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Introducing
World Book’s
Digital Libraries
World Book Digital Libraries offer an online, interactive complement to
World Book’s most popular print reference sets. Each library features all
the content from the print set as well as videos and animations, interactive
activities, curriculum correlations, and links to encyclopedic content.
• Living Green: an examination of pollution's causes and consequences,
overviews of the major ecosystems and current threats they face, an
explanation of green building and transportation principles, an
investigation of green issues in food production and consumption, and
room-by-room explorations of green practices at home.
• Early Peoples: an exploration of the history and cultures of ancient
Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans; Australian Aborigines, peoples of the Arctic
and Subarctic; Aztecs; Africans of the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Empires;
Incas; Maori; Maya; Native Americans; Polynesians; and Chinese.
Key features include:
• Easy-to-read content that helps students understand core curriculum topics
• Translation tool generates content into 13 languages
• Text-to-speech feature allows students to highlight text and hear it read
aloud
• Video tutorials and animations help visual learners grasp difficult
concepts
• Interactive activities engage students in the topics
• Lesson plans and reading comprehension questions enable teachers to gauge
students’ understanding of key concepts
• Users can enlarge font size for easy reading
Take a tour of Digital Libraries at:
http://www.worldbookonline.com/training/digital_libraries/index.htm
For a free trial or more information, contact your World Book sales consultant or email info@worldbook.com.au (Australia) or info@worldbook.co.nz (New Zealand).
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