You may be familiar with his book The Way Things Work, a 1988 book where his intricate illustrations simplified the complex, technical. They also can be enjoyed in admission-free public screenings, which also makes them ideal for use by library patrons and businesses involved in community clubs and organizations. The mural was done by illustrator David Macaulay. It includes activities for language arts, history/social studies/geography, STEM, and fine arts/handicrafts. This is a four-week unit study based on this detailed book with beautiful illustrations. AV versions come with limited performance rights so they can be shown in classrooms, at PTA meetings, during after school programs, and transmitted on a closed-circuit system within a building or on a single campus. Explore Ancient Egypt with the book Pyramid by David Macaulay. Why the AV version? Because it provides additional usage options for PBS videos. Despite loving David Macaulays PBS programs Castle and Cathedral since childhood, I had never read this book until now. Detailed animation dramatizes the building of the castle and portrays the lifestyle of the early inhabitants. Author David Macaulay, who wrote and illustrated the best-selling book of the same title, leads viewers on a castle tour, explaining its cultural and sociological significance and its architectural design. CASTLE combines colorful animation with live-action documentary sequences to tell the story of a 13th-century Welsh castle. I have fond memories of reading the black and white original of this book over thirty years ago, and this colour edition is even better.
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