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From horse and buggy to high-powered cars and air born transportation, the 20th century is just bubbling with excitement. It was a time of U.S. involvement in several major wars. We have gone from a time of great depression to a time of excess and leisure. Men have walked on the moon and computers have become a necessary way of life.

An Overview of the 20th Century covers the years 1900-1999. It is complete and comes with an information page for each topic written at a level your child will understand. Each information page has an activity for your child to do that will increase understanding. Each page also has vocabulary words underlined so that your child can see them in context. You'll find vocabulary sheets for your child to write in the definition of the words. Also included are time line pictures that your child can actually glue onto a time line! Most of the images in our unit study are actual photos.

Topics in "An Overview of the 20th Century" include: Henry Ford, Panama Canal, Suffrage, Wright Brothers, World War 1, Charles Lindbergh, Stock Market Crash, Roaring 20's, Great Depression, Hoover Dam, World War 2, Pearl Harbor, Propaganda, Life in the 50's, The Cold War, Civil Rights, First Man on the Moon, John F. Kennedy, Vietnam War, Watergate, Internet, Persian Gulf War, Y2K, and 20th Century Technology.

77 pages