Product Description

This fourth book in the four-volume narrative history series for elementary students will transform your study of history. has won awards from numerous homeschooling magazines and readers' pollsover 150,000 copies of the series in print! 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 livesand 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 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 Americasfind 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, includes the stories of each continent and people group.

Each volume provides a full year of history study when combined with the Activity Book, Audiobook, and Testseach available separately to accompany each volume of Text Book. Volume 4 Grade Recommendation: Grades 3-8. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white drawings and maps