Books with author Leslie Kaplan

This fact-filled series can help elementary social studies students learn about the diverse countries and cultures of the world. Correlated directly to the social studies curriculum, each volume includes social, political, geographic, economic, and historic characteristics of the featured country. Primary source images, documents, and artifacts bring the world's unique nations and people into your students' world and offer an invaluable resource for country research and reports. Packed with fabulous primary-source images and documents, readers can take this exiling journey into the worlds of both modern and ancient Greece. They can explore the wonderful ancient sites, such as the Parthenon and the Acropolis, and learn how the restoration of such sites helps secure tourism as the leading industry in the country. In fact, it is the most visited country in Europe, with over 12 million visitors each year. Readers will also find out that despite its popularity, Greece has a struggling economy and relies on substantial aid from its EU partners.

This fact-filled series can help elementary social studies students learn about the diverse countries and cultures of the world. Correlated directly to the social studies curriculum, each volume includes social, political, geographic, economic, and historic characteristics of the featured country. Primary source images, documents, and artifacts bring the world's unique nations and people into your students' world and offer an invaluable resource for country research and reports. A country that has undergone much political and social upheaval since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Iran is a poor nation with many ongoing troubles. Through fascinating primary-source materials and well-documented facts, this volume explains the reasons why the nation is so troubled. Students will also learn that 99 percent of Iranians are Muslims who live under strict Islamic law. However, the importance the Iranians place on the arts, particular poetry, is also explored in this frank look at Iran and its practices today.

Stunning primary source imagery and age-appropriate text will thoroughly engage students as they learn about this important ancient civilization. From artifacts such as the writing implements used by King Tutankhamen's scribe, to tomb paintings that illustrate irrigation systems or life in the home, these books are jam-packed with the primary sources that bring the past to life. Each book also features a primary source listing, which includes information about each document, artifact, or painting.

This fact-filled series can help elementary social studies students learn about the diverse countries and cultures of the world. Correlated directly to the social studies curriculum, each volume includes social, political, geographic, economic, and historic characteristics of the featured country. Primary source images, documents, and artifacts bring the world's unique nations and people into your students' world and offer an invaluable resource for country research and reports. Spanish explorers came to Argentina in the 1500s in search of silver. They did not find silver, but they discovered the many other wonderful resources Argentina has to offer. In this volume, students will be able to make these discoveries for themselves. They will uncover the wide open spaces of the pampas in this, the second-largest country in South America. They will learn about the gauchos, Argentina's folk heroes, who are still seen riding the countryside today. All this and more are presented through dynamic and colorful primary-source materials.