Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past

Do you have what it takes to survive in some of the world's coldest places?

Wild animals are often cute.

Most people don't have to worry about being buried alive or falling into a sinkhole.

Do you use a calendar?

Have you ever wanted to play the flute?

How often do you write or read?

Have you ever watched the Olympic Games?

Have you ever heard of hieroglyphics?

Have you ever worn silk?

Kids study US history, but do they know what life long ago was really like?

Experiment: A child is deliberately infected with the deadly smallpox disease without his parents' informed consent.

On January 30, 1948, Mohandas Gandhi, the world's most revered champion of nonviolent civil disobedience, was murdered in cold blood by a man he'd never met.

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In 1941 in occupied Paris, brothers Maurice and Joseph play a last game of marbles before running home to their father's barbershop.

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Even at the age of nine, little Golda Meir was known for being a leader.

Imagine being fifteen years old, facing the bloodiest battle ever to take place on U.

October 31, 2011, marked an uneasy milestone for Planet Earth.

February 21, 1965.

Hang on to your wallet-and watch your neck!

Loyal subjects, watch out!

Avast!

Get ready to bow down-if you don't want to lose your head!

Robbery, smuggling, gambling-gangsters did it all.

James Bond may be one of the good guys, but the spies in this book definitely aren't-nor are the traitors and assassins!

Can you imagine being one of just three hundred soldiers from ancient Greece pitted against an army of thousands?

In 1936, the New York Yankees wanted to test a hot prospect named Joe DiMaggio to see if he was ready for the big leagues.

Can the conquest of one city change the world?

What happens when a foreigner takes over the throne of a powerful country like England?

Can one book really change the world?

Can the demise of a government 1,500 years ago have repercussions felt around the globe centuries later?

How did the end of the shoguns pave the way for modern Japan?

Could a few fleas really change the world?

Can one man's religious experience change the whole world?

Than Shwe was part of a military coup that took over Burma in the 1960s.

Omar al-Bashir came into power in 1989.

Muammar al-Qaddafi led a group of young army officers who overthrew the government of King Idris I in 1961.

Augusto Pinochet, commander-in-chief of Chile's army, rose to power in 1973 when he participated in a military coup to overthrow the president, Salvador Allende.

Hafez al-Assad became president of Syria in 1971, following a long line of military leaders.

Laura Ingalls Wilder grew up listening to her Pa's fascinating tales about living on the prairies, in the woods, and on the plains.

October 9, 1967.

In the 1880s, science witnessed a major shift: Charles Darwin proposed his theory of evolution.

A Batchelder Award Honor BookWhen Zeina was born, the civil war in Lebanon had been going on for six years, so it's just a normal part of life for her and her parents and little brother.

On July 28, 1996, two young men stumbled upon human bones in the shallow water along the shore of the Columbia River near Kennewick, Washington.

**Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Winner****Middle School Book of the Year Northern Lights Book Awards****Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner**For the first time, middle readers can learn the complete story of the courageous girl whose life, which ended through the effects of war, inspired a worldwide call for peace.

The historical fiction is set in Cordoba, Spain, in 100 AD, the Golden Age when Jews and Moslems together created a beautiful civilization.

On August 4, 1940, an unassuming American journalist named Varian Fry made his way to Marseilles, France, carrying in his pockets the names of approximately two hundred artists and intellectuals - all enemies of the new Nazi regime.

The classic true story of one child's experiences during the holocaust.

For more than 230 years, extraordinary men and women have represented the United States abroad with courage and dedication.

I remember we were riding up to Keystone, and its not very far from Welch.