History For Kids

Children Around The World - Discovery Education A is for Africa Ifeoma Onyefula, Cobblehill Books, 1993 This Nigerian author's book of words and pictures shows us the many faces and worlds of African people. Africa (Eyewitness Books) Yvonne Ayo, Dorling Kindersley Books, 1995 Beautiful illustrations and brief descriptions describe life in Africa. Read about the social life and customs, history, clothes, myths, medicine, houses, musical instruments, and food of Africa. Welcome to the Green House: a Story of the Tropical Rainforest Jane Yolen, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1993 Read a description of the tropical rainforest and the life found there: animals, birds, fish, flora and fauna.

US History - Ellis Island - Facts - Pictures - Glossary - Listening - Activities - Webquests - Songs - Poems - Videos - Cinema An Interactive Tour of Ellis Island (scholastic.com) Ellis Island, "in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954..." (Wikipedia) Questions Asked of Immigrants at Ellis Island (art.unt.edu) Ellis Island - History "From 1892 to 1954, over twelve million immigrants entered the United States through the portal of Ellis Island, a small island in New York Harbor..." (ellisisland.org) Immigration station "The federal immigration station opened on January 1, 1892 and was closed in 1954, with twelve million immigrants processed there by the US Bureau of Immigration...

Aztecs for Kids - Daily Life Like nearly all of the ancient civilizations, the rich lived in luxury and the poor worked. In the Aztec civilization, class structure was very important. Homes : The Rich: Homes of the nobles and wealthy were made of sun-dried brick. Words to the Wise: Aesop's Fables Interactive Book The Aesop for Children interactive book is designed to be enjoyed by readers of any age. The book contains over 140 classic fables, accompanied by beautiful illustrations and interactive animations. "Aesop's Fables"—also called "the Aesopica"—are a collection of stories designed to teach moral lessons credited to Aesop, a Greek slave and story-teller thought to have lived between 620 and 560 BCE. Aesop's fables are some of the most well known in the world and have been translated in multiple languages and become popular in dozens of cultures through the course of five centuries. They have been told and retold in a variety of media, from oral tradition to written storybooks to stage, film and animated cartoon versions—even in architecture. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today.

Famous Greek People: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle Ancient Greek philosophy addressed an array of subjects, such as political philosophy or the study of liberty, justice, property, law, rights and law enforcement, metaphysics, ontology, rhetoric, aesthetics, ethics, logic and biology. Greek philosophy has roots stemming from the 6th century BCE and continuing its sphere of influence well into the reign of the Roman Empire. Some argue that ancient Greek philosophers, such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, had contact with the older roots of oriental cosmology and theology, which is often referred to as pre-Socratic philosophical school of thought. Classical Greek philosophy addresses all philosophical schools of thought up until Alexander the Great began his conquest. Hellenistic philosophy embodies many different schools of thought through the Hellenistic and Greco-Roman world. Socrates

Maths Primary Resources, maths games, numbers Browse by type: Deselect all Deselect all Deselect all Deselect all Deselect all Deselect all Deselect all Deselect all Deselect all Deselect all Deselect all Don't have an account yet? Sign up now! Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today and Ellis Island World War II and the Postwar Period The United States entered World War II in 1942. During the war, immigration decreased.

Aztec Children The lives of Aztec children are fascinating in many respects. To understand how children fit into Aztec culture, and how they were honoured, we should go right back to the beginning... even before the children were born. Birth Since warfare was glorified by the Aztecs, it was even used to symbolize childbirth. The baby was a "captive" in the womb, struggling to enter the world. The Fall of Rome - Ancient Rome for Kids Rome - Kingdom, Republic and Empire together - lasted about 1200 years. Rome ruled all around the Mediterranean and large sections of Europe and Southwest Asia. Yet in the end, the problems grew too great and the Western Roman Empire fell. Why did the empire fall apart? There is no one single reason, but was instead a series of problems that grew too large to solve. One problem was that the empire grew too large to govern.

A Timeline of World Civilizations for Mythology Mythology seeks to explain the world and thus reflects the culture, events, and history of the societies that create the stories handed down as myths. Egypt’s Nile River and its cycle of overflowing its banks leaving fertile ground as it receded became the basis for Egyptian religion that demanded that the people help the gods prevent anything from interfering with the cycle. Myths form around the founding of cities, including Athens and Rome — about 10,000 to 2,500 years ago, respectively — and the founding of civilizations, including the creation myths passed down in virtually every culture. Chinese and Native American myths account for astrological occurrences as well as for more earth-bound events such as the Toltec invasion of the Mexican city of Teotihuacan in 900 CE. The myth of Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent, grew from this victory.