensive and thorough while providing ease of use and minimum teacher prep, BiblioPlan allows students of all ages to work in the same era at the same time at their own level. There is also flexibility. You can still use just the framework (Lesson Plans Plus) or you can add some or all of the components. This is a whole family study where older children can help younger children and children of all ages will be making memories as they work together. BiblioPlan puts you in the driver's seat with full control.
BiblioPlan Lesson Plans Plus
BiblioPlan Lesson Plans Plus, formerly known as the Family Guide, provides the structural framework for the program – a full year's worth of history and literature readings.
The Lesson Plan Plus is necessary.
There are four guides, one for each of the four classical (chronological) time periods: Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern, and Modern.
This is the core of the whole program, and these guides provide 34-week, comprehensive lesson plans with annotated reading lists, audio options, video su
The
Usborne Encyclopedia of World History
encompasses what were at one point four separate books:
Prehistoric World, Ancient World, Medieval World
, and
The Last 500 Years
. Usborne periodically updates this book, not changing the essential content as far as I can tell, apart from the most current events. The book includes internet links, but those links are to a website that directs you to the correct and current page on the internet. This means you don't have to worry about links being out of date.
This beautifully-illustrated history book can be used to cover the entire scope of world history. The target audience is approximately grades four through six, but older and younger children will likely also find it interesting. History and culture are combined as is appropriate for these grade levels. Although the text is broken up by illustrations, it flows in columns, making it fairly easy to read. Illustrations all have helpful descriptions—children are likely to browse through these books just “reading” illustrations and their descriptions. A timeline chart with illustrations is at the back of the book along with a glossary. Coverage of history is necessarily spotty,
The Usborne Internet-linked encyclopedia of world history 3999904501
Table of contents :
Prehistoric time -- What are fossils? -- Clues from fossils -- Story of life -- Birth of the earth -- Changing world -- Beginning of life -- SHells and skeletons -- Crowded seas -- First fish -- Life on land -- Fish out of water -- Swamps and forests -- What are reptiles?
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The Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of World History
September 14, 2011
See my review on amazon for a complete table of contents.
I love the Usborne series of encyclopedias and other books, and was really excited to add this to our home's repertoire.
While there is not a lot of depth on some areas/topics (Ancient China and Japan, for instance), there is certainly a huge breadth of knowledge. I am excited that there are 100 pages dedicated to prehistory, including the birth of our planet and the beginnings of life. There is a really cool visual timeline of prehistory (kind of a mini Charlie's Playhouse Giant Evolution Timeline: Book & Play Mat, "Time Charts" for ancient, Medieval, and Modern history, and the "past 500 years" section includes mini topical sections on topics such as the cold war; cinema, radio, and tv; Christianity; and computers. The running timeline across the bottom of each page indicates both the era in history and the geographic area being discussed on those pages.
While I'm happy this book approaches prehistory from a scientific standpoint, I'm not thrilled about its handling of religion. It not only uses the outdated dating system of BC/AD (rather tha