Books with title A Primary Source Guide to Kenya

Divided by the Rift Valley, which Charles Darwin dubbed the "cradle of civilization." Kenya's distinctive geography is just part of its mystique. The world's prime safari destination is home to more than 40 tribal groups. While modern-day Kenya remains a mix of lifestyles, languages, and cultures, students will learn that the country's history is marked by divisive struggles between white European colonists and indigenous peoples. Primary-source artifacts, documents, and images will bring readers a vital, new understanding of this nation on the equator.

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. Ancient peoples called this mountainous land Anatolia, but in the twentieth century; under Atatuk, Turkey's first president, it became known as the Land of the Turks. Turkey has played a major part in the history of civilization. Today Turkey is a republican democracy, and its capital is Ankara. Introduce students to the Blue Mosque, the Dolmabahe Palace, and the three-day festival of Seker Bayrami in this engaging tour of the land that lies in two continents!

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. Can you imagine a day when the sun never set? Introduce your students to the Land of the Midnight Sun! In Sweden's northernmost region the sun never rises in the winter and never sets in the summer. Readers will learn about its rich history and customs through primary source material, including Viking rune-stones from the eleventh century and the Constitution of 1809. Students will find A Primary Source Guide to Sweden a fascinating read!

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. Spain, a land of many mountains, is the second-largest country in western Europe. Spain became a mighty1 world power in the 1500s, thanks to explorers such as Francisco Pizarro and Hernan Cortes, who set up Spanish colonies in the Americas Readers will he introduced to Spain's government, which is a parliamentary monarchy, its economy, and its Semana Santa religious festival. Popular with tourists. Spain has been an important member of the European Union since 1986.

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. Introduce your students to South America's String Bean! From the Atacama Desert to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, Chile's regions have geographic features that include deserts, lake country, forests, pampas, volcanoes, and glaciers. Primary source images such as Pedro de Valdivia's 1541 document establishing Chile as a Spanish colony, an example of Mapuche weaving, and a petroglyph, called the Birdman, from Easter Island, will introduce readers to Chile's fascinating story.

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.

Readers get a vivid introduction to the People's Republic of China with this compelling volume on the country with the largest population in the world. More than one-fifth of humankind lives in this largest of the Asian countries. Readers will explore the diverse history of China, as well as the country's Communist government. The traditions of China, a nation that is home to more than 50 unique ethnic groups, are introduced with stunning, primary-source detail--from dragon dances to the decorative art of calligraphy.