1910s Hb

by Margaret Sharman

Explores the decade of the 1910s worldwide, a time of great upheaval, including the events surrounding World War I and the Russian Revolution. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081143074X
• ISBN13: 9780811430746
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Raintree
• Length: 47 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 11.8"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

Worthwhile reading for children to learn this decade

Young people need to be exposed to the events that shaped our modern world. In this book, the events of the years 1910 through 1919 are introduced through text and pictures. This is an era that is sorely overlooked in history classes. While recent years are of course foremost in our minds, there was more change in this decade than any other. The old order of Europe was completely removed, where monarchies dissolved to be replaced by republics, some of which were more dictatorial than the royal houses could ever have been. In Europe, World War I is still known as the great war, and it was without question the most popular war in history. Social forces were building and they all seemed to be vented in the initial call to battle. Millions of men enthusiastically marched off to war, only to be annihilated. While the war was the major event, the author also spends some time on the other stories of the decade. She is to be commended for including events such as the suffrage and birth control movements. It is possible to recognize the glimmers of modern life in some of the stories included among the major events. While it is of course impossible to cover such a momentous decade in 43 pages, I found the choice of stories to be an excellent microcosm of what was happening in that decade and I encouraged my children to read the book.