Famous Figures of the Early Modern Era

Step into powdered wigs, stormy seas, and world-shaking revolutions! Famous Figures of the Early Modern Era equips your student to re-create the thinkers, inventors, explorers, and leaders who shaped the 1500s to 1800s. Think Isaac Newton meeting Catherine the Great—with moveable elbows. This set includes 21 historical figures such as Peter the Great, Benjamin Franklin, and Marie Antoinette, ready to assemble and animate using the easy perforated pages, brass fasteners, and clear-cut outlines. Each figure comes printed in full color and in an outlined version for any child who prefers to color his own. Backed by a full biography section and suggested reading list, this set brings in-depth learning alongside hands-on creativity. Whether your child reenacts Newton's discoveries or rallies troops with Napoleon, he'll engage critical thinking and artistic expression while learning what made these leaders legendary.