"A remarkable, accessible, attractive resource that will provide a rich experience for its users. Summing Up: Highly recommended" - Choice, June 2005.
Welcome to the June 2005 issue of the Daily Life Online quarterly
newsletter, your source for information about the latest additions to
Greenwood's Daily Life Online family of products.
Please note you are receiving this email as a supplement to your organization's Daily Life through History subscription, or trial offer. If you are not the primary user of this service, please feel free to forward this email to the relevant person, or to any of your colleagues who may be interested in Daily Life through History.
World Cultures Today
What do you want to know?
Students and general readers can explore the wide range of content areas in World Cultures Today to help them:
- Appreciate world culinary traditions, from foodstuffs to table manners
- Report on how climate conditions have caused large population shifts (growth or shrinkage)
- Compare the beliefs and practices of the world's major religions and see how they directly affect daily life
- Investigate various naming conventions and find out what a name can reveal about relatives, caste, or birth order
- Compare religious and social holidays and festivities around the world
- Consider aspects of personal appearance such as tattoos, scarring, and piercing
- And more!
World Cultures Today is available either as a stand-alone product or fully integrated within Daily Life through History. For more information, click here. For current subscribers to Daily Life through History, be sure to contact your Greenwood sales representative for the special pricing available to subscribers only!
Coming soon...
In September, Greenwood will release the second 2005 update to Daily Life through History, adding new Daily Life through History series books and an array of new content. Later this fall a further update will include significant enhancements to the Teacher Resources. Find out how Daily Life through History integrates with your state's curriculum, and how to make the most of it as a cross-disciplinary reference site.
- Curriculum alignment to all state standards
- 50 new lesson plans, focused on achieving key learning objectives, available online or ready to print out
Did you know...?
It's easy to cite Daily Life through History. When you're in an article, simply click on the 'View page citation' link on the left hand side of the page, and the static URL citation pops up ready to cut-and-paste. Page citations also appear at the bottom of every page.
American Library Association, Chicago, June 24-28, 2005 Booth #2210
Visit the Greenwood booth for a free, hands-on trial of Daily Life through History or World Cultures Today, or to inquire about our special pricing on World Cultures Today for Daily Life through History subscribers.
