A History of Just About Everything: 180 Events, People and Inventions that Changed the World by Elizabeth Macleod

A History of Just About Everything: 180 Events, People and Inventions that Changed the World by Elizabeth Macleod

This fascinating, chronological ?walk through history? offers a unique perspective by providing context and connections ?to show how we are all part of, and linked to, the past, the present and the future.? From the first appearance of humans six million years ago up to the modern day, 180 extensively researched and fact-checked entries describe world-changing events and people through time. The topics covered include scientific discoveries; revolutions (political, industrial and scientific); natural and human-made disasters; important books, plays and art; and the people behind it all. Fully illustrated and written in an engaging, accessible, quick-moving style, the entries capture the essence of what makes each subject noteworthy and why it mattered at the time as well as today. ?Learning about history makes you realize that what happens in one place and time can spill over to another, ? the authors write. ?Each event creates a ripple effect. Sometimes we don't know what the ripple will be till years later.? They flesh out this cause-and-effect concept in numerous cross-references to other related entries in the book, and in special ?Ripples? boxes that further explore the future impacts of the event. Besides the table of contents, which can function also as a time line, the book contains a separate at-a-glance time line broken down by subject, a particularly helpful resource for social studies lessons, and an extensive index. This essential, thorough, one-stop history sourcebook is sure to find continuous use in the classroom or library

Elizabeth MacLeod est une auteure et r?viseure bien connue pour ses ouvrages documentaires destin's aux jeunes. Aux ?ditions Scholastic, elle a publi? plusieurs titres de la collection Le Canada vu de pr?s, dont Arbres de chez nous et La monnaie canadienne, ainsi que les biographies de Samuel de Champlain, de Marie Curie, d'Alexander Graham-Bell et d'autres grands personnages. Ann?e apr's ann?e, Elizabeth se distingue en obtenant des r?compenses pour son travail. Elle vit ? Toronto.

Elizabeth MacLeod is an author and editor, well known for her non-fiction writing for kids. She is the author of Arbres de chez nous and La monnaie canadienne in the Canada Close Up series and she also co-wrote Everything But the Kitchen Sink: Weird Stuff You Didn't Know About Food with Frieda Wishinsky. Her titles show up on the shortlists of all the major non-fiction awards every year and she has won several times. Elizabeth lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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ISBN 13	9781554537754
ISBN 10	1554537754
Title	A History of Just About Everything: 180 Events, People and Inventions that Changed the World
Author	Elizabeth Macleod
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Kids Can Press
Year published	2013-12-01
Number of pages	124
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