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• TEACHING WITH DOCUMENTS
World Book Advanced's Teaching with Documents are lesson plans focussing on one or more primary source images. New Teaching with Documents are added regularly.
Explore fascinating topics, including: League and Mandates - Treaty of Peace with Germany signed at Versailles on June 28th, 1919. Read more ...
• PATHFINDERS
World Book Advanced's pathfinders provide links to curriculum-based primary and secondary source content, related media, and study-skills information. Explore the World Book Pathfinder on World War II.
June 2, 1953 - Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Try The British Monarchy Quiz.
June 4, 1942 - Battle of Midway in World War II began.
June 5 - World Environment Day - 2011 Theme: Forests. (See more under Did You Know?)
June 6, 1944 - D-Day in World War II. (See more under Feature of the Month.)
June 8 - World Oceans Day. (See more under Hints & Tips.)
June 28, 1861 - Burke and Wills, explorers, died on return journey after first north-south crossing of Australia. (See more under Did You Know?)
June 28, 1914 - Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated, touching off World War I.
June 28, 1919 - Treaty of Versailles signed. (See more under Teaching with Documents and Did You Know?)
More this month in history ...
Who are these people born in June?
Find out by clicking on each image.
World Book Student's Biography Centre has more than 10,000 biographies on influential people.
Allied troops landed on the German-held coast of northern France.
Find out about D-Day:
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World Book Student link
World Book Advanced link
Public Libraries link
World Book Explains videos answer the following D-Day questions:
What would have happened if D-day had failed?
Why was D-Day so important?
How was D-Day conceived?
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New pictures: (more than 44)
Emu
Princess Catherine
Sydney Harbour Bridge
New articles: (more than 20)
Assange, Julian (Australian Internet publisher)
King penguin (bird)
Terra-cotta army of Xi'an (figurines, China)
New dictionary entries: (more than 4)
Taliban
Revised articles: (more than 350)
Ballance, John (NZ prime minister)
Bin Laden, Osama
Forbes, George (NZ prime minister)
Lange, David (NZ prime minister)
Muldoon, Sir Robert (NZ prime minister)
Nash, Walter (NZ prime minister)
Palmer, Geoffrey (NZ prime minister)
Stout, Sir Robert (NZ prime minister)
New Early World of Learning videos:
Colour Castle - learn about colours
Number Geyser - learn about numbers
Opposite Island - learn about opposites
Size City - learn about sizes
Time Tower - learn about time
Welcome Centre - Trek's Travels tutorial
More What's New in World Book ...
World Oceans Day - June 8, 2011
Hands-on activities for young students...
• SCAVENGER HUNTS
Compare a Great White Shark with a Bottlenose Dolphin?
Scavenger Hunts are a wonderful way for students and library patrons to become familiar with the resources available on the World Book Web.
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• GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Check out the Coral Reef puzzle.
World Book Kids features entertaining, educational games designed to help young learners reinforce learning and build maths, reading and grammar, and science skills. Read more ...
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• MAPS
World Book has a large collection of award winning maps.
► Treaty of Versailles -
Boundaries of Germany after World War I
► Burke & Wills -
Exploration map
► World Environment Day - Forests
Map of Forests of the World
Did you know forests once covered approximately 60 percent of Earth's surface. Today, they cover only about 30 percent. Read more ...
World Book Web and World Book Classroom content and features are ideal for use with interactive whiteboards.
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