Each book in this new series follows a major technological innovation from its first appearance in human history to its present-day development. The intuitive layout of each book underscores the remarkable history that is surveyed. Running text on the upper third of each page provides a concise narrative, while a continuous timeline on the bottom two-thirds of the page records the highlights and curious facts of the development of the technology. Text and timeline together provide the kind of challenging and multi-format reading experience recommended for 3rd-through-5th-graders in today’s standards-based curriculums.
Series Titles:
- Adobe Shelters to Steel Skyscrapers: A Timeline of Building
- Counting Pebbles to Writing Code: A Timeline of Mathematics and Computers
- Foraging to Supermarkets: A Timeline of Food
- Hieroglyphics to Hypertext: A Timeline of the Written Word
- Leeches to Lasers: A Timeline of Medicine
- Smoke Signals to Smartphones: A Timeline of Long-Distance Communication
- Stargazing to Space Travel: A Timeline of Space Exploration
- Wooden Spears to Military Drones: A Timeline of Warfare
Key Highlights:
- Provides a “Find Out More” section of age-appropriate additional resources.
- Dynamic layout enables the reader to follow the narrative or browse from fact to fact.
- Provides a visual presentation of the topic to help reinforce information from textbooks and classroom lectures.