Understanding Lebanon today / by Laura Perdew.
Material type: TextSeries: Kid's guide to the Middle EastPublisher: Hockessin, Delaware : Mitchell Lane Publishers, [2015]Description: 63 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1612286534 (library bound)
- 9781612286532 (library bound)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 956.9204 P433 | Available | 33111007905959 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Understanding Lebanon Today is an accurate and contemporary presentation that explores the Middle Eastern nation of Lebanon with a focus on the country as it is today: current issues, culture, and lifestyle. The book is written in an easy-to-read enjoyable narrative form for elementary readers grades 3-6. The Lebanon title includes a native recipe and craft for students to create. Elementary students are encouraged to consider evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. Series titles have been developed to address many of the Common Core specific goals, higher level thinking skills, and progressive learning strategies for middle grade and junior high level students.From Booklist, February 2015: "An essential series to help children appreciate and understand the rich diversity of this region."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Living in Lebanon -- History -- Cultures -- Current issues -- Family -- The arts -- Lebanon today -- Lebanese recipe, hummus -- Lebanese craft, mosaics.
Lebanon is a small country in the Middle East with a big personality. Yet since the country's independence in 1943, rivalry between different religious groups has brought violence to Lebanon. And each time, the Lebanese rebuild and carry on. None of this is new. Since the time of the Phoenicians, it has been at the crossroads of the East and West. Dozens of civilizations have controlled the region. They have left behind spectacular ruins that mark Lebanon's past. Yet there are also modern cities. Today Lebanon holds onto its rich, traditional culture. Yet it is very open-minded and progressive. At the heart of Lebanese culture are family, religion and food!