Nonfiction Readers 4: Technology: Feats and Failures
Technology Feats and Failures is an expository text about a wide variety of innovations, including stone circles, the pyramids, railroads, canals, the Titanic, the Hindenburg, dams, and space travel. The style is informative and conversational.
The book has a Contents and is divided into sections with headings. The text is composed of a variety of sentence types. Captioned photographs and illustrations support the text and add meaning. Tables, graphs, a timeline, and fact boxes add additional information. An index is provided.
New terminology such as explosions, transcontinental, and industrial revolution, is are defined in context and in the glossary.
This title is from the TIME® for Kids: Nonfiction Readers series from Teacher Created Materials. Build your school bookroom or classroom library with dynamic and engaging nonfiction readers.