让孩子知道一些他们来到这世界之前就已经发生的事情; 带孩子走出以自我为中心、封闭在家的生活,这种生活显得过于重要,因为太贴近,就成为孩子们眼中的一切,使他们看不到外面的世界; 开阔孩子的眼界,拓宽他们的视野,将过去时代的历史画面展现在他们面前; 让他们熟悉历史上一些重大事件和伟人的名字,并把这些事和人在时间和空间上确定下来,作为将来系统学习的基础; 向孩子提供一份历史编年档案,并附有要览,这样他们今后学习历史就可以参照这份档案。 以上所述就是写这*本世界历史故事的宗旨。 ——维吉尔·M·希利尔(卡尔佛特shou任校长,本书作者) To give the child some idea of what has gone on in the world before he arrived; To take him out of his little self-centered, shut-in life, which looms so large because it is so close to his eyes; To extend his horizon, broaden his view, and open up the visits down the ages past; To acquaint him with some of the big events and great names and fix these in time and space as a basis for detailed study in the future; To give him a chronological file with main guides, into which he can fit in its proper place all his further historical study— Is the purpose of this first SURVEY OF THE WORLD’S HISTORY.
【作者简介】:
维吉尔·M·希利尔(Virgil Mores Hillyer)1875年出生于美国马萨诸塞州韦茅斯,他在华盛顿特区的“国会山”度过其童年,毕业于美国哈佛大学。他是美国著名教育家、卡尔佛特学校shou任校长、美国家庭学校(HOMESCHOOL)课程体系创建者。作为一位教育革新者,希利尔在美国国内和国际上获得了广泛声誉和影响力。他从事教育工作的同时,亲自为孩子们编写教材,在课堂上试讲并修订,受到学校和学生们的赞誉,不少教材至今仍被学校使用。如《写给学生的世界地理》、《写给学生的世界历史》、《写给学生的艺术史》等。
【目录】:
01 HOW THINGS STARTED 02 PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN CAVES. 03 FIRE! FIRE!! FIRE!!!. 04 FROM AN AIRPLANE 05 REAL HISTORY BEGINS. 06 THE PUZZLE WRITERS IN EGYPT 07 THE TOMB BUILDERS 08 A RICH LAND WHERE THERE WAS NO MONEY 09 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 AND WICKEDNESS. 19 A SURPRISE PARTY 20 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD: INDIA. 21 ALL THE WAY AROUND THE WORLD IN 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 WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK. 29 WISE MEN AND OTHERWISE 30 A BOY KING 31 PICKING A FIGHT 32 THE BOOT KICKS AND STAMPS 33 THE NEW CHAMPION OF THE WORLD. 34 THE NOBLEST ROMAN OF THEM ALL 35 AN EMPEROR WHO WAS MADE 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 BARBARIANS MEET THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD 42 NEW PLACES—NEW HEROES. 43 BEING GOOD 44 A CHRISTIAN KINGDOM IN AFRICA. 45 MUHAMMAD AND THE EARLY YEARS OF ISLAM 46 ARABIAN DAYS. 47 TWO EMPIRES, TWO EMPERORS 48 GETTING A START 49 THE END OF THE WORLD 50 REAL CASTLES 51 KNIGHTS AND DAYS OF CHIVALRY 52 A PIRATE’S GREAT GRANDSON 53 A GREAT ADVENTURE 54 TICK-TACK-TOE; THREE KINGS IN A ROW 55 THREE KINGDOMS IN WEST AFRICA. 56 BIBLES MADE OF STONE AND GLASS. 57 JOHN, WHOM NOBODY LOVED 58 A GREAT STORY TELLER. 59 A MAGIC NEEDLE AND A MAGIC POWDER. 60 THELON GEST WART HATE VERWAS. 61 PRINT AND POWDER 62 A SAILOR WHO FOUND A NEW WORLD 63 FORTUNE HUNTERS 64 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 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 UPIDE DOWN 77 A LITTLE GIANT 78 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS 79 FROM PAN AND HIS PIPES TO THE PHONOGRAPH 80 THE DAILY PAPERS OF 1854-1865 81 THREE NEW POSTAGE STAMPS 82 THE AGE OF MIRACLES 83 A DIFFERENT KIND 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 YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW
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