Explore Ancient Rome!: 25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiements (Explore Your World) - Softcover

Van Vleet, Carmella

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0979226848 ISBN 13: 9780979226847

Publisher: Nomad Press, 2008

Synopsis

Teaching kids to do as the Romans did, this guide to the ancient empire explores various things from togas and gladiators to Julius Caesar and the Coliseum. It includes 25 interactive projects and games that helps kids learn how to host a Roman feast, make their own shields and tunics, and write a Roman play.

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Review

DIG Magazine
"Explore Ancient Rome! By Carmella Van Vleet offers a variety of projects, accompanied by explanatory history text, designed to stimulate readers’ interest in this ancient culture. Among them are making an aqueduct, designing a villa, creating an oscillum and designing a theater mask."

From the Back Cover

In this book, young readers ages 6-9 can investigate the fascinating civilization of ancient Rome through 25 hands-on projects and activities. Kids learn about ancient Roman homes, food, playtime, clothing, conquests, gods, entertainment, and more. Activities range from creating an amphora and making a tunic to baking bread and hosting a Roman feast. By combining a hands-on element with riddles, jokes, fun facts, and comic cartoons, kids "Explore Ancient Rome!" and develop an understanding of how this ancient civilization laid the foundation of our modern world.
"Explore Ancient Rome!" meets common core state standards in language arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction. Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nomad Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0979226848
• ISBN 13: 9780979226847
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 96
• Illustrator: Kim Alex