Description

What a World: Amazing Stories from Around the Globe, is a six-book series that explores many fascinating topics from around the world and across history. The stories in What a World cover a diverse range of high-interest topics, from biographical pieces to exploration of cultures in various historical and contemporary periods.

Features

• Words that Go Together activities highlight collocations -- words that are easier to learn together.
• Critical Thinking questions develop students' thiniking skills.
• Spelling and Punctuation activities provide basic rules and practice for essential skills.
• Internet activities build students' Internet research skills.
• Self-Tests help students and teachers assess progress.
• What a World Listening -- a 3-level complementary series -- explores parallel themes to What a World Reading as it develops students' communication skills.

Table of Contents

Unit 1 Who Is the Most Important Person from History?

Unit 2 What Are Fattening Rooms

Unit 3 Where Can You Find a Living Goddess?

Unit 4 What Is a Knight?

Unit 5 Who Reached the South Pole First?

Unit 6 What Is the Royal Flying Doctor Service?

Unit 7 What Did the Ancient Egyptians Give Us?

Unit 8 Why Is Louis Pasteur Important?

Unit 9 Who Is Sherlock Holmes?

Self-Test 1: Units 1-9

Unit 10 What Is Happening to the World's Climate

Unit 11 How Do Koreans Celebrate a Wedding?

Unit 12 What Is a Marathon?

Unit 13 Who Is Stephen King?

Unit 14 What Is the Story Behind the Bed?

Unit 15 What Were Early Passenger Flights Like?

Unit 16 Who Were the Aztecs?

Unit 17 Where Is Timbuktu?

Unit 18 Where Do the Most Vegetarians Live?

Self-Test 2: Units 10-18

Appendices

Internet Activities

Map of the World

Back Cover

What a World: Amazing Stories from Around the Globe, is a six-book series that explores many fascinating topics from around the world and across history. The stories in What a World cover a diverse range of high-interest topics, from biographical pieces to exploration of cultures in various historical and contemporary periods.

Features

• Words that Go Together activities highlight collocations -- words that are easier to learn together.
• Critical Thinking questions develop students' thiniking skills.
• Spelling and Punctuation activities provide basic rules and practice for essential skills.
• Internet activities build students' Internet research skills.
• Self-Tests help students and teachers assess progress.
• What a World Listening -- a 3-level complementary series -- explores parallel themes to What a World Reading as it develops students' communication skills.