The Story of the World History for the Classical Child Volume 4 The Modern Age From Victoria's Empire to the End of the USSR

The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child : Volume 4 : The Modern Age: From Victoria's Empire to the End of the USSR
ISBN: 9780972860338
Publication Date: 22 July 2005

Where was the Crystal Palace Who was the Sick Man of Europe And how did cow fat start a revolution

Now more than ever, other countries and customs affect our everyday lives and our children need to learn about the people who live all around the world. Susan Wise Bauer has provided a captivating guide to the history of modern nations all around the world. Written in an engaging, straightforward manner, the final volume of the popular Story of the World series weaves world history into a storybook format, covering major historical events in the years 1850-2000.

From the Middle East and China to Africa and the Americas find out what happened all around the world in the last century and a half. Designed as a read-aloud project for parents and children to share together, The Story of the World includes the stories of each continent and people group.

Each Story of the World volume provides a full year of history study when combined with the Activity Book, Audiobook, and Tests each available separately to accompany each volume of The Story of the World Text Book. Volume 4 Grade Recommendation: Grades 3-8.

About the Author

Susan Wise Bauer is a writer, teacher, and historian. Her books include The Story of Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory, The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had, the History of the World series (W. W. Norton) and the Story of the World series (Well-Trained Mind Press).

She has a Ph.D. in American Studies from the College of William &; Mary in Virginia, as well as an M.A. in seventeenth-centu...