I have just finished reading The World Made New: Why the Age of Exploration Happened and How It Changed the World.
From Columbus in 1492 to Drake in 1586, the Age of Exploration is outline and explained. This informational text is full of the brilliance we expect from Marc Aronson, but in a bite-size format. Additionally, it is well-organized into three sections: CAUSES of the Age of Exploration, WHAT HAPPENED (execution), and CONSEQUENCES. Reading the book is a complex thinking experience you’ll want your students to have. It is also rich with timelines and reproduced art and maps that offer additional thinking and interpretation.
If you do not have this impressive and insightful book in your middle school or high school collection, order it today. If you own it and have not read it, read it this week. If your students are not reading it as part of any social studies/history course that examines the Age of Exploration, insist that these teachers read the book and they will surely incorporate it into their courses. 40 pages Ages 10 and up
Toni Buzzeo, MA, MLIS, Librarian and Author, Maine USA
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National Geographic has always given readers the bigger picture of our world. Now The World Made New shows children the bigger context of American history. Written by award-winning children''s author Marc Aronson and John W. Glenn, this innovative title will lead children through the causes and consequences of the defining age of exploration. Its unique approach will provide children with new ways of thinking about and learning from history, and instill a lasting sense of our country''s past.
The World Made New provides a detailed account of the charting of the New World and the long-term effects of America''s march into history. The text uses primary sources to bring history to life and features evocative profiles of the major explorers of the age.
The book is beautifully illustrated with full-color artwork, multiple-time lines, and six custom National Geographic maps. The text and layout combine to provide an enlightening overview of New World exploration, and outline the historical context for the discoveries that literally changed the world.
The narrative carries young readers through this age of glorious, and sometimes inglorious, adventure. Follow the timeline of history unfolding; how the early colonies were established; how dissemination of products like the potato, tomato, tobacco, and corn made the Americas a major part of the new world economy; and how the Caribbean became a major trading hub.
64 pages 978-0792264545 Ages 10-14
Keywords: explorers, exploration, history, adventure, cultures, multicultural, 10 year old, 11 year old, 12 year old, 13 year old, 14 year old, narrative nonfiction, Age of Exploration
