Mysteries in History

Book Title Mysteries in History
Author Name Wendy Conklin
Publishing house Teacher Created Resources
Country – city USA
Date of issue 2005
Number of pages 144

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Mysteries in History

ulli Who invented the alphabet?

/lili Is the lost city of Atlantis a legend?/lili Was there really a Trojan horse?

/li/ulChallenge students to explore several important unexplained events that helped shape history.

Students use primary source materials, posters, and simulations to find clues and to make informed decisions about these events.

There are no right or wrong answers.

These real-life mysteries encourage students to research, think, debate, and form conclusions.

The activities target standards in these areas:ulli relationships and patterns in history/lili historical perspective/lili tmap skills/lili development of civilizations/lili presentation skills/li/ul>

Our world is full of mysterious places, strange stories, and unexplained phenomena. Many attempts have been made to find the truth behind these legends, but there are still many unanswered questions, even after many years of investigation.

Discover the enduring mystery of the Incas, the dead sea scrolls, the secretive world of freemasonry, Roswell, incidents in WWII and unexplained healing and understand that we still have much to learn about the world in which we live.

Award-winning author Paul Aron takes readers on a journey through great historical mysteries through the ages.

Entertaining in themselves, the stories also show that history is not merely living, but lively.

The reader who comes to the book thinking history is boring will leave with a changed outlook with regard to both the subject matter and the process of writing history.

Each chapter is a carefully and thoroughly researched presentation not of popularized accounts but of valid historical scholarship.

Chronologically arranged, the essays show the historical process in action.

For each disputed historical point, theories arise, become standard wisdom, and then are revised as additional information becomes available.

This book reveals the mechanics of that process, including spirited debate, swashbuckling archaeology, and the application of modern science to ancient questions.

Mysteries in History

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