Egypt: Civilizations Past to Present

by Kevin Supples

Find out why ancient Egyptian civilization continues to fascinate people today. Explore the ancient tombs, see the mummies, and experience life along the Nile.

Paperback

Published January 25, 2007

Reviews

[Kyle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Genre: informational

Grades: 1-3

This book is filled with historical content and is great for helping introduce vocabulary words to students. Each vocabulary word is highlighted in the text, and is accompanied by a glossary at the book of the book.

[Rachel Driscoll · Rating 3 out of 5]

This series put out by by National Geographic Reading Expeditions, highlights countries of the world that are centers of differing forms of ancient civilizations. The author, Kevin Supples, arranges the books by topics such as houses, clothing, and economy, highlighting the country's way of life 'then' (hundreds or thousands of years ago) and in modern times. The text is written in a very clear manner, and the pages are colorfully illustrated with both artwork highlighting the civilization's way of life, and excellent photographs of current life. There are maps included that are well marked and illustrated. The book I chose was "Civilizations Past to Present: Greece." It highlights the topics previously mentioned, as well as some pertinent to Greece, such as architecture, the arts, and the Olympics.
The text level makes this series a good choice for grades 3-6. These books are a good resource for any student needing sources for research into ancient civilizations. They also lend themselves to work involving comparison studies of ancient and modern times. The books are only about 25 pages long, are well organized, and relatively new (2002), so the information is current. National Geographic also provides an online teacher's guide for he series.

[Samra · Rating 3 out of 5]

quick and easy history lesson