From ancient times to the modern world, meet the people, places and events that shaped history! Travel easily to any part of the word and experience first-hand different aspects of everyday life, culture and technology. Use the easy-to-use search engine to research specific times or explore history through the many links that are cross-referenced throughout the program. Photographs, videos an animations enhance the comprehensive text entries. Features: More than 500,000 words of text. More than 2000 separate screens. 80 animations. 30 videos. In-depth analysis of history and how people, events and knowledge are intertwined in the development of civilizations. Discover fascinating connections between events that occurred in different parts of the world. More than 200 biographies of the men and women who shaped the world.
Newsweek Online: "Excellent." Newsweek Editor's Choice Top 50 CD-ROMS Better Homes and Gardens 1998 - Year's Best Educational Software recommendation Boston Herald: "Fun and captivating." Wired Magazine: "The gold standard in serious fun." Houston Chronicle: "If it's history,it's here--and in fine, fascinating form...What really sings is the program's knack for bringing history home...Homework or no, delving into the multimedia wonders of Eyewitness History is positively habit-forming. A+" Curriculum Administrator magazine Districts' Choice Award
Ages 9 up
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