US History through Infographics

January 1, 2015
Grades 5-8 The infographic emerged as the perfect antidote to the clutter of the Internet: simple, creative, appealing representations of complicated subjects. The Super Social Studies Infographics series attemptsand largely succeedsin extending the concept across several thematic volumes. Though the specific topics covered in each book can be scattershot, they are always helped along by each illustrator's command of what has become the infographic's trademark: tidy, droll, fine-lined charts and graphs that are innately appealing. U.S History through Infographics is most impressive when offering up graphs that feel unique and revelatory, such as the map/populations of Japanese American internment caps during WWII. Clarity across the series is inconsistent, but interest levels always remain high.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)