This page explores Almanacs. It provides of list of almanacs, both for student use and as examples, along with activities
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Almanac: A book that is usually published once a year, which contains information about places, dates, names, and especially numbers and facts based on numbers. Almanacs deal with a large variety of subjects from both the present and past.
Almanacs |
Quick LinksThe first person to write an almanac was Benjamin Franklin (the Poor Richards Almanac). |
"The World Almanac is the most useful reference book known to modern man." Interesting Daily Facts
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Samples of Other AlmanacsNote: Most of the almanacs listed below are NOT free online almanacs but rather, are commercial products. They are mentioned here only to illustrate the wide variety of almanacs available.
Limitations of an Almanac“An almanac will answer the questions ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘where’, ‘when’ and ‘how many’. It will not tell you ‘how’ to do anything or ‘why’ anything is like it is. For example: It can tell you who eats the rice in the world. It can tell you what kind and where rice is grown. It can also tell you when the rice is harvested. It will tell you how many bushels and/or pounds are exported. It will not, however, tell you how to plant rice or why people buy or eat rice.
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