About This Book
A Visitor's Guide to the Ancient World offers an engaging and humorous introduction to ancient civilizations for children aged 4-11. Presented in a unique guidebook format, it covers practicalities of daily life, shopping, entertainment, religion, and art in ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt. The book uses fact-filled text, timelines, and hilarious cartoons to make complex historical information digestible and entertaining. It's perfect for curious young minds, supplementing school lessons, or simply for pure enjoyment, encouraging independent exploration of history.
This title helps children to virtually tour the Ancient World. With a guidebook format, including maps of ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt and top tips for tourists on each page, this book should appeal to young travellers. It uncovers the realities behind everyday life from the practicalities of getting around, shopping and entertainment to the cultural aspects of religion and art. Hilarious cartoons, fact-filled text, timelines and a guide to the most famous people of the age make this an informative yet fun publication.
Discussion Prompts
1
If you could visit one ancient civilization from the book, which would it be and why?
2
What was the most surprising thing you learned about daily life in the ancient world?
3
How do the 'top tips for tourists' help you understand the culture of these ancient places?
4
What are some ways ancient civilizations were similar to or different from our world today?
5
Which ancient person mentioned in the book would you most like to meet and what would you ask them?
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