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A Primary Source Guide to Chile

Grade 3-4

Christopher Blomquist

A Primary Source Guide to Chile

Library Binding (PowerKids Press Aug. 1, 2005)
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.
Series
Countries of the World: A Primary Source Journey
ISBN
1404227512 / 9781404227514
Pages
24
Weight
5.6 oz.
Dimensions
8.2 x 0.5 in.

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