Material World

Material World

Written by: Peter Menzel

Brief Summary: A variety of our world’s cultures are displayed through colorful photos throughout this book.  Statistics and other facts are available making for an easy comparison of cultures. Real images are shown of family home items laid out across their lawn.   

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This book was AWESOME.  I used this book for our genre presentation on Information.  Barb, in the curriculum lab, recommended this book for me and I am really glad she did!  This book is think and full of colorful, real images of families from all over our globe.  Each family present in this book was asked to lay out their home possessions on the front of their lawn.  As you can tell from the pictures on the front of the book, these pictures varied drastically.  

This would be a wonderful resource to use in order to emphasize diversity.  Any student within a classroom would be able to relate to at least one image with this book.  Next to each family, statistics and facts are available.  Because of the diverse material present, I feel all age ranges would find this book interesting and useful.  A student who couldn't read would be able to view the photos whereas a student who could read would be able to view the photos and read the facts.  Furthermore, the book could easily be used across the curriculum: geography, language arts, and reading (and possibly more!)   


Some photos within the book: