Educational: History

Carnegie Medal winner Theresa Breslin explores the dangerous world of cage-fighting in this dark and powerful new novel.

Fourteen-year-old Lisa Jura was a musical prodigy who hoped to become a concert pianist.

Ensure your students have access to the authoritative, in-depth and accessible content of this series for the IB History Diploma.

Think more deeply and work more independently at A level History through a carefully thought-out enquiry approach from SHP.

Think more deeply and work more independently at A level History through a carefully thought-out enquiry approach from SHP.

The Great Escape was the most daring and meticulously planned prisoner-of-war breakout of the Second World War.

Two simple but profound questions have preoccupied scholars since the establishment of history education over a century ago: what is historical thinking, and how do educators go about teaching it?

Two simple but profound questions have preoccupied scholars since the establishment of history education over a century ago: what is historical thinking, and how do educators go about teaching it?

A revolution in history education is propelling historical thinking and knowing to the forefront of history and social studies education in North America and beyond.

A revolution in history education is propelling historical thinking and knowing to the forefront of history and social studies education in North America and beyond.

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In 1904, author Sergie Waismans grandparents, Bella Feinbergan exotic seventeen-year-old Jewish maidenand Russian officer Sergei Naryshkin met, fell in love, and married, over both their families objections.

Dig into the amazing past of ancient Egypt in this new Level 3 Reader from National Geographic Kids.

"e;On Wings of Change"e; is the continuing saga of "e;The Unconquered Hearts"e;, the life of a Blackfeet family; Morning Star, Little White Dove, Greyfox, and Benjamin Dickerson.

Read about the special features and quirky characteristics that make up America's monuments and parks from the east to the west coast.

Explore all 62 national parks in the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific and everywhere in between in this illustrated map collection.

In early America, married women had no rights under law.

In the 1800s, women were second-class citizens.

The United States' boundaries have expanded over the centuriesand at the same time, Americans' ideas about their country have grown as well.

The United States' boundaries have expanded over the centuriesand at the same time, Americans' ideas about their country have grown as well.

History is full of many stories.

AlaskaAmerica's forty-ninth statehas a long and rich history.

The United States' boundaries have expanded over the centuriesand at the same time, Americans' ideas about their country have grown as well.

The United States boundaries have expanded over the centuriesand at the same time, Americans ideas about their country have grown as well.

The United States' boundaries have expanded over the centuriesand at the same time, Americans' ideas about their country have grown as well.

By the beginning of the 1800s, America was a young country led by people who were ready to fight to defend American rights on the seas and at home.

The United States' boundaries have expanded over the centuriesand at the same time, Americans' ideas about their country have grown as well.

The United States' boundaries have expanded over the centuriesand at the same time, Americans' ideas about their country have grown as well.

The United States' boundaries have expanded over the centuriesand at the same time, Americans' ideas about their country have grown as well.

The United States' boundaries have expanded over the centuriesand at the same time, Americans' ideas about their country have grown as well.

"e;The arc of the moral universe is long,"e; Martin Luther King Jr.

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China, whose recorded history extends back several thousand years, was once the most advanced civilization on earth.

Since its founding in 1949, the People's Republic of China has been a one-party state in which the Chinese Communist Party holds a monopoly of political power.

An immense land, China is approximately the same size as the United States.

Have you ever seen the boisterous lion dances or heard the multitude of firecrackers in Chinatown during the Chinese New Year?

Over the centuries, Chinese civilization has produced many important inventions and innovations, including paper, printing, porcelain, the magnetic compass, and gunpowder.

What would China's revolutionary leader, Mao Zedong, think if he were alive today?

In 1976, at the death of its longtime leader Mao Zedong, China was in a state of economic stagnation and social chaos.

China has a rich artistic tradition extending back thousands of years.

China is one of the world's oldest uninterrupted civilizations, and the essential culture and identity of the Chinese people--the Chinese Way--was formed more than 2,000 years ago.

Although graced with picturesque beaches, lush rain forests, and abundant diamond mines, the tiny West African nation of Sierra Leone is a land haunted by tragedy.

Located on the westernmost point of Africa, Senegal is a land of stunning coastlines, semi-desert sands, fertile river valleys, grassland plains, and tropical rainforests.

With more than 170 million people, Nigeria is Africa's most populous country.

For centuries the Kingdom of Morocco, located in the northwest corner of Africa, has been a crossroads for trade between Europe and sub-Saharan Africa.

The early history of Liberia was promising.

The name of the Ivory Coast (also known as Cote d'Ivoire) comes from its history; at one time, Europeans came to the region to hunt elephants for their valuable ivory.

Ghana, located on the Atlantic coast of West Africa, was once known as the Gold Coast because of its vast deposits of this precious mineral.

The name Democratic Republic of the Congo is a misnomer: the country has never been truly democratic or a republic.

If Cameroon is "e;Africa in miniature,"e; then understanding this California-sized coastal nation takes one closer to capturing the story of this remarkable continent.