Alexey W. Root is a senior lecturer in education at The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, and a former U.S. Women's chess champion.

"The concept is clever. . . . An exercise based on Benjamin Franklin's 'morals of chess,' a list of golden rules to be observed while playing the game, is also fascinating, as are studies of famous chess players and foreign chess terms." - Arches

• ? Chapter 1 IntroductionNational Council for the Social StudiesLesson Plan OverviewOrganization of Chess ClassesChess Equipment? Chapter 2 The World of ChessLesson 1: TimelinesExercise 1: Chatrang and ShatranjLesson 2: MapsExercise 2: Ninth-Century Chess ProblemLesson 3: Silk RoadExercise 3: Tandem ChessLesson 4: Legends around the WorldExercise 4: Mongolian Chess LegendLesson 5: Write a LegendExercise 5-A: Create a ProblemExercise 5-B: Robin Hood and the Pawn? Chapter 3 Chess and SocietyLesson 6: Rule ChangesExercise 6: Slow-Paced ChessLesson 7: Noble CharadesExercise 7: Chess with DiceLesson 8: Chess Legend of ColumbusExercise 8: King Ferdinand and Queen IsabellaLesson 9: The Turk, Automaton Chess PlayerExercise 9: Endgame Problem from the TurkLesson 10: Federal SetsExercise 10: Thomas Jefferson? Chapter 4 Chess and CitizenshipLesson 11: Benjamin FranklinExercise 11: BughouseLesson 12: Famous Chess PlayersExercise 12: Famous Chess MovesLesson 13: Chess PhilanthropyExercise 13: Simultaneous ExhibitionLesson 14: Chess ScholarshipsExercise 14: Check 'em TechLesson 15: ImmigrationExercise 15: Foreign Chess Terms? Chapter 5 Chess BasicsRules of ChessWin, Lose, or DrawReading and Writing ChessAppendix A Answer KeyAppendix B ReferencesAppendix C Chess at Colleges and UniversitiesGlossaryIndex

Alexey W. Root is a senior lecturer in education at The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, and a former U.S. Women's chess champion.

"The concept is clever. . . . An exercise based on Benjamin Franklin's 'morals of chess,' a list of golden rules to be observed while playing the game, is also fascinating, as are studies of famous chess players and foreign chess terms." - Arches

• ? Chapter 1 IntroductionNational Council for the Social StudiesLesson Plan OverviewOrganization of Chess ClassesChess Equipment? Chapter 2 The World of ChessLesson 1: TimelinesExercise 1: Chatrang and ShatranjLesson 2: MapsExercise 2: Ninth-Century Chess ProblemLesson 3: Silk RoadExercise 3: Tandem ChessLesson 4: Legends around the WorldExercise 4: Mongolian Chess LegendLesson 5: Write a LegendExercise 5-A: Create a ProblemExercise 5-B: Robin Hood and the Pawn? Chapter 3 Chess and SocietyLesson 6: Rule ChangesExercise 6: Slow-Paced ChessLesson 7: Noble CharadesExercise 7: Chess with DiceLesson 8: Chess Legend of ColumbusExercise 8: King Ferdinand and Queen IsabellaLesson 9: The Turk, Automaton Chess PlayerExercise 9: Endgame Problem from the TurkLesson 10: Federal SetsExercise 10: Thomas Jefferson? Chapter 4 Chess and CitizenshipLesson 11: Benjamin FranklinExercise 11: BughouseLesson 12: Famous Chess PlayersExercise 12: Famous Chess MovesLesson 13: Chess PhilanthropyExercise 13: Simultaneous ExhibitionLesson 14: Chess ScholarshipsExercise 14: Check 'em TechLesson 15: ImmigrationExercise 15: Foreign Chess Terms? Chapter 5 Chess BasicsRules of ChessWin, Lose, or DrawReading and Writing ChessAppendix A Answer KeyAppendix B ReferencesAppendix C Chess at Colleges and UniversitiesGlossaryIndex

Alexey W. Root is a senior lecturer in education at The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, and a former U.S. Women's chess champion.

"The concept is clever. . . . An exercise based on Benjamin Franklin's 'morals of chess,' a list of golden rules to be observed while playing the game, is also fascinating, as are studies of famous chess players and foreign chess terms." - Arches

• ? Chapter 1 IntroductionNational Council for the Social StudiesLesson Plan OverviewOrganization of Chess ClassesChess Equipment? Chapter 2 The World of ChessLesson 1: TimelinesExercise 1: Chatrang and ShatranjLesson 2: MapsExercise 2: Ninth-Century Chess ProblemLesson 3: Silk RoadExercise 3: Tandem ChessLesson 4: Legends around the WorldExercise 4: Mongolian Chess LegendLesson 5: Write a LegendExercise 5-A: Create a ProblemExercise 5-B: Robin Hood and the Pawn? Chapter 3 Chess and SocietyLesson 6: Rule ChangesExercise 6: Slow-Paced ChessLesson 7: Noble CharadesExercise 7: Chess with DiceLesson 8: Chess Legend of ColumbusExercise 8: King Ferdinand and Queen IsabellaLesson 9: The Turk, Automaton Chess PlayerExercise 9: Endgame Problem from the TurkLesson 10: Federal SetsExercise 10: Thomas Jefferson? Chapter 4 Chess and CitizenshipLesson 11: Benjamin FranklinExercise 11: BughouseLesson 12: Famous Chess PlayersExercise 12: Famous Chess MovesLesson 13: Chess PhilanthropyExercise 13: Simultaneous ExhibitionLesson 14: Chess ScholarshipsExercise 14: Check 'em TechLesson 15: ImmigrationExercise 15: Foreign Chess Terms? Chapter 5 Chess BasicsRules of ChessWin, Lose, or DrawReading and Writing ChessAppendix A Answer KeyAppendix B ReferencesAppendix C Chess at Colleges and UniversitiesGlossaryIndex