Book Review: Top story Topographic workbooks: TOP History 1-5
authors: Kirch and Peter Jörg Manner
Publisher: Westermann (Brunswick)
Year: 2009 Price: € 4.95 per Pages: 31 The number of top-story from the publisher Westermann suitable, according to its own statement that the publisher for use in special schools, but also for primary and junior secondary schools as well as the high school. This breadth of possible applications appear impressive at first glance, but has possibly already points to the problem that the level of demand, especially for students with special educational needs often may be too high.
The five workbooks thematize history chronologically. Volume 1 covers the early history and antiquity, Issue 2, the Middle Ages, Issue 3, the topic of "Renaissance, Reformation and Revolution," issue 4 "nationalism, imperialism and World War 1 and No. 5 the areas of" From Weimar to the 2nd World War, democracy in Europe, Global World. "
contents are built the same issues. On each side are short informational texts and matching tasks. The sides are at first glance appealing color and students meet designed. There are numerous maps, graphs, color illustrations, explanatory texts, thematic timelines for the brief overview for orientation and pictograms. However, there is - especially in regard to pupils with special educational needs - the risk of overstimulation and lack of orientation with the many images and colors that are printed on each side. The pages look very cluttered, the text does not explicitly use easier or simplified language. In addition, the graphics and text additions for students may be partially to detail and provide for confusion. For a better view would also contents at the beginning have been useful.
The selection of topics is diverse and is consistent with the contents of history lessons. Thus, the books can easily be used as a supplement to the course. For the task of handling an enormous transfer of power is sometimes required. Some tasks have to pull through the addition of atlases (especially - from the market for strategic reasons - the Diercke Universal Atlas) is dissolved, which also provides general geographic knowledge. The work with the cards in the teaching of history makes sense, but the cards should also always be complete and correct and easy to understand be what is not in the top-stitching always existed. Partly as missing boundaries. The print is sometimes not very clean. So soft, for example, in some maps the colors of the legend of the colors used in the map itself off, one which may easily lead to confusion.
also find, however, often motivating links tasks with students rather than just and ordinary areas (such as football clubs in the Middle Ages Band).
falls in the overall consideration, especially the low prices of labor issues to positive. However, if they are entirely suitable for the site special education, due to the above limitations may not be doubted.
S. Bass / K. Smith / M. Nieweg
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