Books with author Charles W Maynard

This lively series uses the stories of celebrated forts to draw students into the history of the United States. The excitement begins with the Spaniards in 1672, who built the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States--the Castillo de San Marcos--in St. Augustine, Florida. Students learn next about Fort Clatsop, the wooden encampment that the explorers Lewis and Clark built after reaching the Pacific Ocean in 1805.

Western literature, philosophy, medicine, and astronomy all have roots in the science and technology of ancient Greece. The Greeks' unparalleled achievements in the technology of writing, construction, warfare, and medicine are covered in this book, in which readers will learn about such creations as the Greek temple, amphitheater, water clock, phalanx, trireme, and catapult. Supports history-social science content standards mandating student understanding of the origins and influence of agricultural, technological, and commercial developments in key ancient civilizations. Broadens student understanding of the relationship among science, technology, and society by highlighting how major scientific and mathematical discoveries and technological innovations have affected societies throughout history.

The Himalayas are called the roof of the world. The tallest mountain on Earth, Mount Everest, at 29,28 feet, is ones of 14 peaks in the Himalayan chain. The Himalayas stretch 1,55 miles from China to Afghanistan. More than 4 million people live in the Himalayan regions. Among them are sherpas, people of Nepal, who help to guide climbers up Mount Everest. A chapter discusses the record-setting climb of Edmund Hillary and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay. Students will also read that it is a Hindu belief that these mountains are the “abode of gods.

The Ural Mountains form the 1,5-mile boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia. Most of these mountains pass through and divide the country of Russia. The Urals are what geologists call folded mountains, created when two of Earth’s large continental plates bump into each other and wrinkle. Valleys carved from melting ice have created Russia’s Kama and Belaya Rivers, which form the Volga River. Chapters discuss the mining and industrial history of the Urals, and the efforts by environmentalists to clean up one of the world’s most polluted regions.