World War I for Kids : A History with 21 Activities.
Title:
World War I for Kids : A History with 21 Activities.
Author:
Rasmussen, R. Kent.
ISBN:
9781613745571
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (194 pages)
Series:
For Kids series
Contents:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Time Line -- Introduction -- 1: The Road to War -- Make a Military Recruiting Poster -- 2: Stalemate on the Western Front -- Write a Poem About the War -- 3: Trench Warfare -- Make a Periscope -- Cook Maconochie Stew -- Press a Flower to Send Home from the Front -- 4: Other Fronts -- Make a World War I Scoreboard -- 5: The Weapons of War -- Three-Minute Egg Camouflage Challenge -- Make a Model Gas Mask -- 6: The War at Sea -- 7: The War in the Air -- Make a Parachute -- 8: Animals Go to War -- Train a Dog to Carry Messages -- Write a Letter Home from the Western Front -- 9: Enter the United States -- Search for a Convoy -- Learn the Lyrics of the War's Most Popular Song -- Coin a Slogan -- 10: The Home Fronts -- Write a Letter from Home to a Soldier in Europe -- How Much Sugar Is in Your Food? -- Bake War Bread -- 11: Ending the Fighting -- Think Like a Wartime Censor -- Read a World War I-Era Adventure Novel -- 12: Beyond the Armistice -- Visit a World War I Memorial -- Design a Commemorative Postage Stamp -- Resources -- Key Personalities of World War I -- Websites for Further Exploration -- Notable Feature Films About World War I -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
An educational and interactive children's guide to the Great War In time for the 2014 centennial of the start of the Great War, this activity book provides an intriguing and comprehensive look at World War I, which involved all of the world's superpowers during a time of great technological and societal change. Emphasizing connections among events as well as the war's influence on later historical developments, it leads young readers to fully understand the most important aspects of the war, including how the war came about, how changing military technology caused the western front to bog down into a long stalemate, how the war fostered an era of rapid technological advances, and how the entry of the United States helped end the war. The book explores topics of particular interest to kids, such as turn-of-the-20th-century weaponry, air and naval warfare, and the important roles animals played in the war. Relevant crosscurricular activities expand on concepts introduced and illuminate the era of the early 1900s, including making a periscope, teaching a dog to carry messages, making a parachute, learning a popular World War I song, and more.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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