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Age Range
8 - 10
Genre
historical fiction
Copyright Year
2006-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Grade Level
3rd - 5th
ISBN
9780545687799
Lexile
790
Themes
history
adventure

On This Spot: An Expedition Back Through Time

Written by Susan E. Goodman and Illustrated by Lee Christiansen
See buildings soar and traffic zoom, a kaleidoscope of color and movement. Now turn the page and time-travel back 175 years, where on the same spot carriages bumped and pigs raced across cobblestones. Turn again and go back 400 years to when a Lenape Indian trail crossed the spot. Now travel farther still, to when glaciers crept . . . dinosaurs preyed . . . a tropical sea teemed with ancient creatures . . . back 540 million years, when rock was all you could see.
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Exploring Historical Topics Activity Guide for Grades 3-5

This activity guide supports books on exploring historical topics for grades 3-5.

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Age Range
8 - 10
Genre
historical fiction
Copyright Year
2006-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Grade Level
3rd - 5th
ISBN
9780545687799
Lexile
790
Themes
history
adventure
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