Famous Figures of Ancient Times

Famous Figures of Ancient Times

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Famous Figures of Ancient Times

If you have multiple children, you no doubt have noticed the unique inclinations of each one. Our middle child lived for art. Her most prized possessions were a tape dispenser, scissors, and endless amounts of paper. Famous Figures of Ancient Times was made for such a child.


While you read historical accounts aloud, your avid artist can color the detailed figures of twenty people who shaped history, such as Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, Hannibal, his elephant, and others. Colorful characters are printed on heavy cardstock with perforated pages for trouble-free removal. Cut out the pieces, punch holes where directed, and attach standard fasteners to allow their arms and legs to move and their swords and shields to flash. Matching pre-colored action figures are also included for the meticulous child who wants to color it exactly right.



"Great for kids who like crafts: Detailed, colored figures from history, from Narmer to Augustine, to cut out and assemble. The figures are on cardstock with moveable joints. Good for decorating timelines or just for fun."
— Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise, authors of The Story of the World
Features
Figures Include:
  • Narmer
  • Khufu
  • Sargon the Great
  • Hammurabi
  • Moses
  • King David
  • Ashurbanipal
  • Nebuchadnezzar II
  • Cyrus the Great
  • A Greek Hoplite
  • Qin Shi Huangdi
  • Aristotle
  • Alexander the Great
  • Hannibal
  • Hannibal's Elephant
  • Julius Caesar
  • Caesar Augustus
  • Jesus
  • Constantine
  • Augustine

    • Publisher's Information
    Author: Cathy Diez-Luckie
    Number of Pages: 96
    Format: Paperback
    Publisher: Figures in Motion
    Edition: 2nd Edition, now includes 21 figures
    Year of Publication: 2009
    Made In: China
    ISBN: 9780981856605
    Age Recommendation: 9-12 years
    Consumable: Yes
    Reproducible: No
    Faith-Based: No. Covers some historical figures that have religious as well as secular significance, but remains historical rather than inspirational.

    Awards and Endorsements:
    Mom's Choice Gold Award
    2009 Preferred Choice Award from Creative Child Magazine
    Bronze Medal in the 2009 Independent Book Publishers Awards
    2009 Dr. Toy Best Classic Toy Award
    2009 IndieFab Award Finalist
    Independent Book Publishers Association - Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist
    2009 Family Choice Award

    Famous Figures of Ancient Times Review by Farm Fresh Adventures

    review by Farm Fresh Adventures

    ”I love the concept of having the characters to tie into what we are learning!”

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    Famous Figures of Ancient Times Review by To Sow a Seed

    review by To Sow a Seed

    ”I’d definitely recommend them as a fun and engaging resource to compliment Story of the World, Children’s History of the World, or a trip through an Usborne or Kingfisher history encyclopedia.”

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    Famous Figures of Ancient Times Review by Project Happy Home

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    Customer Reviews

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    Vanessa
    History Comes Alive

    These were a fun addition to our history studies. Necessary, no. But definitely helped the kids to engage in the history they were listening to in order to understand the story of the person they were making. Each book has a figure that is colored and one that is not for each person represented - my two children alternated who did the coloring and who did not on different characters; sometimes they wanted the professionally colored one and sometimes they wanted to color so this worked out perfectly!

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    Erika S.
    A Favorite History Resource

    This is one of my daughter's favorite parts of history. She gets excited every time she sees one on our checklist for the day. At this point, she's worked through the entire set of the Ancients. The Middle Ages & Renaissance set arrived today I'm pretty sure she's already run off already.

    My biggest complaint is that there aren't characters to go with each of the ancient cultures we studied.

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    Elizabeth
    High quality, beautifully made

    These are a big hit whenever I have the patience to bring them out! They are sturdy as well as attractive, and I love that there are colored and uncolored options. My advice is to have a large supply of small brads on stand-by, as we always seemed to be out of them when I wanted to pull these out!
    My students only complaint was that they wished there were MORE characters-e especially girls! It would be nice if they had some "non-famous" characters to fill in the gaps when history lacks figure of note. (For instance, women almost always, and the civilizations of the Indus River and the Americas)

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    G.
    Helpful

    What a great hands on way to help kids relate to history.

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    bina w.
    great but not used

    We got this for volume 1 and the other versions for volume 2 and we haven't used them yet for history. After we finished volume 1, the kiddos found the books and just started to randomly make them without the lesson. They enjoyed it.

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