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100 pages on the Romans

The adventure of knowledge

Giorgia Cappelletti

Product: Book

Trim size in cm: 16,5x24cm

Pages: 112

ISBN: 9788859038269

Publication date: 01/11/2024

Suitable for: Primary 1st level (ages 6-7), Primary 2nd level (ages 8-10)


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100 Pages on the Romans, from the Erickson encyclopaedia series, is devoted to the history of Roman civilisation. It is a book for discovering curiosities, myths, and important events, as well as a workbook with simple and fun activities to help memorise what has been learned. Among the activities included are quizzes, crosswords, puzzles, and mazes.

The volume has several illustrations and in-depth sections that engage children, assisting them in studying both at home and at school. At the beginning, it features a glossary of the most used words when discussing the Roman people, as well as a chart explaining how to read centuries written in Roman numerals.

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The first Erickson encyclopaedia that combines a popular science book with an easy and fun workbook that supports individual study — as well as classroom teaching — by exploring interesting topics that align with the school curriculum. In just 100 pages, each volume presents the subject clearly and comprehensively, making the learning journey more stimulating and dynamic through colourful illustrations, extra contents, and engaging activities. To ensure wide readability and accessibility of the texts, various textual and para-textual adjustments have been made, including the use of a highly readable font, uncluttered pages, and clear images and photographs.


The seven kings of Rome
The Roman republic
Cezar is dead. Now what?
The Roman Empire



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  100 pagine su... is the first and new Erickson encyclopaedia that combines the pleasure of knowledge to entertainment. In just 100 pages, each volume presents a different topic in a clear and exhaustive way, accompanying the text with colourful illustrations and photographs. Textual and para-textual devices in each volume guarantee wide readability and accessibility to the text: highly readable fonts, not too crowded pages, infographics, simple and clear images and photographs. They can be used during individual study, but also at school as a teaching support to delve deeper into the topics of the school curriculum, do research and challenge each other in class.

What you will find inside the volumes

In-depth columns

Extra content

Audio summaries

Quizzes and games

A glossary

The solutions to the quizzes and the various activities, the audio summaries and the digital quizzes are available as online resources

THE VOLUMES

100 pages on the Solar System

The adventure of knowledge Alessandra Magagna In 100 pages, the volume collects insights, games and quizzes on:
  • The Solar System
  • The sun
  • Terrestrial planets
  • Jovian planets
  • The other bodies of the Solar System
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100 pages on the Human body

The adventure of knowledge Chiara Valentina Segré In 100 pages, the volume collects insights, games and quizzes on:
  • What does it take to make a human body?
  • Development: where it all begins
  • The nervous system
  • The heart and circulatory system
  • The digestive system
  • The sense organs
  • Bones and muscles: a masterpiece of engineering
  • The reproductive system
  • The urinary system
  • The respiratory system
  • The immune and lymphatic systems
Find out more »

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100 pages on plants

The adventure of knowledge Renato Bruni In 100 pages, the volume collects insights, games and quizzes on:
  • Aliens with Leaves and Flowers
  • Leaves
  • Roots and Stems
  • Flowers, Seeds, and Fruits
  • The Chemical Alphabet of Plants
  • Biodiversity
  • Sensitivity
  • Environments, Plants, and Humans
Find out more »

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100 pages on Prehistory

The adventure of knowledge Elisabetta Serafini In 100 pages, the volume collects insights, games and quizzes on:
  • The Lower Palaeolithic
  • Life in the Lower Palaeolithic
  • The Evolution of the Genus Homo
  • The Middle and Upper Palaeolithic
  • The Neolithic
  • From Prehistory to History
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100 pages on the Romans

The adventure of knowledge Giorgia Cappelletti In 100 pages, the volume collects insights, games and quizzes on:
  • Rome of the seven kings
  • The Roman Republic
  • Caesar is dead. Now what?
  • The Roman Empire
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100 pages on the Animals

The adventure of knowledge Andrea Vico In 100 pages, the volume collects insights, games and quizzes on:
  • Invertebrates
  • Fish
  • Amphibians
  • Dinosaurs and reptiles
  • Birds
  • Mammals
  • Who eats who
Find out more »

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THE AUTHORS

Andrea Vico is a scientific journalist and author of various volumes. He writes for TuttoScienze, La Stampa, Il Sole 24 Ore and Le Scienze. For Rai 3 he was co-author of Hit Scienze, a television program for children entirely dedicated to science. Giorgia Cappelletti is an archaeologist who deals with museum communications and writes history volumes for children. Elisabetta Serafini, a primary school teacher, she graduated in History and then obtained a PhD in the same discipline, specialising in Women and Gender History. Renato Bruni, Scientific Director of the Botanical Garden of the University of Parma, where he works as an associate professor in Pharmaceutical Biology studying and reporting on the links between plants and humans. Chiara Valentina Segré. Since 2010, she has been fully dedicated to scientific outreach and communication, and she is currently the scientific supervisor at the Umberto Veronesi Foundation for the Progress of Science. Alessandra Magagna. Graduated in Natural Sciences with an experimental thesis in Science Education, she continued her academic path with a Master’s degree in Environmental Communication and a PhD in Earth Sciences.