Books with title Lives and Times: Pack 4

Our Lives & Times Features Include: Chronolog entries, more than 2,000 in all, interactively indexed and cross-referenced, relating subjects that range from the first Nobel prizes to the Clinton impeachment, from relativity to Y2K, from Sarah Bernhardt to Barry Bonds. Over 2,500 illustrations - including maps, charts, and graphs - colorfully depict a visual history of our times. Decade-by-decade Infographics show at a glance how we lived, how some of us died, what we believed in, and how the face of the world has changed and evolved. Approximately one million words on 786 pages will enlighten your sense of the historical context of the recent past. Yearly Datalines enumerate the vital statistics and facts for each year.

A biography of Johann Sebastian Bach. The "Lives and Times" series touches on the Key Stage 1 history requirements in books that not only tell the stories of the lives of famous people, but also provide evidence for each story. Children are encouraged to think about how we know about each individual and the events that made them famous. More generally, they are encouraged to think about how we form impressions of history through evidence or reporting of events.