salt

Provides information about salt, where it is found and processed, and its importance in everyday life. Includes a glossary and resources for further study.

Presents an introduction to salt, in simple text with illustrations, describing where it can be found, what it is used for, how it is made, and more.

Reviews the history of salt, examines salt-related beliefs and legends, identifies places where salt is found, discusses battles over salt supplies, and looks at how salt is harvested, the benefits of salt use, and the salt trade. Considers the question of whether it is ethical to buy things made by children.

Discusses the history of salt, with photographs and illustrations, and explores the world's sources of salt, types of salt, salt's effects on the human body, salt rituals, and other topics; and includes a time line.

Discusses what salt is, where it is found, and some of its many uses; includes a simple experiment for growing salt crystals.

Chronicles the history of salt, discussing how it has shaped civilizations from the earliest beginnings of world history and how it has been used in different cultures.

Recounts the March to the Sea, in which, Mohandas Gandi and seventy protesters marched from Ahmedabad to Dandi, in twenty-four days, to protest the laws and taxes that Great Britain put on salt.

Describes the methods used to extract salt from the sea and from deep underground mines.