Places in Time: A New Atlas of American History

by Elspeth Leacock, Susan Buckley, Randy Jones (Illustrations)

Visit the places of America’s past, the places where real people led their lives and made American history. Places in Time takes readers to twenty sites that have shaped our national story. Each stopping point is a birds-eye view of a moment in time: Hear the Great Sun call out to his people at Cahokia, ride with General Benedict Arnold at Saratoga, step out of a sedan chair at Independence Hall, and join the Fergusons as they move into “the city as new as tomorrow.”

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Atlases, Childrens

48 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Currently using it in my 3rd grade class...It doesn't have traditional atlas maps, although the subtitle says "new atlas". It's a fun way to see where people settled, and I love the integration of timeline and diagrams.

[Gianna Petrillo · Rating 3 out of 5]

1. 2nd-6th grade
2. This book is about the different important cities in America and the important things that happened there. There is a table of contents so the students who are not interested in reading the whole book, can just read the cities they are interested in. This is also a long book with informational pictures as well as words.
3. This book would be a great book to have on a book shelf because not only does it have important incidents that happened in these great cities, but also additional information about what else went on there during different time periods. I like this book because it is organized with pictures and numbers showing what, when, and where things are being placed.
4. I would use this book also as a reference for some sort of geography project. I think this book would be extremely helpful to students if they had to do a report on important cities in America.