Description
Book Synopsis"Robert Burns in Time and Place" is a brand new title in the "Scotties Books" series which contain a wealth of interesting facts, stimulating activities, web sites and suggestions for places to visit. The year 2009 is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns but studying the life and work of the poet is no longer just a celebration around his birthday, but can be embedded across the school curriculum. The book looks at Ayrshire, Scotland and the wider world as they were in his time and which shaped his experiences and his work.
Trade Review' ... a historical and geographical context for Burns' life and work. This is an extremely well-designed and illustrated short information book, with maps, family trees, timelines, photographs and pictures ... this is a high-quality publication which would be valuable for any project work connected with Scotland's national poet and the festivities still connected with his name.' School Librarian ' ... it is engaging and full of appropriate supporting illustrations, timelines, prints and a wealth of museum material to help support the text. ... these all serve to provide the reader with a clearer appreciation of Scotland's national poet whose life and works are celebrated around the world today.' History Teaching Review ' ... firmly aimed at children but is a book we can all read and learn something new about Burns, or have our conceptions of his time challenged. ... well-presented, with crisp, well-chosen illustrations, and places Burns both in his own time, and our own, with useful hints on holding a Burns Supper, as well as sections on farming in Burns' time, sea-bathing in the Solway, and much more - there is even a Burns wordsearch!' Ayrshire Notes
Table of ContentsMap of Ayr and surrounding area
Burns' family tree
Maybole and Alloway
Mount Oliphant: a moorland farm
Some hae meat: food in the 1700s
Lochlea and linen
Rab Mossgiel
Jamaica bound
Burns in Edinburgh
Tour of the Borders
Highland journey
Fashion in Burns' day
Ellisland
Exciseman in Dumfries
funny you should ask
Sea-bathing in the Solway Firth
robert Burns the patriot
Favourite quotations
The world's legacy
Tam o' Shanter: A Tale
Answers/Useful websites
Facts and activities section
