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Dear Subscriber,
Announcing a forthcoming Pre K - 2 online product Early World of Learning.
Offers rich resources designed to develop reading fluency and phonemic
awareness in younger learners. The site encompasses three interactive
learning environments - Trek's Travels, Welcome to Reading and Know It.
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What's New
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>> The following are among those articles and features recently revised
New pictures:
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Ian Fleming
Tony Abbott
Australian Open
Haitians waiting for water distribution
Survivors living in tents in Port-au-Prince
New articles:
Anzac Day
Binary number
New maps:
Blue Mountains
Cocos Islands
Convicts in Australia
Cook Islands
Great Artesian Basin
Kokoda Trail
Murray River
New Caledonia
North Island (New Zealand)
Northern Development in Australia
Port Phillip Bay
Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
Snowy Mountains Scheme
South Island (New Zealand)
Squatters in Australia
Where kangaroos live
Where koalas live
New Zealand thematic maps:
Economy; Average January Temperature; Average July Temperature; Population density; Average yearly precipitation
New videos:
Angkor Wat
Inserting acupuncture needles
Tsunami wave
New dictionary:
FAQ
Revised articles:
Bipolar disorder
Panic disorder
Iran
Iraq
Port-au-Prince
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Coming soon!
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>> Lexile Measures coming soon to:
- World Book Student
- World Book Kids
- World Book Discover
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Important Dates & Events
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March 1 - Saint David's Day
March 3, 1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, born.
March 5, 1806 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet, born.
March 5, 1953 - Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator, died.
March 6, 1937 - Valentina Tereshkova, Soviet cosmonaut and first woman in space, born.
March 7, 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell, patented the telephone.
March 12, 1930 - Indian nationalist Mohandas Gandhi and his followers began the 24-day Dandi march to protest the British tax on salt.
March 14, 1804 - Johann Strauss, Snr., Austrian composer, born.
March 14, 1879 - Albert Einstein physicist, born.
March 15, 44 B.C. - Julius Caesar assassinated.
March 15, 1877 - First cricket test between England and Australia, at Melbourne.
March 16, 1774 - Matthew Flinders, navigator and explorer of Australia, born.
March 17 - St. Patrick's Day.
March 19, 1932 - The Sydney Harbour Bridge opened in Australia.
March 20, 1796 - Edward Gibbon Wakefield, pioneer of colonisation in Australia and New Zealand, born.
March 21 - Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer, born.
March 25, 1807 - British Parliament abolished the slave trade.
March 30, 1870 - John Forrest and party start first west-to-east crossing of Australia.
March 30, 1953 - Albert Einstein announced his revised Unified Field Theory.
April 1 - April Fool's Day in many countries.
April 2, 1805 - Hans Christian Anderson, Danish fairy-tale writer, born.
April 4, 1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights leader, shot dead.
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Hints & Tips
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>> NEW! Poster
World Book Explores The Deep Sea
Now available free of charge to subscribers of the World Book Web.
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>> NEW! Classroom Tip Sheet:
World Book Student Timeline Image Upload - a step-by-step instruction sheet on how to upload images to existing timelines or a new one. To download click here.
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