Junior/Intermediate/Secondary (Gr. 6-9) Canadian (3z... (Bpart of the Canada; Past, Present, Future Series... an overview of... Canadian history in the 20th and 21st centuries. Each book begins with a 2-page introductory spread... followed by 2- and 4-page chapters which focus on each (decade) from 1900 - 2008. Each chapter has a number of short articles which highlight... important events of each decade... (with) colour photographs, a timeline at the bottom of every page highlighting additional events and (a)... box which poses a discussion question. At the end of the book is an... activity. Each book... includes a section... "Further Research," a glossary and an index. While the articles are quite short, they (are) a good basic introduction... information... is concise, accurate and brings us up to the current time... this series... begins the book with the present and works its way back at the chapter level; however, within each chapter it moves from the early to the later time frame, as does the timeline... in the "Further Research" section there is no listing of books, just... instructions on how to find books in a library... (a)... listing of... titles would have enhanced this section. The listing of websites... could have been more extensive. While this set... will not provide a lot of information on individual topics it is a good introduction... (3z <(BU+2013> Resource Links, Feb/10.

Includes index.