Historia

Did you know that John Adams had to coax Thomas Jefferson into writing the Declaration of Independence? It's true. Finally, here's a biography for kids that unveils the many facets of this founding father's remarkable and complicated life. Illustr...

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The life of Queen Elizabeth I was dramatic and dangerous: cast out of her father's court at the age of three and imprisoned at nineteen, Elizabeth was crowned queen in 1558, when she was only twenty-five. A tough, intelligent woman who spoke five ...

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Though much of his early life remains a mystery, Blackbeard most likely began his life as Edward Teach in the sailing port of Bristol, England. He began his career as a hired British sailor during Queen Anne's War. He eventually settled in the Bah...

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I aktivitetsboken arbetar eleverna med olika uppgifter som hör ihop med uppslagen i grundboken, Koll på Historia 6. Här finns övningar som utgår både från grundbokens texter och olika historiska källor. Eleverna får befästa sina faktakunskaper och...

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This is the unforgettable true story of a young boy's remarkable journey: from civil war in east Africa to a refugee camp in Sudan, to a childhood on welfare in an affluent American suburb, and eventually, to a full-tuition scholarship at Harvard ...

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In Teaching History for the Common Good, Barton and Levstik present a clear overview of competing ideas among educators, historians, politicians, and the public about the nature and purpose of teaching history, and they evaluate these debates in l...

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A case for including an environmental focus in the secondary school history curriculum by locating its arguments within established historiographical and revisionist debates. History education has a key contribution to make in developing a deeper ...

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Koll på Historia 5 börjar i Vasatidens Sverige och beskriver hur Gustav Vasa och hans söner styr landet. Eleverna får läsa om reformationens konsekvenser, hur kungamakten stärktes och om hur handeln runt Östersjön ökade. Därefter handlar boken om ...

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Take a look at the wackier side of history! Did the Maya really invent hot chocolate? Why did they have pointed heads? And did the Maya civilisation really disappear? With an engaging question and answer format, this series draws young readers int...

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Discover the weird and wacky history of the Romans! Who was the maddest Roman emperor? Why didn't the Romans use toilet paper? And just how dangerous was a Roman tortoise? A Question of History: Ancient Rome answers all these questions and mu...

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Take a look at the wackier side of history! Who were the Shang people? Why did they LOVE mud and moths? And just what made the Shang such fearsome warriors? A Question of History: The Shang Civilisation answers all these questions and much more. W...

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Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court and won! Before she was Sojourner Truth, she was known simply as Belle. Born a slave in New York som...

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"Vivid storytelling brings an incredible story to life and place readers in the shoes of people who experienced the most successful ditching in aviation history - the emergency river landing of US Airways Flight 1549."--Provided by publi...

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Leif Erikson was born to be an explorer. His father, Erik the Red, had established the first European settlement in present-day Greenland, and although he didn't yet know it, Leif was destined to embark on an adventure of his own. The wise and str...

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Which civilization had the first system of law? The first formal educational system? The first tax cut? The first love song? The answers were found in excavations of ancient Sumer, a society so developed, resourceful, and enterprising that it, in ...

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Do you want to get to know the man who tamed the wildest corner of the West? Then keep reading... Deadwood, 1876: a notorious little mining town in modern-day South Dakota that was a hive of criminal activity. Thieves, drunkards, prostitutes, and ...

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Koll på Historia 6 handlar om hur det moderna Sverige växte fram med både framgångar och bakslag. Boken börjar med frihetstiden, på 1700-talet, då jordbruk och tillverkning skapade nya möjligheter för befolkningen. Sedan följer den gustavianska ti...

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I "De imponerande egyptierna" får du veta hur Egyptens storslagna faraoner och barskrapade bönder levde för 5 000 år sedan. Vill du veta: - varför vissa kungar måste bära lösskägg? - vilken egyptisk gud som hade krokodilhuvud? - varför b...

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This beautiful large-format poster book lets you decorate your walls with the gorgeous images from Big Picture Press's Historium. This is a stunning celebration of the history of the world.

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I Koll på Vikingatiden får eleverna läsa om hur det var att leva i våra trakter för tusen år sedan. Ett landområde som hette Sverige fanns ju inte då. Men det var under vikingatiden som nordborna på allvar gav sig ut på längre resor och fick konta...

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Historieämnet har en viktig roll att spela i vår mångkulturella och globaliserade samtid och kan bidra till att ge elever möjlighet att utveckla sin interkulturella kompetens. Det är utgångspunkten för avhandlingen. Men vad innebär det interkultur...

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Alla tiders historia är en klassisk läromedelsserie i historia som har ett lättillgängligt språk och ett pedagogiskt upplägg som levandegör och problematiserar historien. Med ett stort och tydligt fokus på källkritik, historiebruk och historiesyn ...

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Discover the fully updated, new edition of DK's bestselling reference book - containing all the latest knowledge and current thinking in a fresh new design. When? Where? What? Why? This stimulating and comprehensive encyclopedia answers all t...

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I aktivitetsboken arbetar eleverna med olika uppgifter som hör ihop med uppslagen i grundboken, Koll på Historia 5. Här finns övningars som utgår både från grundbokens texter och olika historiska källor. Eleverna får befästa sina faktakunskaper oc...

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Explores the entire range of research methodologies in psychology.   This comprehensive text uses a carefully constructed programmatic approach to introduce topics and systematically build on earlier presentations. Research Methods emphasizes...

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'Tudor Scandal - Chopper tells all.' Newly discovered diaries and scrapbook cuttings of Chopper Smith - chief executioner at the court of King Henry VIII - reveal astonishing details of life in Tudor time. This work also includes: banquets and beh...

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Viking Scandal - Gorblime tells all. Newly discovered diaries and logbook entries reveal that famous Viking king, Erik Bloodaxe, couldn't write. However, his court poet Gorblime could! You read it here first - astonishing details of life in Viking...

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ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SCANDAL Nefertidy Tells All! Newly discovered diaries and postcards from Ancient Egypt reveal that King Tutankhamun was a bit of a mummy's boy -- but what can you expect from a nine-year-old ruler with a mother like Nefertidy! Ast...

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The eighth Lost Diary - factually accurate, fictionally funny! William Shakespeare himself needs no introduction, but not everyone knows the secrets of his success! How could a man so busy with life in Elizabethan England have had time to write al...

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Published to accompany Wall-to-Wall's thrilling, live-action TV series Ancient Egyptians, this entertaining book vividly brings to life the stories of five fascinating people who lived in Egypt over 2,000 years ago, as recorded on original papyrus...

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