100 Things to Know About History

Usborne 100 Things to Know About...

by Alex Frith, Minna Lacey, Laura Cowan

An eye-catching information book filled with one hundred interesting facts to learn from history: who really discovered America, who were the kings and queens we hear a lot about on TV, why America invaded Canada, and lots of other random facts to make history a fun subject!

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Childrens, World History, Education, Historical

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2018

About the author

Alex Frith has been a children's non-fiction author since 2005. Working exclusively for Usborne Publishing, he has written over 50 books covering almost any subject you can think of, from the origins of the Universe to the meaning behind world religions, from extinct animals to prototype AIs, and from Japanese legends to Norse mythology. Two of his books have been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young's People's Book Prize: See Inside Inventions (2012), and 100 Things to Know About Space (2017).

Alex grew up in a house surrounded by comics and graphic novels, and has a lifelong passion for the medium. Beyond the comics he photocopied and passed around the playground of his primary school, he wrote the 4-part series 'Digital Graffiti' with artist Gez Fry in 2003, and has had short story comics published in FutureQuake and the Asteroid Belter.

Reviews

[Адріана Павлич-Гресько · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Tuyet Lan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mua cuốn này cho cô cháu gái, đọc thử vài trang thấy cuốn hút quá, thế là mình ôm sách đọc hết luôn :)
Là sách lịch sử dành cho trẻ em (lớp 5 trở lên) nên sách có hình minh họa và màu sắc rất đẹp. Nội dung khoa học và dễ hiểu, bắt đầu từ việc giải thích các khái niệm "lịch sử", "năm Công nguyên", đến lịch sử của lịch sử :), và các sự kiện lịch sử thú vị. Kể cả người lớn khi đọc cuốn sách này cũng thu nhận được nhiều tri thức thú vị.


100 bí mật lichh sử là giật tít cho kêu thôi, thực ra là các sự kiện/ sự thật về các quốc gia và các nền văn hóa, các danh nhân, các phát minh và khám phá thế giới, những điều xảy ra trong các cuộc chiến tranh và trong đời sống kinh tế- xã hội thời xưa... 100 bí mật được bình bày không chỉ với tranh minh họa sinh động mà còn bởi infographic, biểu đồ và phân loại ký hiệu rất dễ theo dõi. Điều này có thể sẽ giúp trẻ học được cách hệ thống kiến thức và trình bày khoa học.

Điều mình thích hơn cả ở cuốn sách này là tinh thần ủng hộ bình đẳng (giới, sắc tộc) xuyên suốt sách. Các tác giả khi đưa ra một sự kiện lịch sử sẽ thêm các so sánh cụ thể về quyền của các giới và sắc tộc thời đó, ví dụ: 200 phụ nữ đã tranh cử Tổng thống ở Mỹ nhưng chưa ai từng đắc cử; phụ nữ thời Ai Cập cổ đại có quyền rộng lớn hơn so với phụ nữ ở Anh thời Victoria, phụ nữ không được coi là công dân (không có quyền bầu cử từ thời thành bang Athen đến tận năm 1893; buôn bán nô lệ, phân biệt chủng tộc ở Mỹ.


Tóm lại đây là một cuốn sách rất được đầu tư về cả nội dung về thiết kế. Bên cạnh giá trị thông tin lịch sử, sách còn cho trẻ thêm các góc nhìn nhân văn hơn. Rất đáng mua !

[Yuliia Zadnipriana · Rating 4 out of 5]

А ви знали, що...
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❓Найбільша у світі ядерна бомба нічого не знищила і нікого не вбила? У 1961 році її денотували в Арктиці.
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Від вибуху дрижали вікна у норвезьких
містах за 100 кілометрів!
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❓За останні 100 років населення планети збільшилось у 4 рази! До 2050 року прогнозують збільшення населення до 10 мільярдів.
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Як Земля це витримає?
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❓Від бактерій під час громадянської війни у США загинуло більше людей, ніж від куль.
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І таких фактів у цій книзі від @knygolove — більше сотні!
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Яскраві цупкі сторінки, влучні ілюстрації, вражаючі історичні деталі, історії і приклади — ця книга може стати чудовим подарунком особливо для дітей/підлітків чомучок: траплялись мені дітлахи, котрі приходять в захват різних цікавих фактів!
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Але і дорослим теж буде цікаво, якщо вони не байдужі до історії та яскравих ілюстрованих видань.
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🚫У цій книзі є один вагомий для мене недолік: вона зроблена так, щоб її заскладно розгортати, вона весь час згортається назад.
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А тому якщо ви хочете розгорнути книгу десь в середині і насолодитись читанням, доведеться з нею трохи поборотися.
Не полюбляю таке у книгах😒

[Cami · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars. There were some cool tidbits and many boring things, and they really jumped around from topic to topic and through places and times. The infographic-type illustrations were interesting. Some of the titles were a little misleading in trying to be silly. A couple pages had unnecessary underlying agendas--like the page about U.S. presidents having a whole section of angry-looking women to point out that no women that have run have ever been elected. That's true, and I'm all for women, but that could have been stated better. My tween kids enjoy the book, and hopefully it will be a good springboard to dig further into some of the topics, but it wasn't my most favorite fact book.

[Bailey Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some if these were a bit dull but otherwise they were alright. I didn't love the illustrations but they were fine I guess.

[Joy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Packed full of fascinating facts about history from across the world, this book presents interesting information for all ages in an accessible and attractive format.

[Steph · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't know where to begin with all that outstanding qualities about this book. It colorfully presents information in a fascinating manner with lots of graphics consisting of images, timelines, charts, maps, etc. It has has historical topics from basically everywhere and works to clarify misconceptions. As a history teacher I'm not sure when I last saw such an excellent visual resource for young and old historians alike. My coffee table will have a copy for people to browse! Beyond highly recommended!

[Christine Barth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This has some really fun visuals and a lot of little known history. It's not all western-centric either. I love all the weird facts and fun stories and the way they are all presented differently. My one complaint is that it's not organized chronologically or in any other manner I can discern so for a kid just learning history it's a bit of whiplash. But we spent an enjoyable half hour just reading random stuff out loud for the whole family.

[Анатолій Волков · Rating 4 out of 5]

Книга-комикс, где в простой и доступной форме показаны некоторые факты из всемирной истории. Информация подана в иллюстративной форме, иногда в виде графиков и таблиц, но всегда так чтоб максимально просто донести суть. Подойдет детям, которые делают первые шаги в освоении истории, да и взрослым будет интересно. Даже историки найдут что-то новое для себя.
Рекомендовал бы данную книгу для всех преподавателей истории как готовый лайфхак для составления уроков.

[Ruthie Planamenta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bought this as a birthday present for my husband (history major) and we loved reading it together! Many of the facts in this book were previously unknown to us, and I’m a sucker for cool new information. I’d highly recommend this book to readers of all ages, and I’m thinking that I need to get the entire collection, now…

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

A totally absorbing way to learn about history. Little snippets from events that have occurred around the world. I ended up doing more research online about some topics because I just had to know more!

[Azzan Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are lots of facts and weird histories in thus book.

[Kat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Written in the style of infographics, this book offers bite sized nuggets of world history. There's enough to make you want to learn more about each topic.

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A favorite of my 9 year old

[Dobi · Rating 5 out of 5]

cool

[Silja · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hyvää tietoa menneestä ajasta!

[Serena Q · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love these series

[Alessandra Fediv · Rating 4 out of 5]

Цікаві факти, дуже гарне яскраве оформлення 🫶🏻 залишу на поличці для майбутнього прочитання сином)

[Claire · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting book with a lot of fun facts. It’s perfect for kids!

[Westlee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book so much and It was very fun to look through and read.

[Katy Lovejoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

history was always my favorite subject

[Alina Voinea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super pentru copii. Multe desene, informații interesante, scrisă simplu.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of tidbits about history presented in infomatics format. Readable and interesting, and not a bad jumping off point for other learning.

For example: I am fascinated with the idea of a modern era Dark Age and Ruby Bridges.

A period is called "dark" because there isn't much information available about it. An internet developer has posited that many things will be lost as we store data on increasing obsolete formats and hardware: cassette tapes, floppy discs, etc. It's a bit alarmist, because we have lots of print media still, but if we are saving all of our letters and images in some digital format, and aren't upgrading that format as new technologies emerge, there is a legitimate risk it will all someday be inaccessible!

Ruby Bridges was the little girl chosen to be the symbol of desegregated education in the south. On her first day of school, she had an armed escort to the building. There were no teachers or other students (which I find appalling) and so school was cancelled.

On her second day, there was just her and one teacher (originally from Boston). By the end of the year, she was attending a small class with white children. There were more black students with her her second year, and much more diverse racial mix by the time she was 11. So many questions: how was she chosen? How did she feel? Were there people who wanted to proceed as normal and didn't for fear of their neighbors and what others might think? How did it affect her in the long run?

Anyway, it was a great way to get bits of information to interest and intrigue, from all points around the globe. And it's part of a series :-D. This is going on my "grandma book shelf."

[Nichole Ostrander · Rating 5 out of 5]

This Series has been a favorite of my children for quite some time. These books are similar to the Weird but true books. They are filled with facts about Music, the Earth, Science, and like this one History. The facts are simple: Dazzle Camouflage didn’t hide ships but made them harder to hit, and a pigeon won a medal but it cost her a leg. There is so much information on each page along with fun illustrations. These are great for homeschoolers, teachers, coffee tables, and those who like nonfiction reads. I cannot recommend this series enough.

[Corallia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the fact that there were quite a lot of female personalities!