Books with title Prehistory

Can a T. rex take a selfie? Will woolly mammoth's throwback Thursday photo get the most likes? What if prehistoric creatures were online?Kids are engaging in social networks in increasing numbers and this digital world has given birth to a new language--the hashtag language. #PREHISTORIC offers a unique opportunity to connect with kids in their language while introducing them to the incredible dinosaurs and animals of the prehistoric world. Each creature has its own humorous username and caption as well as a user info page that offers basic facts, stats, and photos. A comment section provides humorously imagined dinosaur banter. The hashtags also serve to present information in a contemporary voice. #PREHISTORIC is a melding of old and new and fun and informative, making nonfiction incredibly accessible for young readers.

The landscape is full of evidence of the people who lived in the vast period of time covering over 99% of the human past, which we now refer to as 'prehistory'. This book outlines our present understanding of what life must have been like so long ago, now less sketchy thanks to recent archaeological investigation. It shows how studying the evidence can be used in a number of curriculum subjects. This book suggests educational strategies for the use of historic landscapes, sites and buildings.

"DK Online" provides complete and visually arresting reference at a new level. Topics are presented thematically, on double-page spreads, in a clear and logical progression - ending with a comprehensive glossary and index. Reference pages provide a clear and compelling overview of each topic. On every page, a range of ready-reference tools deliver information at a glance: databoxes, timelines, annotated and step-by-step photography, digital images, and artworks. Link icons lead you to online information you can't get in a book: live and archive footage; sound buttons; interactive polls, quizzes, and games; links to organizations and the latest research. Each link icon tells you which keyword to key in - then Google(t) and "DK" take you straight to the safe, appropriate, and authoritative online information, and ensure that all weblinks are regularly monitored and updated.

Prehistory is the time before people kept written records. In Europe - the subject of this book - written records began around 700 BC in Greece, but most of Europe remained prehistoric until the Romans conquered it. With no written evidence to help them, archaeologists have to become detectives, searching for clues that will enable them to reconstruct a picture of our prehistoric past. What clues should we look for? How should we interpret them? This book sets out to provide the answers.