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A review by sometimes_samantha_reads
The Ancient Maya by Jackie Maloy
informative
fast-paced
3.5
I'm working on increasing my social studies literature collection. In 5th grade, I teach pre-colonial Americas including ancient civilizations.
This books is informative and formatted wonderfully for new non-fiction text readers. My only reservations about it is that it was published 14 years ago and I'm not sure how accurate archeological assumptions from then are to current knowledge. I will keep studying. I also am not a big fan that it was written by a theater major. I feel like this potentially ruins the accuracy of the book, which is why I'm rating it so. Again, I will continue to do my research. At the very least, it is a first stepping stone resource for my students to use.
This books is informative and formatted wonderfully for new non-fiction text readers. My only reservations about it is that it was published 14 years ago and I'm not sure how accurate archeological assumptions from then are to current knowledge. I will keep studying. I also am not a big fan that it was written by a theater major. I feel like this potentially ruins the accuracy of the book, which is why I'm rating it so. Again, I will continue to do my research. At the very least, it is a first stepping stone resource for my students to use.