A Child's History of the World
by Virgil M. Hillyer Author
(From Amazon): One of the finest history books for children, this well-loved Hillyer classic features stories of world history from prehistoric man through the 20th century, inspiring an appreciation of how events relate to one another.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9788882870287
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 90
- Pages
- 439
- Suggested Grades
- 1st - 12th
- Historical Setting
- 6000 BC - 2000 AD
- Publisher
- Calvert Educational Services
- Copyright
- 1997
Chapters
- 1 How Things Got Started
- 2 People Who Lived in Caves
- 3 Fire! Fire! Fire!
- 4 From an Airplane
- 5 Real history Begins
- 6 The puzzle Writers in Egypt
- 7 The Tomb Builders
- 8 A Rich Land Where There Was No Money
- 9 The Jews Search For a Home
- 10 Fairy Tale Gods
- 11 A Fairy-Tale War
- 12 The Kings of the Jews
- 13 The People Who Made Our ABC's
- 14 Hard as Nails
- 15 The Crown of Leaves
- 16 A Bad Beginning
- 17 Kings With Corkscrew Curls
- 18 A City of Wonders & Wickedness
- 19 A Surprise Party
- 20 The Other side of the world: India
- 21 The Other side of the world: China
- 22 Rich Man, Poor Man
- 23 Rome Kicks out her kings
- 24 Greece vs. Persia
- 25 Fighting mad
- 26 One Against a Thousand
- 27 The Golden Age
- 28 hen Greek Meets Greek
- 29 Wise men and Otherwise
- 30 A Boy King
- 31 Picking a Fight
- 32 The Boot Kicks and Stamps
- 33 The Champion of the World
- 34 The Noblest Roman of them all
- 35 The Emperor Who was mad a God
- 36 Thine is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory
- 37 Blood and thunder
- 38 A good Emperor and a Bad Son
- 39 I_H__S____V_____
- 40 Barbarian Invaders
- 41 Barbarian meets the Champian of the World
- 42 New places - New Heroes
- 43 Being Good
- 44 A Christian Kingdom in Africa &Muhammed and the early years of islam
- 45 Muhammad and the Early Years of Islam
- 46 Arabian Days
- 48 Getting a Start
- 47 Two Empires, Two Emperors
- 49 The End of the World
- 50 Real Castles
- 51 Knights & Days of Chivalry
- 52 A Pirate's Great Grandson
- 53 A Great Adventure
- 54 Tick Tack Toe - Three Kings in a Row
- 55 Three Kings of West Africa
- 56 Bibles made of Stone & Glass
- 57 John, whom nobody loved
- 58 A Great Story Teller
- 59 Thing a ma jigger & what cher may call it or a magic needle & a magic power
- 60 Thelon gest wart hate verwas
- 61 Print & Powder or Off With the Old, On With the New
- 62 A Sailor Who Found a New World
- 63 Fortune Hunters
- 64 The land of Enchantment of the Search for Gold and Adventure
- 65 Along the Coast of East Africa
- 66 Rebirth
- 67 Christians Quarrel
- 68 Queen Elizabeth
- 69 The Age of Elizabeth
- 70 James the servant or what's in a name?
- 71 A King Who Lost His Head
- 72 Red Cap and Red Heels
- 73 A Self Made Man
- 74 A Prince Who Ran Away
- 75 America Gets Rid of Her King
- 76 Upside Down
- 77 A Little Giant
- 78 Latin America and the Caribbean Islands
- 79 From Pan & His Pipes to the Phonograph
- 81 Three New Postage Stamps
- 82 The Age of Miracles
- 83 A Different Kinds of Revolution
- 84 A World at War
- 85 A Short Twenty Years
- 86 Modern Barbarians
- 87 Fighting the Dictators
- 88 A New Spirit in the World
- 89 A New Big Power in the World
- 90 Trying to Keep the Peace
- 91 Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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