From the Native Americans who lived in the Chicago area for thousands of years, to the first European explorers Marquette and Jolliet, to the 2005 Chicago White Sox World Series win, parents, teachers, and kids will love this comprehensive and exciting history of how Chicago became the third largest city in the U.S. Chicago’s spectacular and impressive history comes alive through activities such as building a model of the original Ferris Wheel, taking architectural walking tours of the first skyscrapers and Chicago’s oldest landmarks, and making a Chicago-style hotdog.
Mini Magic is a two-level story-based course for young learners starting English for the first time.The two-level coursebook consists of six lively stories which are presented through a cartoon strip, a Big Book, and Posters with reusable stickers.
Pupils also get the chance to retell the stories with their own mini-poster and character cut-outs. In Mini Magic, reading and writing are introduced within a graded syllabus for the first time.Pupils will learn stories through songs, games and drama. They will enjoy learning English!
Crane wrote the first draft of this book in only ten days. As the story of a young boy's first battle, not only in war but with his own fear, pride, and cowardice, it still remains as one of the best fictions about the American Civil War.
Daniel R. Schwarz has studied and taught the modern British novel for decades and now brings his impressive erudition and critical acuity to this insightful study of the major authors and novels of the first half of the twentieth century.
An insightful study of British fiction in the first half of the twentieth century.
Draws on the author’s decades of experience researching and teaching the modern British novel.
Sets the modern British novel in its intellectual, cultural and literary contexts.
