Books in Hands-On Art History series

Color your own masterpiece!Hungary boasts a rich tradition of folk art and craft, displayed in embroidery and other textiles, pottery, carvings, and other works. These lush patterns convey the imagination and aesthetic sensibility of the Hungarian people over hundreds of years. This fun coloring book is based on designs drawn from authentic Hungarian folk art. Kids of all ages will love to decorate these 25 coloring pages with markers, crayons, or colored pencils.

Step into the world of the Ancient Egyptians! Make your own beaded collar, challenge a friend to the ancient game of senet, make papyrus paper, learn to write in hieroglyphs, measure time with a water clock, and paint a life-size pharaoh. Fascinating facts and thirteen easy-to-do activities involve young readers in exploring this ancient civilization and its people.

Travel back through the centuries to one of the greatest civilizations in history - the Roman Empire. Discover fascinating facts about the Roman way of life, the clothes people wore, the entertainments they enjoyed, and the food they liked to eat. Amazing projects allow you to construct a model Roman home, make a legionary's uniform, and fashion a headdress that will leave you looking fit to rule an empire! Ideal for home or school use for ages 8 to 12.

Making learning fun and interactive builds excitment for your social studies students. This book includes game-formatted activities for the study of land and water forms, map components, latitude and longitude, climate, vegetation, plate tectonics, natural disasters, global water issues, economics, and political systems. These hands-on activities are aligned to state and national standards and supports college and career readiness skills. The hands-on lessons foster engagement, teamwork, creativity, and critical thinking. In addition to history-based lessons, this resource includes grading rubrics and ideas for assessment. The games in Hands-on History Activities will help you take an active approach to teaching while inspiring your students to make their own explorations of history.About Shell Education Rachelle Cracchiolo started the company with a friend and fellow teacher. Both were eager to share their ideas and passion for education with other classroom leaders. What began as a hobby, selling lesson plans to local stores, became a part-time job after a full day of teaching, and eventually blossomed into Teacher Created Materials. The story continued in 2004 with the launch of Shell Education and the introduction of professional resources and classroom application books designed to support Teacher Created Materials curriculum resources. Today, Teacher Created Materials and Shell Education are two of the most recognized names in educational publishing around the world.

Color your own Gothic masterpiece! Impressive Gothic cathedrals were constructed in European cities from the twelfth through the fifteenth centuries. These fantastic buildlings convey the imagination and aspirations of the people at that time. This fun coloring book is based on designs drawn from Gothic cathedrals of England, France, Germany, and Spain. Kids of all ages will love to decorate these 25 coloring pages with markers, crayons, or colored pencils.

Color your own ancient Egyptian masterpiece!Egypt boasts a rich tradition of ancient mummies and sarcophagi, displayed in museums around the world. The colorful, dramatic decoration on the sarcophagi captures the imagination and aesthetic sensibility of the Egyptian people over thousands of years. This fun coloring book is based on designs drawn from authentic Egyptian mummies. Kids of all ages will love to decorate these 25 coloring pages with markers, crayons, or colored pencils.

Color your own Native American masterpiece!Native American Designs of the Pacific Northwest No one knows how long Native American artists have been carving mythical creatures from giant cedar trees across the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Native American totem poles have long sparked curiosity and ingenuity, with their intricate colors and unique designs that tell a cryptic story. These 25 authentic totem pole designs originating from the American Pacific Northwest and Canada will let your imagination run wild as you bring these bewitching behemoths to life with crayons, pens, or colored pencils.

Color your own masterpiece!Hex signs, a type of early American folk art, first appeared on barn sides across the Pennsylvania Dutch country in the nineteenth century. These geometric designs convey the imagination and aesthetic sensibility of the people at that time. This fun coloring book is based on designs drawn from authentic hex signs of the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Kids of all ages will love to decorate these 25 coloring pages with markers, crayons, or colored pencils.

Color your own masterpiece! Wassily Kandinsky is one of the most famous artists of the modern age, known for painting some of the earliest works of abstract art. Now, kids of all ages will enjoy coloring Kandinsky's most famous pictures. Includes 25 coloring pages, a brief biography, and a reference list of works identified by title, date, and collection.

This fascinating fact and project book is the perfect introduction to Viking history. Discover how these amazing people lived their lives, the food they ate, the clothes they wore, their gods and heroes, the weapons they used, and the lands they conquered. Practical projects help young readers to understand what life was like in the past: build a model ship, bake a Viking loaf, and play an ancient Norse board game. Ideal for home or school use for 8 to 12 year-olds.

In Mexico and other Latin American countries, people celebrate the Day of the Dead on November 1 and 2, days when, according to tradition, the spirits of departed loved ones come back to visit the living. Sugar skulls are a colorful and popular way to celebrate El Día de los Muertos. People craft sugar skulls of sugar and other materials, but they’re also fun to color with markers and crayons! Are you ready? Includes 25 unique designs plus blank templates so you can design your own sugar skulls.