Books in Picturing the Past series

The Picture the Past series looks at the many kinds of communities in America's past. Each book describes what made each community different and what children and adults did each day. Life on the Oregon Trail In this book, discover what it was like to be a part of a wagon train on the Oregon Trail. Find out how children went to school on the trail. Visit a fort on the trail to learn how travelers traded with Native Americans. Discover how travelers found and prepared food. Then use a recipe to cook an Oregon Trail meal–bacon stew!

The Picture the Past series looks at the many kinds of communities in America's past. Each book describes what made each community different and what children and adults did each day. Life at Ellis Island In this book, discover why and how millions of people came to live in the United States. Learn how these people landed in New York, at Ellis Island, and were checked before entering the United States. Visit Ellis Island and see how immigrants lived there. Then use a recipe to make an immigrant treat–noodle kugel!

What was it like to live in Ancient Athens? All the people who lived in ancient Greece spoke the same language and worshipped the same gods and goddesses. But they all lived in different city states – a city and the land around it that it controlled. These city states were all run differently, and there were often fights between them. Despite their differences, there were things that united the city states. Find out more in this exciting title.

Ancient Greece brings the Golden Age of Greece (5th century BCE)--the era of Socrates, Plato, Pericles, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Herodotus--to life. It does so through covering such topics as: geography, farming, education, slaves, festivals, religion, the city and politics, war, science and medicine, sports and games, theater, music and crafts. Using artifacts, such as ceramics, medical tools or a piece of clothing, geographical sites, and archaeological evidence, this book looks at the past in a new and exciting way. By showing in simple graphic terms how ancient buildings and objects were actually used, and by providing examples of numerous everyday objects, Ancient Greece makes the distant past come to life. Each two-page spread covers a different topic. Text, photographs, illustrations, archaeology information boxes and time-lines are used to great affect. Captions and diagramming also are used to relate the different elements of the presentation, and each spread contains a link to an authoritative website for further information. A full chronology of the political and social history of ancient Greece, as well as a glossary and an index are included.Informative and amply illustrated, Ancient Greece is sure to engage and spur further interest.The Picturing the Past Series:How do we know what we know about ancient peoples and their cultures that have disappeared? Ultimately, there are three main sources of information: the images that survive in wall paintings, ceramics and sculptures; artifacts, such a jewelry, utensils, toys, clothing, and tools; and the writings of ancient authors that have survived the ravages of time. From such sources, it is possible to begin to reconstruct the life of the distant past with an astonishing degree of accuracy.

What was it like to live in a Viking Town? Find out in this fact-filled title. The Vikings lived in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, more than 1,000 years ago. They had a reputation for being raiders who attacked without warning. There were many different groups of Vikings, each with their own leader. At first, the Vikings lived in small settlements. Then they began to live, work and trade in towns. The Vikings who lived in towns had different lives from those who lived in the countryside.

The Vikings lived in Norway, Sweden and Denmark more than 1,000 years ago. There were lots of different groups of Vikings, all with their own leaders. Ships were important to the Vikings for exploring, trading and fighting. Without their shipbuilding and sailing skills, they could not have spread as widely as they did. They built all their ships in the same way, but had different designs depending on what they were used for.

The Picture the Past series looks at the many kinds of communities in America's past. Each book describes what made each community different and what children and adults did each day. Life on a Southern Plantation In this book, discover what life was like on a southern plantation before the Civil War. See how slaves were forced to work. Learn how plantation children and slaves dressed. Visit the owner's big house and a slave cabin. Then use a recipe to make a plantation dessert–sweet potato pie.

The Picture the Past series looks at the many kinds of communities in America's past. Each book describes what made each community different and what children and adults did each day. Life on a Pioneer Homestead In this book, discover how pioneers made new lives in America's new lands in the West. See how they built their houses and made furniture, clothes, and soap. Visit a pioneer school, a general store, and a work party. Learn how the pioneers found and cooked their food. Then use a recipe to cook a pioneer treat–corn bread!

What was it like to live in a Viking Town? Find out in this fact-filled title. The Vikings lived in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, more than 1,000 years ago. They had a reputation for being raiders who attacked without warning. There were many different groups of Vikings, each with their own leader. At first, the Vikings lived in small settlements. Then they began to live, work and trade in towns. The Vikings who lived in towns had different lives from those who lived in the countryside.

The Picture the Past series looks at the many kinds of communities in America's past. Each book describes what made each community different and what children and adults did each day. Life in a New England Mill Town In this book, discover what life was like in one of the first factory towns in the United States. Find out how towns like Lowell, Massachusetts, grew as textile mills, boardinghouses, canals, schools, and libraries were built. Learn how children and adults worked in the mills. Then use a recipe to make a popular treat from the time–apple cider cobbler!

The Picture the Past series looks at the many kinds of communities in America's past. Each book describes what made each community different and what children and adults did each day. Life on the Oregon Trail In this book, discover what it was like to be a part of a wagon train on the Oregon Trail. Find out how children went to school on the trail. Visit a fort on the trail to learn how travelers traded with Native Americans. Discover how travelers found and prepared food. Then use a recipe to cook an Oregon Trail meal–bacon stew!