These videos bring history to life through 2000 glorious works of art, accompanied by superb music and insightful narration. The series presents nine eras of western civilization, from Ancient Greece to the 20th Century, as seen through the government, social life, religion, and artwork of each period. Animated maps and time lines clearly define the places and periods being discussed. Each title includes a comprehensive teacher's guide that identifies all works of art used in the program. These guides suggest uses for the material in history, art,and music classes. In addition, they offer study questions, classroom activities, student projects, historical background information, biographies of artists, narration scripts, and recommended reading lists. Build an entire course, or select any program for use in a cross-curricular program of study. The average time is 41 minutes. History Through Art is also available on CD-ROM. The CD-ROM version contains an audio-visual presentation, with the text linked to a complete 24-volume student encyclopedia and a glossary of important words. The programs also include many multiple-choice questions which link either to the audio-visual presentation or to the encyclopedia, encouraging further study. The questions can be accessed duringthe presentations, or they can be grouped in quiz formats. It is compatible with Macintosh, Windows, and MS-DOS platforms. |
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