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Social Science
Grades 9-12History
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Adamson, Lynda G. (1999). World Historical Fiction: an Annotated Guide to Novels
for Adults and Young Adults. Phoenix,
AZ: Oryx Press. 719p., 1573560669, $55.00
A list of historical fiction for those who use fiction to support the curriculum.
Audience: Teachers; Grades 9-12.
Subjects: World History
Standard: any / all
Strand: History
Africa: An Encyclopedia For Students. (c2002). New York: Scribner.
4 vols. 0684806509, $375.00
In alphabetical arrangement, articles on people, places, events.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 3, 7, 8
Strand: One, two
Album of Science.
(c1978-84). New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 3 Vols., 068415496X (1), 0684153777
(2), 0684150476 (3), $165.00 (set)
Scientific illustration with text. Vol. 1 covers Antiquity
and the Middle Ages; Vol. 2 From Leonardo to
Lavoisier, 1450-1800; Volume 3 The Nineteenth
Century.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: History of science
Standard: 6
Strand: History
American History on File. (c2002). New York: Facts on File.
2 vols., loose leaf, 0816046271, $280.00
Overview of American history covering key events, movements, people, and trends. Designed to be photocopied and with permission to do so.
Audience: Teachers, Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3, 11
Strand: One, three
Atlas of the World's Religions. (c1999). New York: Oxford University Press.
240p. 0195214498, $95.00
How the major religions developed and how they are globalized.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, U. S. History
Standard: 4, 2, 3
Strand: One
Ball, Edward. (2001, c1998). Slaves in the Family. New York: Ballantine/Random.
505+p. 0345431057, $16.95 pb
The author tracks down and interviews the descendants of former Ball slaves across the country. Part oral history and part family saga. Sources, notes, topics for discussion.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3, 13
Strand: One
Bard, Mitchell, ed. (c2002). The Nuremberg Trial. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven.
223p. 0737710764, $32.45
Part of History Firsthand series which examines major events in world history through eyewitness accounts. Introduction to each article and a comprehensive introductory essay.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 3, 16
Strand: One, four
Becker, Patricia C., ed. (c2002). A Statistical Portrait of the United States: Social Conditions and
Trends, Second edition. Landham, MD: Bernan.
322p. 0890595844, $147.00
Historic and current data on population, households, families, housing, education, social conditions, labor force, income, poverty, crime, health, voting, religion, leisure activities, etc.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3, 14
Strand: One, three
Benson, Michael. (c2002). Encyclopedia of the JFK Assassination. New York: Facts on File.
348p. 0816044767, $70.00
An A to Z encyclopedia of people, places, and things related to the crimes of November 22-24, 1963 in Dallas.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3, 16, 18
Strand: One
Bjornlund, Britta. (c2002). The Cold War. San Diego, CA: Lucent.
128p. 1590180038, $27.45
Timelines, excerpts from primary and secondary sources, photographs, sidebars make this an easy to use book.
Audience: Grades 9-11
Subjects: U. S. History, World History
Standard: 2, 3, 16, 11
Strand: One, four, three
Blackwood, Gary L. (c2000). Life In a Medieval Castle. San Diego, CA: Lucent.
108p. 15600065826, $27.45
A simply written presentation of life, with illustrations and sidebars. Part of The Way People Live series.
Audience: Grades 9-10
Subjects: World History
Standard: 4, 2
Strand: One
Blainey, Geoffrey. (c2002). A Short History of the World. Chicago: Dee.
464p. 1566634210, $27.50
A sweeping thematic history of mankind. Major themes are technology and skills, rise of major religions, course of empires, role of geography.
Audience: Teachers, Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 5, 6, 7, 9
Strand: One, two
Blunden, C. and Elvin, M. (c1998). Cultural Atlas of China. New York: Facts on File.
240p., 0816038147, $50.00
Chinese culture, society, geography.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, China
Standard: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Strand: : History, Geography
Browning, Robert. (c1992). The Byzantine Empire. Rev. Ed. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America
Press. 310p., 081320754,$32.00 pb
he history of the Byzantine Empire from the sixth to the fifteenth century. Includes politics, art, literature, thought. Background for understanding the complex problems
between the Christian and Muslim worlds.
Audience: Grades 9-12.
Subjects: World History, Byzantium
Standard: 2, 3, 4, 5
Strand: History
The Cambridge
Encyclopedia of China. (1991). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 502p.,
052135594X, $50.00
A one volume source of historical, political, artistic and social information on China.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, China
Standard: 2, 4, 5, 6
Strand: History
Campbell, Geoffrey A. (c2000). The Pentagon Papers: National Security Versus the
Public's Right To Know. San Diego, CA: Lucent.
112p. 156006692X, $28.00
Discusses the Supreme Court trial resulting from The New York Time's decision to publish secret government documents about the Vietnam War.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3, 16, 19
Strand: One, four
Carlisle, Rodney. (c2001). Encyclopedia of the Atomic Age. New York: Facts on File.
400p. 081604029X, $68.00
An A to Z encyclopedia of the world in the period from the development of the concept of nuclear fission in 1938 to the cessation of atmospheric testing in 1961. More than 500 entries.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History, World History
Standard: 1, 2, 6, 16
Strand: One
Carr, Caleb. (c2002). The Lessons of Terror: a History of Warfare Against Civilians: Why It Has Always Failed and Why It Will Fail Again. New York: Random House.
272p. 0375508430, $19.95
How warfare always targeted civilians. Argues that brutality never achieves its goals but leads to resentment followed by even bloodier retaliations.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, Civics
Standard: 2, 3, 16
Strand: One, four
Cartlidge, Cherese. (c2002). The Crusades: Failed Holy Wars. San Diego: Lucent.
110p. 1560069996, $27.45
An interesting topic in light of contemporary religious conflict.
Audience: Grades 9-10
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 3, 4
Strand: One
Chronology of
European History 15,000 B.C. to 1997.
(c1997). Pasadena CA: Salem Press. 3 Vols,
0893564184, $225.00
Summary of each significant event including dates, locale, categories, key figures.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: Chronology and cause
Strand: History
Civil War America, 1850-1875. (c2002). New York: Facts on File.
0816038678, $95.00
Part of Almanacs of American Life series which delves into daily lives of the American people. Statistics, tables, illustrations, ads, photographs.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 4
Strand: One
The Civil War: The North. (c2001). San Diego, CA: Greenhaven.
240p. 0737703644 , $32.45
Part of History Firsthand series which examines major events in world history through eyewitness accounts. Introduction to each article and a comprehensive introductory essay.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3, 4
Strand: One
The Civil War: The South. (c2001). San Diego, CA: Greenhaven.
254p. 0737704098 , $32.45
Part of History Firsthand series which examines major events in world history through eyewitness accounts. Introduction to each article and a comprehensive introductory essay.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3, 4
Strand: One
Cold War America, 1946-1990. (c2002). New York: Facts on File.
0816038686, $95.00
Part of Almanacs of American Life series which delves into daily lives of the American people. Statistics, tables, illustrations, ads, photographs.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 4
Strand: One
The Collapse of the Soviet Union. (c1999). San Diego, CA: Greenhaven.
288p. 156510997X, $32.45
Part of Turning Points in World History series which examines great past milestones and the complex mix of political, social, military, scientific trends that contributed to their
occurrence.
Essays.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3, 11, 16
Strand: One, four, three
Combs, Cindy and Slann, Martin. (c2002). Encyclopedia of Terrorism. New York: Facts on File.
339p. 0816044554, $75.00
An A to Z encyclopedia with more than 300 entries offers treatments of events, people, organizations and places that have figured prominently in international terrorism.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History, World History
Standard: 2, 3, 4
Strand: One
Cook, Chris. (c2001). The Facts on File World Political Almanac: From 1945 to the
Present. (c2001, 4th edition). New York: Facts on File.
600p. 0816042950, $66.00
Information on international organizations, heads of state, legislatures, treaties, alliances, nuclear arsenals,
populations.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, U. S. History
Standard: 20, 16, 14, 3
Strand: Four, three, one
Cosgrove, Bronwyn. (c2000). The Complete History of Costume and Fashion, From Ancient Egypt to the Present Day.
New York: Checkmark Books (Facts on File).
256p. 0816045747, $38.00
The development of fashion, with explanatory text and lavish pictures.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 4, 2
Strand: One
Cosman, Madeleine Pelner. (c2000). Women at Work in Medieval Europe. New York: Facts on File.
192p. 0816031258, $35.00
Original documents and art are used to describe women working whether in trades, professions or running estates and abbeys.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 4, 11
Strand: One, three
Countries and Their Cultures. (c2001). New York: Macmillan.
4 vols. 0028649508, $475.00
Countries arranged alphabetically. Information includes location and geography, demography, history and ethnic relations, government, food and economy, social issues, gender issues,
family, religion, health care, holidays, arts.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 16
Strand: One, two, three, four
Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook 2003. (c2002). Detroit, MI: Gale.
2 vols. 0787661716, $250.00
U.S. Dept. of State reports on selected countries, covering political and economic conditions, government personnel and policies, religion, history, education, weather, communications,
etc.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 5, 8, 14, 2
Strand: Two, three, one
Davies, Norman. (c1996). Europe: a History. Oxford, Oxford University
Press. 1365p., 0195209125, $40.00
An exhausting narrative of Europe’s history, both well known stories and lesser
covered subjects. Includes snapshots of
issues that cut across the chronological flow.
Audience: Teachers; Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, Europe
Standard: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Strand: History
The Diagram Group. (c2000). Comparative Religions on File. New York: Facts on File. 288p., loose-leaf,
0816042543, $185.00
Designed for comparing and contrasting major world
religions.
Audience: Grades 9-12.
Subjects: World History, religions
Standard: 5
Strand: History
The Diagram Group. Timelines on File. (c2000). New York: Facts on
File. 4 Vols, loose-leaf, 236p. each vol., 0816042772, $560.00
Reworking of previous set. Chronologies, time lines, outline of world history, pre-history
to 2000.
Audience: Teachers, Grades 9-12.
Subjects: World History
Standard: Chronology and cause, 7, 8
Strand: History Geography
Diamond, Jared. (c1997). Guns, Germs, and Steel: the Fates of Human Societies.
New York: Norton. 480p., 0393038912, $28.00
The environmental factors responsible for history’s broadest patterns.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, environmental
influence
Standard: 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10
Strand: History
Directory of
Historical Figures. (c2000). Pasadena, CA: Salem Press. 704p., 089356334X, $125.00
Short listings of over 8,000 historical figures: dates and what person is known for.
Audience: Grades 9-12.
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 4, 5, 6
Strand: History
DoSouza, Dinesh. (c2002). What's So Great About America. Washington, DC: Regnery.
218p. 0895261537, $27.95
The immigrant author takes on America's critics and proves them wrong. He defends not an idealized America, but America as it really is, and measures America against the rest of the
world.
Audience: Grades 9-12+
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 18, 19
Strand: Four
Douglass, Susan L. (c2002). World Eras Volume 2: Rise and Spread of
Islam, 622-1500. Detroit, MI: Gale.
477p. 0787645036, $96.00
Part of a cross-disciplinary series examining major civilizations. With a global perspective and a strong emphasis on daily life and social history, it provides coverage of an era. Chapters
cover world events, geography, arts, family, science, religion, social systems, daily life and more.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World history
Standard: 1, 2, 4, 5
Strand: One
Doyle, William. (c2001). An American Insurrection: The Battle of Oxford, Mississippi,
1962. New York: Doubleday.
383p. 0385499698, $26.00
Describes James Meredith's efforts to become the first African American student at the University of Mississippi, the
governor's attempt to block it, and the armed rebellion that followed.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 18, 19, 2, 3, 4
Strand: Four, one
Dreishpoon, Douglas and Trachtenberg, Alan. (c2001). The Tumultuous
Fifties: a View From The New York Times Photo Archives. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
278p. 0300088213, $39.95
Photojournalism with captions and an introductory chapter about the fifties and the archives.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 4
Strand: One
Durant, Will. (c1950). The Age of Faith: a History of Medieval Civilization
- Christian, Islamic, and Judaic - from Constantine to Dante: A.D. 325 - 1300. [The
Story of Civilization, V4]. New York: MJF
Books. 1196p., 156731015X, $18.00
History of the time period through faith and religion.
Audience: Grades 9-12.
Subjects: World History, religion
Standard: 2, 3, 5
Strand: History
Durant, Will. (1935). Our Oriental Heritage: Being a History of
Civilization in Egypt and the Near East to the Death of Alexander, and in India, China and
Japan from the Beginning to Our Own Day; With
an Introduction on the Nature and Foundations of Civilization. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1049p.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, Asia
Standard: 4, 5, 6
Strand: History
Derks, Scott. (c2001). Working Americans, 1880-1999, Volume II: the Middle Class. Millerton, NY: Grey House.
591p. 1891482726, $135.00
The social and economic lives of working Americans. Explains the workings of a family, what they did with their time and money. Profiles of workers' salaries and expenses; ads,
photographs.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 13, 19, 2
Strand: Four, three, one
Durschmied, Erik. (c2001). The Blood of Revolution: From the Reign of Terror to the Rise of
Khomeini. New York: Arcade.
392p. 1559706074, $26.95
An account of revolutions, dictatorship, war and society from the French Revolution to modern Iran.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 4, 16, 20
Strand: One, four
Elish, Dan. (c2002). The Trail of Tears: The Story of the Cherokee
Removal. Tarrytown, NY: Benchmark/M. Cavendish.
96p. 076141228X, $21.95
An easy reading version of the 1838 march that forced 16,000 Cherokees from Georgia into exile in Oklahoma. They traveled in winter without proper food, clothing, or shelter, and 4,000
people died en route and were buried in shallow, unmarked graves.
Audience: Grades 7-10
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3, 4
Strand: One
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy. (c2002). New York: Scribner.
3 vols. 0684806576, $350.00
An A to Z of America's foreign policy history.
Audience: Grades 10-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3, 18
Strand: One, four
Encyclopedia of
Asian History. (c1988). New York: Charles Scribner’s sons. 3 Vols., 0684186195,
$275.00
Covers the sweep of Asian history, geography, politics, art, religion, philosophy, law and
literature.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, Asia
Standard: 3, 4, 5, 6
Strand: History
Encyclopedia of
World Biography, 2nd edition. (c1998). Detroit: Gale Research. 18 Vols., 0787622214,
$1100.00
Substantial biographies of famous people throughout history.
Audience: Grades 9-12.
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 4, 5, 6
Strand: History
Events That Changed the World Through the Sixteenth Century. (c2001). Westport, CT: Greenwood.
233p. 0313290792, $40.00
Includes major developments like Renaissance, Hundred Years War, Ming Dynasty, Fall of Constantinople, Protestant Reformation, Spanish Armada, Conquest of the New World.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 3
Strand: One
Ewans, Martin, Sir. (c2002). Afghanistan: a Short History of Its People and
Politics. New York: HarperCollins.
244p. 0060505079, $25.95
The troubled history of a nation that continues to be in the world's spotlight.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 8
Strand: One, two
Experiencing the American Civil War. (c2002). Detroit, MI: UXL/Gale.
2 vols. 0787655856, $90.00
Detailed information on twenty-five creative works about the Civil War era for YA audiences.
Audience: Teachers, Grades 8-12
Subjects: U. S. History, American Literature
Standard: 5, 2
Strand: One
Facts on File. (c2002). Outline Maps on File: Updated Edition. New York: Facts on File.
Loose leaf. 0816049963, $148.00
Outline maps, designed to be xeroxed, and with permission to do so, of world areas. Great for homework exercises and tests.
Audience: Teachers, Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, U. S. History
Standard: 8, 7
Strand: Two, one
Feinberg, Barbara Silberdick. (c2002). The Articles of Confederation:
The First Constitution of the United States. Brookfield, CT: Twenty-First Century Books.
110p. 0761321144, $24.90
A simple explanation of the origins and development of the Articles. Includes glossary and timeline.
Audience: Grades 7-10
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 17, 18, 2
Strand: Four, One
The French Revolution. (c1999). San Diego, CA: Greenhaven.
223p. 1565109333, $32.45
Part of Turning Points in World History series which examines great past milestones and the complex mix of political, social, military, scientific trends that contributed to their
occurrence.
Essays.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 3, 16
Strand: One, four
Geography on
File. (2001). New York: Facts on File. 312p., 0816045143, $185.00 [annual updates
published at $49.50]
More than 250 reproducible maps, graphs, charts covering both human and physical
geography. Regional geography, climate, people, economy, the Earth.
Audience: Grades 9-12.
Subjects: World geography: maps, charts
Standard: 2, 4, 8, 9, 14
Strand: : History, Geography, Economics
Goodwin, Jason. (c1998). Lords of the Horizons: a History of the Ottoman Empire.
New York: Henry Holt. 352p. 0805063420, $15.00 pb
The story of the Ottoman people, whose name does not describe a place and whose language
nobody speaks, and how they rose to power and held on.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, Ottoman Empire
Standard: 1, 2, 3, 4
Strand: History
Great Depression and New Deal Reference Library. (c2002). Detroit, MI: UXL/Gale.
3 vols. 0787665320, $135.00
Covers the disastrous failure of American and world economies after the 1929 stock market crash and their gradual recoveries. Causes, impact, rise of Hitler, New Deal. Almanac,
biographies, primary sources.
Audience: Grades 8-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3, 13, 11
Strand: One, four
Great Events, 1900-2001. (c.2002, revised edition). Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.
8 vols. 1587650533, $450.00
Combines, updates and expands The Twentieth Century: Great Events (1992 + 1996 supp.) and The Twentieth Century: Great Scientific Achievements (1994 + 1997 supp.) Articles are
generally one to three pages with illustrations. The last entry is September 11, 2001. Lots of scientific coverage.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, U. S. History
Standard: 6, 1, 4, 5, 10, 16
Strand: One
Grossman, Mark. (c2000). Encyclopedia of the Interwar Years from 1919 to
1939. New York: Facts on File.
400p. 0816035768, $70.00
An A to Z encyclopedia of the world between the two World Wars: people, places, movements, events, with an emphasis on the U. S.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History, World History
Standard: 1, 2, 11, 16
Strand: One, three
Grove, Noel. (1997).
National Geographic Society Atlas of
World History. Washington, D.C.:
National Geographic Society. 400p. 0792270487
Cross-cultural time lines run through the book, tying history together. Six chronological
sections.
Audience: Teachers; Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 8, 9
Strand: History
Grun, Bernard. (c1979). The Timetables of History. New York: Simon & Schuster. 676p., 0671249878,
$30.00, $22.00 pb
Side by side, double-paged comparisons for each year to 1978 of concurrent happenings in
history & politics, literature, religion & philosophy, visual arts, music, science
& technology, daily life.
Audience: Grades 9-12.
Subjects: World History
Standard: Chronology and cause
Strand: History
Haywood, John. (c1999). World Atlas of the Past. New York: Oxford University Press. 4 Vols.,
0195214439, $100.00
Divided into time periods. Maps, articles,
timetables.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 8, 9
Strand: : History, Geography
Hill, Kathleen Thompson and Hill, Gerald. (c2002). The Facts on File Dictionary of American
Politics. New York: Facts on File.
448p. 0816045194, $65.00
More than 1600 entries including definitions and explanations of political terminology and the text of important American documents.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 18, 17, 16, 19
Strand: Four
The Historical
Encyclopedia of World Slavery. (c1997). Santa
Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. 2 Vols., 0874368855, $145.00
Every one of the earliest civilizations practiced slavery.
These volumes trace that practice to the 20th century covering countries,
individuals, societies and events.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, slavery
Standard: 2, 3, 4
Strand: History
Historical Maps
on File. (c2001). New York: Facts on File. 2 Vols., loose-leaf, 081604600X, $264.00
Features more than 400 maps, 100 new to this edition, updating the older editions.
Audience: Grades 9-12.
Subjects: World History, maps
Standard: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10
Strand: History Geography
The History
Atlas of Asia. (c1998). New York: Macmillan. 160p., 0028625811, $25.00
Historical atlas with text explanations.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, Asia
Standard: 7, 8, 9
Strand: History, Geography
History Behind the Headlines: The Origins of Conflicts Worldwide. (2001-2002+). Detroit, MI: Gale.
Providing important background information on long-term ethnic, religious, political, territorial and economic conflicts, this is an ongoing series with biannual volumes.
5+ vols. 0787649511, v1; 078764952X, v2; 0787649538, v3; 0787649546, v4; 0787659118, v5. $85.00 per volume
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, U. S. History
Standard: 2, 1, 3, 8, 12, 16
Strand: One, two, three, four
History of the
Modern World. (c2000). New York: Marshall Cavendish. 10 Vols., 0761471472, $485.00
Ten volumes beginning after Medieval times and going through the twentieth century.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Strand: History
The Holocaust: Death Camps. (c2002). San Diego, CA: Greenhaven.
224p. 0737708832 , $32.45
Part of History Firsthand series which examines major events in world history through eyewitness accounts. Introduction to each article and a comprehensive introductory essay.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 3, 4, 16
Strand: One, four
Howes, Kelly King. (c2002). War of 1812. Detroit, MI: UXL/Gale.
319p. 0787655740, $49.00
A chronological overview of events of the War of 1812 with fifteen biographies of persons associated with the War.
Audience: Grades 9-11
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3
Strand: One
The Industrial Revolution. (c2002). San Diego, CA: Greenhaven.
269p. 0737709278, $32.45
Part of Turning Points in World History series which examines great past milestones and the complex mix of political, social, military, scientific trends that contributed to their
occurrence.
Essays.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 11, 2, 4
Strand: Three, one
Industrial Revolution Reference Library. (c2002). Detroit, MI: UXL/Gale.
3 vols. 0787665126, $135.00
From its mid-18th century beginnings in Great Britain, the Industrial Revolution transformed much of the world from an agricultural society to a complex industrial one. Volumes cover
ideas, social turmoil, machines, biographies of important figures, primary source materials.
Audience: Grades 8-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 3, 4, 11, 15
Strand: One, three
Ingpen, R. & Wilkinson, P. (c1991). Encyclopedia
of Events that Changed the World. New
York: Penguin Group. 256p., 0670841412, $30.00,
OP, available used.
Eighty turning points in history.
Audience: Grades 9-12.
Subjects: World History
Standard: Chronology and cause
Strand: History, Geography
The Inquisition. (c2001). San Diego, CA: Greenhaven.
267p. 0737704861, $32.45
Part of Turning Points in World History series which examines great past milestones and the complex mix of political, social, military, scientific trends that contributed to their
occurrence.
Essays.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 4, 2, 3
Strand: One
James, Peter and Thorpe, Nick. (c1994). Ancient Inventions. New York: Ballantine Books. 672p., 0345364767, $30.00
In a thematic organization, the book covers medicine, communication, warfare, sports,
high-tech, etc.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: Inventions
Standard: 6
Strand: History
Japan: An
Illustrated Encyclopedia. (1993). New York, Kodansha America, Inc. 2 Vols., 1924p.,
4069310983, $250.00
An atlas, time lines and encyclopedia with alphabetical entries.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, Japan
Standard: 1, 5, 6, 8, 9
Strand: History
Kallen, Stuart A., ed. (c2002). The Baby Boom. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press.
220p. 0737709251, $25.00
The story of the baby boomers, the U.S. population growth between 1946 and 1964, and the huge demographic bubble they caused.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 4, 14
Strand: One, three
Kallen, Stuart A. (c2001). Life in America During the 1960s. San Diego, CA: Lucent.
108p. 156006790X, $28.00
Part of The Way People Live series, this describes the U.S. in the 1960s.
Audience: Grades 9-11
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3
Strand: One
Kallen, Stuart A., ed. (c2002). The Roaring Twenties. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press.
219p. 0737708859, $25.00
Part of the History Firsthand series, this volume explores the Twenties through eyewitness accounts.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 4, 5, 13
Strand: One
Keenan, Jerry. (c2001). Encyclopedia of The Spanish-American & Philippine-American
Wars. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
467p. 157607093X, $68.00
Details principal campaigns and battles; biographies of key military and political figures; role of U. S. yellow press in manipulating public opinion.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3
Strand: One
Kort, Michael. (c2001). The Handbook of the New Eastern Europe. Brookfield, CT: Twenty-first Century.
256p. 0761313621, $40.00
Chronicles the history of nine countries in eastern Europe including profiles of significant people and places.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 20, 16, 8, 2, 3
Strand: four, one, two
La Guardia, Anton. (c2001). War Without End: Israelis, Palestinians, and the Struggle for a Promised
Land. New York: St. Martin's.
408p. 0312276699, $25.95
An experienced journalist traces how the promise of peace has turned into the curse of war in this thorough history and examination of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 1, 2, 3, 16
Strand: One
Lawler, Jennifer. (c2001). Encyclopedia of Women in the Middle
Ages. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
279p. 0786411198, $45.00
Culture, history, circumstances of women in the Middle Ages from 500 to 1500.
Genealogical charts.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 3, 4
Strand: One
Levin, Carol, et al. (c2000). Extraordinary Women of the Medieval World and Renaissance World: A Biographical Dictionary. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
327p. 0313306591, $70.00
Profiles of seventy women who are remarkable for their courage, initiative, and accomplishments in a time when women were usually expected to be silent and obedient.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 4, 2
Strand: One
Lucey, Donna M. (c2001). I Dwell in Possibility: Women Build a Nation, 1600-1920. Washington, DC: National Geographic.
256p. 079226360X, $40.00
The story of the women who built America. Illustrated.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3, 4
Strand: One
Kamen, Henry. (1999). Who’s Who in Europe 1450-1750. New York: Routledge. 352p., $30.00
An A to Z reference of over 1,000 major personalities.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: European biography
Standard: 5, 6
Strand: History
Kinross, Lord. (c1972). Hagia Sophia. New York: Newsweek. 172p.,
The history of Constantinople through the story of the church/mosque Hagia Sophia.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, Constantinople
Standard: 2, 3, 4
Strand: History
Kohn, George Childs. (c2001). Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence from Ancient Times to the Present. New York: Facts on File.
454p. 0816042632, $75.00
An A to Z encyclopedia of infectious diseases affecting not only our daily lives but the course of history. More than 700 entries up through 2001.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 6
Strand: One
Konstam, Angus. (c2000). Historical Atlas of Exploration, 1492-1600. New York: Checkmark Books (Facts on File).
192p. 0816042489, $35.00
Maps, text and pictures of the famous explorers, their routes, and their experiences.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 4, 8
Strand: One, two
Konstam, Angus. (c2002). Historical Atlas of the Crusades. New York: Checkmark Books (Facts on File).
192p. 081604919X, $35.00
Maps, text and illustrations of The Crusades.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 4, 8
Strand: One, two
The Koran. Any edition.
The Holy Scripture of Islam, this is the record of Mohammed’s oral teaching delivered
between the years immediately preceding the Hegira (A.D. 622) and the Prophet’s death
in 632.
Audience: Grades 9-12.
Subjects: World History, Islam
Standard: 5
Strand: History
Kyvig, David E. (c2002). Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1939: Decades of Promise and
Pain. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
271p. 0313295557, $50.00
Explores the dramatic changes in the U.S. during the 1920s and 1930s: urbanization, technology, cultural upheaval, economic disaster, and how they affected the daily lives of ordinary
people.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3, 4
Strand: One
Lach, Donald F. (1965, reprint 1994). Asia in the Making of Europe: the Century of
Discovery. Chicago: University of Chicago
Press. 2 Vols., V2: 0226467503, $35.00
Sixteenth century overview.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, Asia
Standard: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Strand: History
Leone, Bruno, ed. (c2002). The Middle Ages. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven.
222p. 0737710748 , $32.45
Part of History Firsthand series which examines major events in world history through eyewitness accounts. Introduction to each article and a comprehensive introductory essay.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 4
Strand: One
Maddex, Robert L. (c2001). Constitutions of the World. (Second edition). Washington, DC: CQ Press.
417p. 156802682X, $100.00
Constitutions and constitutional history of one hundred nations.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 20, 16, 2, 3
Strand: Four, one
Maps on File.
(2001). New York: Facts on File. 2 Vols., loose-leaf, 0816046832, $250.00 [annual updates
published at $67.50]
Covers the world with additional coverage of the U. S.:
political, economic and military maps, U. S. and Canadian statistics, social
and educational maps.
Audience: Teachers, Grades 9-12.
Subjects: World History, maps
Standard: 2, 8, 9, 10
Strand: : History, Geography
The McCarthy Hearings. (c2003). San Diego, CA: Greenhaven.
144p. 0737713461, $27.45
Part of the At Issue in History series that enables students to learn about controversial historical events through reading a diverse selection of sources and
interpretations. A summary precedes each selection and an introductory essay introduces the
book's topic.
Audience: Grades 9-11
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 16, 18, 2, 3
Strand: Four, one
McNeill, William H.
(1991). The Rise of the West: a
History of the Human Community. Chicago:
U. of Chicago Press. 807p., 0226561410, $23.00 pb
An interpretation of world history covering many of the areas mentioned in the Frameworks.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Strand: History
Medina, Loreta M., ed. (c2002). The Cuban Missile Crisis. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven.
123p. 0737711221, $27.45
Part of the At Issue in History series that enables students to learn about controversial historical events through reading a diverse selection of sources and
interpretations. A summary precedes each selection and an introductory essay introduces the
book's topic.
Audience: Grades 9-11
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3, 16
Strand: One, four
Mellersh, H.E.L. & Williams, N. (c1999). Chronology of World History. Santa Barbara CA: ABC-CLIO. 4 Vols., 1576071553,
$375.00
Chronology of world history from 3000 B.C. through 1998, featuring over 70,000 entries in
four main categories: politics, government, economics; science, technology, medicine; art
and ideas; society.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: Chronology and cause
Strand: History
Meltzer, Ellen and Aronson, Marc. (c2002). Day by Day, the Eighties. New York: Facts on File.
2 vols. 0816015929, $125.00
Monthly and daily chronology of events in ten areas of world and U. S. interest.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, U. S. History
Standard: 1, 2, 5, 6
Strand: One four, three
Mexican-American War. (c2002). Detroit, MI: UXL/Gale.
225p. 0787665371, $52.00
A single volume combining almanac, biographies, and primary sources of the war fought for territory and precipitated by the U. S. annexation of Texas.
Audience: Grades 8-12
Subjects: U. s. History
Standard: 1, 2, 3, 9
Strand: One, two
Millennium Year
By Year. (c1999). DK Publishing. 894p., 0489446413, $30.00
Short history of concurrent events by year within historical periods. Headline events with date and locale in side-bars.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: Chronology and cause, 2, 5, 6
Strand: History
Nanji, Azim A., ed. (c1996). The Muslim Almanac: a Reference Work on the History,
Faith, Culture and Peoples of Islam. Detroit,
MI: Gale Research. 581p., 081038924X, $75.00
Covers all facets of Islam from its founding to the 1990’s. Excellent Table of Contents and Index.
Audience: Grades 9-12.
Subjects: World History, Islam
Standard: 5
Strand: History
Nishi, Dennis, ed. (c2003). Prohibition. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven.
160p. 0737713062 , $32.45
Part of History Firsthand series which examines major events in world history through eyewitness accounts. Introduction to each article and a comprehensive introductory essay.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3, 4
Strand: One
Netzley, Patricia D. (c1998). Life During the Renaissance. San Diego, CA: Lucent.
96p. 15600063750, $27.45
A simply written presentation of life, with illustrations and sidebars. Part of The Way People Live series.
Audience: Grades 9-10
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 4
Strand: One
Newman, Paul B. (c2001). Daily Life in the Middle Ages. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
291p. 0786408979, $38.50 pb
Aspects of daily living in the medieval era, including diet, housing, clothing, hygiene, medicine and amusements. Illustrated with drawings and period art.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 4, 2
Strand: One
Nicolle, David. (c1990). The Mongol Warlords. Dorset, UK: Firebird Books,
distr. Sterling. 192p. 1853141046, $25.00
Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Hulegu, Tamerlane.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, Mongols
Standard: 2, 3
Strand: History
O’Brien, P. K., ed. (9th ed. c2001). Oxford Atlas of World History. New York, Oxford University Press. 368p.,
0195218485, $75.00
A good overview of historical geography.
Audience: Grades 9-12.
Subjects: World History
Standard: 8, 9
Strand: History
Oxford History of Islam. (c1999). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
749p. 0195107993, $50.00
A wide-ranging and authoritative account of Islam, its origins, and its historical development.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 3, 4
Strand: One
Pendergast, Sara and Pendergast, Tom, ed. (c2002). Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th-Century
America. Detroit, MI: Gale.
5 vols. 0787656755, $215.00
Information about the products, trends and fads that highlighted each decade of the twentieth century. Arranged chronologically with nine topics per section.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3, 4
Strand: One
Perkins, Dorothy. (c1991). Encyclopedia of Japan: Japanese History and Culture,
From Abacus to Zori. New York: Facts on
File. 410p., 0816019347, $40.00.
Comprehensive, accessible reference to all facets of Japan.
Cross-references, charts, maps and illustrations define more than 1,000
terms, concepts and people.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, Japan
Standard: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Strand: History
Pisano, Domenick A. and van der Linden, F. Robert. (c2002). Charles Lindbergh and The Spirit of St. Louis. New York: Harry N. Abrams (with The Smithsonian Institution).
142p. 0810905523, $22.95
Illustrated with new photographs of the plane, this is the story of Lindbergh's
1927 solo crossing of the Atlantic.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 7, 9
Strand: One, two
Price, M. and Howell, M. (c1972). A Portrait
of Europe 300-1300: From Barbarism to Chivalry. London:
Oxford University Press. 310p., OP, available used.
A nice overview of the period.
Audience; Grades 9-12.
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 4, 5, 6
Strand: History
Raphael, Ray. (c2001). A People's History of the American Revolution: How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence. New York: New Press.
386p. 1565846532, $29.95
The American Revolution as told from the standpoint of its everyday participants: common people, rebels, women, Native Americans, African Americans, loyalists, pacifists.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3, 18
Strand: One, four
Rice, Earle, Jr. (c1998). Life During the Middle Ages. San Diego, CA: Lucent.
96p. 15600063866, $27.45
A simply written presentation of life, with illustrations and sidebars. Part of The Way People Live series.
Audience: Grades 9-10
Subjects: World History
Standard: 4, 2
Strand: One
Pipes, Richard. (c2001). Communism: a History. New York: Modern Library.
175p. 0679640509, $19.95
The history of Communism from its hopeful birth as a theory to its miserable death as a practice, written by a scholar of the USSR and Communism.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 20, 16, 11, 15, 2
Strand: Four, three, one
Rice, Edward. (c1973).
The Five Great Religions. New York: Four Winds Press. 180p., OP, available
used from $20.00
A comparative explanation of five great religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism,
Christianity.
Audience: Grades 9-12.
Subjects: World History, religions
Standard: 5
Strand: History
Roleff, Tamara L., ed. (c2002). The Vietnam War. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven.
224p. 0737708875 , $32.45
Part of History Firsthand series which examines major events in world history through eyewitness accounts. Introduction to each article and a comprehensive introductory essay.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History, World History
Standard: 2, 3, 16
Strand: One, four
Roleff, Tamara, ed. (c2003). The World Trade Center Attack. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven.
144p. 0737714689, $32.45
Part of History Firsthand series which examines major events in world history through eyewitness accounts. Introduction to each article and a comprehensive introductory essay.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3
Strand: One
The Roots of
Western Civilization. (c1994). Danbury
CT: Grolier. 12 Vols., 0717273245, $349.00
Well illustrated set covering body and mind, inventions, crafts and trade, faith, sports,
popular culture, rural life, politics and power, warfare, towns and cities.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 4, 5, 6, 7
Strand: History
The Salem Witch Trials. (c2003). San Diego, CA: Greenhaven.
144p. 0737708239, $27.45
Part of the At Issue in History series that enables students to learn about controversial historical events through reading a diverse selection of sources and
interpretations. A summary
precedes each selection and an introductory essay introduces the book's topic.
Audience: Grades 9-11
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3, 4
Strand: One
Schultz, Nancy Lusignan. (c2000). Fire & Roses: The Burning of the Charlestown Convent,
1834. New York: Free Press.
317p. 0684856859, $25.00
The destruction of the Ursuline convent in Charlestown, Massachusetts, by a mob of Protestant men. A story of religious persecution and the fear of educated women, immigrants, and
Catholics.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History, Massachusetts History
Standard: 2, 3, 4, 19
Strand: One, four
Science and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery. (c2002). Detroit, MI: Gale.
The interaction of science and society. The history of science including specific events, issues, and trends. Each entry has an overview, background and impact section. Volumes are
divided by time periods and then by subject areas.
8 vols. 078763932X, $595.00
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 6, 5, 10
Strand: One, two
Sheldon, Garrett Ward. (c2001). Encyclopedia Political Thought. New York: Facts on File.
342p. 0816043515, $65.00
An A to Z encyclopedia of the major ideas, philosophies and concepts of civic administration that have influenced and shaped civilization. More than 400 references, with an emphasis
on the 20th century.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History, World History
Standard: 16, 20, 2
Strand: One, four
Streissguth, Tom. (c2001). The Roaring Twenties. New York: Facts on File.
436p. 0816040230, $75.00
Part of the Eyewitness History series, this volume looks at the decade of the Twenties by examining many of its aspects: Prohibition, politics, suffrage, technology, prosperity, trials on
evolution and espionage, and the stock market crash.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 4, 5, 13
Strand: One
Talbot Rice, David and Tamara. (1974). Icons and
Their History. Woodstock, NY: Overlook
Press 192p., 0879510218, $45.00
The authors discuss and illustrate the most important icons.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, icons
Standard: 2, 4
Strand: History
The 1950s. (c2002). New York: Facts on File.
0816045976, $75.00
Part of the Eyewitness History series, this volume provides eyewitness accounts, essays, chronologies, illustrations, and brief biographies to bring the time period to life.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3, 4, 13
Strand: One
Tobias, Russell R., ed. (c2001). USA in Space (second edition). Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.
3 vols. 0893560200, $225.00
A collection of 237 essays on the major space programs, their technologies and issues important to the U.S. space program.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 6, 10, 2
Strand: One
Toropov, Brandon. (c2000). Encyclopedia of Cold War Politics. New York: Facts on File.
242p. 081635741, $65.00
An A to Z encyclopedia of the period between World War II and the collapse of the Soviet Union. 700 entries on people, places, movements, events, with an emphasis on the U. S.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History, World History
Standard: 20, 16, 2, 11
Strand: One, four
Tuchman, Barbara. (c1984). The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam. New York: Knopf. 447p., 0394527771, $19.00
An exploration of the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, government
Standard: 1, 2, 3, 16
Strand: History
Tucker, Spencer C., ed (c2002). Encyclopedia of the Korean War. New York: Checkmark Books (Facts on File).
851p. 0816046824, $30.00 pa.
A comprehensive resource on the Korean War including military and political leaders; crucial battles, events and operations; historical and geographical facts; United Nations commands
and committees.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History, World History
Standard: 1, 2, 4, 8
Strand: One
van Loon, Hendrik Willem. (1999). The
Story of Mankind. Liveright. 704p., 0871405474, $15.00 pb
The history of man for students written simply and covering a lot of ground.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 4
Strand: History
Volo, James M. and Volo, Dorothy Denneen. (c2000). Encyclopedia of the Antebellum
South. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
390p. 0313308861, $70.00
A to Z reference with almost three hundred entries of history, people, places, events, movements and issues.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3
Strand: One
Wagner, John A. (c2002). Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World: Britain, Ireland, Europe and America. New York: Checkmark Books (Facts on File).
392p. 0816046573, $25.00 pa.
A dictionary of people and events that will be useful to students of both history and literature.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, English literature
Standard: 2, 4
Strand: One
Wepman, Dennis. (c2002). Immigration: From the Founding of Virginia to the Closing of Ellis
Island. New York: Facts on File.
0816039992, $75.00
Part of the Eyewitness History series, this volume give historical perspective to America as a nation of immigrants.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3, 9
Strand: One
What Life Was
Like Amid Splendor and Intrigue: Byzantine Empire, AD 330-1453. (c1998). Alexandria, VA: Time-Life. 144p., 0783554575,
$30.00
The civilization of the Byzantine Empire.
Audience: Grades 9-12.
Subjects: World History, Byzantium
Standard: 2, 5, 6
Strand: History
What Life Was
Like Among Samurai and Shoguns: Japan, AD 1000-1700.
Alexandria, VA: Time-Life. 144p., 0783554621, $36.00
Life and culture of the time period.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, Japan
Standard: 2, 3, 4, 8
Strand: History
What LIfe Was
Like in the Age of Chivalry: Medieval Europe AD 800-1500. (c1997). Alexandria, VA:
Time-Life. 168p., 0783554516, $30.00
A wide-ranging coverage of civilization from Roman rule to the Renaissance.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, Medieval Europe
Standard: 2, 4, 5, 6
Strand: History
What Life Was
Like In the Land of the Dragon: Imperial China, AD 960-1368. (c1998). Alexandria, VA:
Time-Life. 144p. 0783554583, $35.00
Life in the Middle Kingdom of Chinese history.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, China
Standard: 4, 5, 6
Strand: History
What Life Was
Like in the Lands of the Prophet: Islamic World, AD 570-1405. (c1999). Alexandria, VA: Time-Life. 144p. 0783554656,
$35.00
Islamic civilization, social life, customs.
Audience: Grades 9-12.
Subjects: World History, Islam
Standard: 5
Strand: History
What Life Was
Like When Long ships Sailed: Vikings, AD 800-1100. (c1998). Alexandria, VA: Time-Life. 144p., 0783554540,
$30.00
Life in the time of the Vikings and their ventures.
Audience: Grades 9-12: World History, Vikings
Standard: 2, 7
Strand: History
William J. Clinton. (c2001). San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press.
212p. 0737704985, $32.00
Part of The Presidents and Their Decisions series. Looks at policy initiatives of the Clinton administration and debates the success or failure of them in essays.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 18, 2, 3
Strand: Four, one
World Eras: Vol. 8: Central and South America. (c2002). Detroit, MI: Gale.
400p. 0787645028, $99.00
A multicultural approach with a cross-disciplinary overview of history, this series emphasizes daily life and social history.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, U. S. History
Standard: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
Strand: One, two
World History By Era series. (c2002). San Diego, CA: Greenhaven.
10 vols: Ancient Civilizations 0737706465, Classical Greece and Rome 0737705787, The Middle Ages 0737707216, The Renaissance 0737707658, The Age of Monarchs 0737707631, The
Age of Revolution 0737707046, Europe Rules the World 0737707674, The World Wars 0737707690, The Nuclear Age 0737707712, The Technological Revolution 0737707062, $43.70 ea.
hardcover; also available in paper for $27.45 ea.
Traces the major developments of world history using primary and secondary sources.
Audience: Grades 7-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Strand: One
World Eras V4: Medieval Europe, 814-1350. (c2002). Detroit, MI: Gale.
519p. 0787617091, $95.00
Each chapter contains a chronology, overview, and topical events.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 3, 4
Strand: One
World History on
File. (c1999). New York: Facts on File. 4 Vols, loose-leaf, 190-236p. each vol.,
0816039380, $560.00
Organized chronologically, this is the story of mankind as it unfolds from pre-history to
the 20th century. Maps, charts timelines, drawings.
Audience: Teachers, Grades 9-12.
Subjects: World History
Standard: 1, 2, 7, 8
Strand: History, Geography
World War I. (c2002). San Diego, CA: Greenhaven.
286p. 0737709332, $32.45
Part of Turning Points in World History series which examines great past milestones and the complex mix of political, social, military, scientific trends that contributed to their
occurrence.
Essays.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History
Standard: 2, 1, 3
Strand: One
World War II. (c2001). San Diego, CA: Greenhaven.
283p. 0737706996, $32.45
Part of Turning Points in World History series which examines great past milestones and the complex mix of political, social, military, scientific trends that contributed to their
occurrence.
Essays.
Audience: Grades 9-12
Subjects: World History, U. S. History
Standard: 2, 1, 3, 16
Strand: One
Yancy, Diane. (c2002). Life During the Roaring Twenties. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books.
112p. 1590181581, $22.00
Part of The Way People Live series, focusing on human culture. Uses short chapters, subheadings and illustrations to make the topic easier to understand.
Audience: Grades 7-11
Subjects: U. S. History
Standard: 2, 4, 5, 13
Strand: One
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