New Mexico! - Hardcover

Simmons, Marc

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 082631788X ISBN 13: 9780826317889

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 1997

Synopsis

This popular fourth-grade-level textbook introduces the young reader to New Mexico's past and present, beginning with its geography and covering the changes in the state's culture, society, and economy from earliest times and until the present.

Mindful that the student reading this book is probably learning about New Mexico history for the first time, this volume's abundant illustrations and engaging text will spark and sustain readers' interest. New Mexico has been continuously settled for over 10,000 years, and this book is centered on the various cultural traditions contributed and blended over time by many groups of people. When students finish the book, they will better understand how different cultures shaped the way we live today as well as know major events and key people in New Mexico's development.

A separate teachers guide, complete with lesson plans and instructional suggestions as well as student activities and exercises, is also available. If twenty or more copies of New Mexico! are purchased, one copy of the teachers guide is free. (Call for more information.)

About this title

About the Author

Marc Simmons is considered New Mexico's historian laureate and has published over forty books on New Mexico history. Simmons is a former Woodrow Wilson Fellow, a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and in 1993 the King of Spain granted him membership in the knightly Order of Isabela la Católica for his contributions to Spanish colonial history. He resides in Cerrillos, New Mexico.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 082631788X
• ISBN 13: 9780826317889
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 346