READING LEVEL: 6.0

INTEREST LEVEL: YA

GUIDED READING LEVEL: W

 

8 Books (1 each of 8 titles) Plus 8 Teacher's Resource Guides

 

Bursting with hundreds of facts and the highest quality of full color photography, these 32 page books will enthrall students of all levels with engrossing details of life in ancient times. Each title features intersting topics that will engage even struggling readers. Topies include: pastimes, food, drink, art, health, marriage, children, trade, war, science, and more!

 

The Teacher's Resource Guides provide over 100 activities and reproducible worksheets to support the books and extend students' reading skills. Each is 8-1/2 x 11 and 16 pages. A key at the end of each guide provides answers and sample responses. The activities are built around the essential elements in reading literacy as identified by the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:

*Vocabulary skills include decoding words, using words correctly, understanding meanings, and extending the actual amount of words the students know.
*Initial understanding: skills include identifying details, facts, and recognizing aspects of literal text, such as sequence of events or main ideas.
*Developing interpretation goes beyond the initial impression to develop a more comples understanding of what was read.
*Presonal reflection and response requires readers to connect information from the text with their own general background and knowlegde.
*Demonstrating a critical stance requires readers to detach themselves from the text in order to consider and evaluate it.

 

Titles include:

 

This informative book on the ancient Aztecs is illustrated with over 100 beautiful color photgraphs and illustrations, which brings the rich history of the Aztecs back to life.

 

Illustrated with more than 80 stunning color photographs, find out why the ancient Chinese civilization was one of the greatest and most unusual of all ancient cultures.

 

The ancient Egyptians come back to life in this informative and comphrehensive introduction, which includes over 100 beautiful color images and illustrations.

 

Over 100 beautiful color images and illustrations bring the ancient Greeks back to life in this comprehensive, informative and highly readable introduction.

 

A comprehensive, informative and highly readable introduction to the Inca civilization with over 100 beautiful color images and illustrations that bring the history of the Incas back to life.

 

Discover the legacy of the past, illustrated with over 80 stunning color pictures, find out how this intriguing civilization flourished for hundreds of years before the arrival of the settlers.

 

A comprehensive, informative, and highly readable introduction to the Roman Empire back to life, keeping students hooked until the end of the book.

 

A comprehensive, informative and highly readable introduction to the world of the Vikings. Over 100 beautiful color images and illustrations bring the Vikings back to life, keeping students hooked until the end of the book.