Describes the explorations, conquests, accomplishments, and failures of sixteenth-century Spanish explorers ?lvar N??ez Cabeza de Vaca, Francisco V?squez de Coronado, Juan Ponce de Le?n, and Hernando de Soto in North America.
Provides insights into the explorations of the Portuguese through dramatized interviews with Prince Henry the Navigator, a leader who inspired voyages to the African coast and other uncharted regions of the world; Bartolomeo Dias, who sailed around the southern tip of Africa; and Vasco da Gama, explorer of the Indies.
Presents an introduction to the unique features of the Earth's topography, showing how mountains and chasm form, as well as providing information on forces that change its surface, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and water.
Examines the geological time line, describing the Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras, including their forms of plant and animal life; shows how geologists study the rock layers under the ocean floor; and presents a hands-on investigation of how geologists "read" unusual formations in rock layers.
Students in grades five through eight travel along as visitors from outer space investigate the variety of land formations on Earth, and the forces that affect them. Includes a hands-on demonstration.
Explores archaeological sites and artifacts, art, architecture, and writings to provide insights into life in the ancient African civilizations of the Swahili and Great Zimbabwe, discussing the people and cultures of the East African empires.
Explains what serfs were and what it was like to be one in medieval Europe, covering the work they did, the holidays they celebrated, the lives of serfs' children, and the societal changes that gave members of this class more rights.
Chronicles the Revolutionary War from its beginnings in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, to its end in Yorktown, Virginia, describing its major battles and figures.
Tells the story of Roger Williams, the Puritan minister who was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his radical beliefs, who went on to establish the colony of Rhode Island in 1636, based on the principle of religious freedom.
Explores the history of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the northernmost outpost of the vast Spanish empire in the New World, and the Spanish encounters with the Pueblo Indians who inhabited the region.
