The Romans

by Peter Chrisp

Book Overview

Looks at the history and culture of ancient Rome through artifacts, beliefs, customs, crafts, and a representative folktale. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590205501
• ISBN13: 9780590205504
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Romans - Interfact

A great title to this series. All ages will want to inter-actwith the many activities offered on the CD that accompanies the seriesbook.A great springboard for: research, intelligent play, and further reading.Only drawback: it may seem that the sound should be more robust - not a worry for our family, it forced our children to take a more active role in reading - not just playing through this learning tool.

World Book - The Romans

A comprehensive study companion for the students or families learning more about Ancient Roman Society.Please do not assume that this nicely packaged CD-ROM and Book cover all areas that you need to know. It is a wonderful springboard for inquiring young minds. The activities are engaging, and encourage revisiting of all the areas offered in the book & CD. It would be difficult to stay in just one area without investigating the other areas.My 7 year old son wanted to keep playing the Time Trek adventure, & guess which answers were correct. The adventure ends when an answer is incorrectly answered, forcing the player to go do a "little" research in other areas offered. Some areas seem silly at first, like the Mix & Match. But once the match is completed correctly information on a specific Roman person is provided. Silly isn't so bad either!I found myself drawn to the screen as my son was playing, & really wanted to give him the answers. I held back but snuck back to the computer after he was in bed.I also teach an introductory Latin Class to 5th graders, and will incorporate this package as a reward for other good performances in class. Oh, did I mention that successfully answering questions in the Time Trek Adventure produces a certificate? My students will be recognized for this accomplishment as well.The only initial drawback is that the sound could be better. On further consideration, I like the fact that my children & students will be forced to read. After 10 minutes my son really didn't mind - although it forced me to teach him correct Roman pronunciations.I have enjoyed this package. I am now deciding which other packages offered by this company I will try next.