Aztecs (QED Hands-on History) - Hardcover
Synopsis
Step into the world of the Native North Americans! Make a dream catcher, design a Navajo sand painting, create a story on buffalo hide, challenge your friends to a game of Chance and make a teepee. Informative text and unique activities combine to bring ancient civilizations to life. All activities have clear step-by-step instructions and use easily obtainable materials. Written by an acclaimed non-fiction children's author and illustrated with lavish photography, artwork and maps, each book is a comprehensive guide to the period. Perfect for homework projects! Meets both the UK and US curriculum requirements for history at this level.
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About the Author
FIONA MACDONALD has written over 300 history titles for children, specializing in everyday life in the past. She studied history at Cambridge University and at the University of East Anglia. She has taught in schools, adult education and university, and is the author of numerous books for children on historical topics. Her books have been recommended by the TES and the AASL.
From School Library Journal
Grade 4-6-A biased look at the history and culture of the Aztecs. Amplified by sloppy watercolors, MacDonald's text describes the often harsh realities of their lives in a judgmental manner. The author exhibits little understanding of an agricultural, pre-industrial peoples and even less respect for the Aztecs. Their legends and myths are given short shrift, e.g., the epic of their early wanderings and seach for the eagle eating a snake atop a cactus is completely ignored, yet this motif persists today as an image on the flag of Mexico. Many unsupported statements are made, e.g., the Great Temple is referred to as a "holy and terrifying" place, but human sacrifice is not mentioned to explain this remark; flowers were bought and sold because "the city streets and canals must have been smelly." Many of their accomplishments are belittled, e.g., that their treatment of illness "may unfortunately have hastened the patient's death"; a pottery flute "could play only five notes." Angus McBride's artwork for Life in the Time of Moctezuma and the Aztecs (Steck-Vaughn, 1993) by Roy Burrell is far superior. Clearer descriptions and explanations are available in Frances Berdan's The Aztecs (Chelsea, 1989).
Frances E. Millhouser, Reston Regional Library, VA
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherQED Publishing, a division of Quarto Publishing plc
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1845386523
- ISBN 13 9781845386528
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32
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