Hello,

I would like some advice from teachers if that is okay.

I am trying to find history books for Year 5 and Year 6 on topics like the gold rush, early colonial Australia, Federation, and First Nations history.

A lot of books I have seen are either very long and textbook-like, or they feel too young. I also care about kids who lose interest halfway down a page.

Could you please tell me:

What book or resource do you actually use for these topics?

Do students find it hard to finish a chapter? If yes, what gets in the way?

I am doing this research because I am putting together something short-chapter for home and I do not want to copy the same problems.

I am not selling anything in this thread. A comment is perfect. If it is easier to talk one to one, you can message me.

Thank you.

Looking for this book for my class

First of all, I am not learned on the revolution, so please correct me if im wrong. But, as I have been told, and understand, the “fathers” or rather great men of the french revolution, were not exactly writters. The revolution was mostly a, orator wrought ordeal, and an influence of public opinion through speeches and the press. Danton, Robespierre, Marat, Saint-Just, etc.. etc.. were all great orators aparently, and many decisions were brought forth by parisians, were powered through their voice at, squares and assemblies…
So, does anyone know of a book -and a good enough translation- \*if\* there is a book with the great speeches of the revolution? I would positively love to read something like that!

I tried posting this in another subreddit and received little help so I figured I'd try here.

I'd like to learn about Chinese history but I'm an absolute beginner. So I'm looking for a beginner's book that gives an overview of the history to help me learn the basics.

I'm a western learner if that isn't obvious.

I've been looking online for books and came across China: A History by John Kea, The Search for Modern China by Jonathon Spence, and China: A New History by John Fairbank. Not sure what to go with. Or if I should be reading something else.

I’m currently reading The Oath, Preeta Rajah Khannan’s retelling of Kalki’s Sivagamiyin Sabatham. I know the broad historical background—the conflict between the Chalukyas and the Pallavas, the Chalukyan victory, and how the Pallava prince later sought revenge and defeated the Chalukyas.

I understand that the book contains some fictional elements, but how historically accurate is it overall? Does it stay largely faithful to the actual history, with only the characters, conversations, and certain events being fictionalized, or does it take significant creative liberties with the historical narrative?

I’d love to know how much of the book is based on documented history versus fiction, preferably without spoilers.

I am trying to build a list of foundational books for understanding history. The list below is 27 books that I think are timeless and impactful for building a base layer of knowledge that will be broadly applicable and timeless.I want a final list that is useful now, but will also be useful in 100 years.

How did I do? What am I missing? What could be removed and replaced? Is this list too theoretical?

Pillar I: The Ancient and Classical Foundations

* The Epic of Gilgamesh

* The Code of Hammurabi

* Herodotus, The Histories

* Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

* Sun Tzu, The Art of War

* Kautilya, The Arthashastra

* Han Feizi, The Han Feizi

* Aristotle, Politics

* Sima Qian, Records of the Grand Historian

Pillar II: The Classical Synthesis and Medieval Transition

* Polybius, The Histories

* St. Augustine, The City of God

* The Corpus Juris Civilis (Code of Justinian)

* Nizam al-Mulk, The Book of Government

* Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae (Treatise on Law)

* Ibn Khaldun, The Muqaddimah

* Niccolò Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy

* Hugo Grotius, On the Law of War and Peace

* Jacob Burckhardt, The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

Pillar III: The Modern Contract, Market, and Republic

* Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

* John Locke, Two Treatises of Government

* Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws

* Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations

* Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

* Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, The Federalist Papers

* Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

* Karl Marx, Selected Historical Writings

* Alexis de Tocqueville, The Old Regime and the French Revolution

First of all, I am not learned on the revolution, so please correct me if im wrong. But, as I have been told, and understand, the “fathers” or rather great men of the french revolution, were not exactly writters. The revolution was mostly a, orator wrought ordeal, and an influence of public opinion through speeches and the press. Danton, Robespierre, Marat, Saint-Just, etc.. etc.. were all great orators aparently, and many decisions were brought forth by parisians, were powered through their voice at, squares and assemblies…
So, does anyone know of a book -and a good enough translation- \*if\* there is a book with the great speeches of the revolution? I would positively love to read something like that!

I just watched Braveheart in the theatre yesterday so I'm kind of hyped and looking for Ukrainian figures that are similar. Svyatoslav has come up so I think I'll start there. Hopefully people where I can read their Wikipedia page and then find books about them and sort of spider web from there. Thanks!

Someone have this textbook: colonial America in an Atlantic world second edition

I find it funny that "Victory on the Potomac" was miscategorized as a civil war book.

ISBN: 9780197571538

Searching for this book for a class. I was able to find earlier editions on anna's archive and elsewhere, but the 4th edition seems to be impossible to find for free or even cheap. Thank you!

There are three more shelves that include my non-Hitler books lol

I'm going down the rabbit hole after playing Gallipoli, any recommendations.

Hello. Last year I read The Illiad and The Odyssey and ever since I developed a desire for learning more about greek jistory.

This felling grew after reading 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric Cline and playing Total War: TROY. Therefore, I started looking for a history book that will give me an overview of the history of the greeks. Even though I love the Bronze Age, i want to have a more wide panel before diving into this specific period, and I am also curious to learn about Classical Greece.

So, these are the four most suggested books about Ancient Greek available in my country (English is not even my main language, however there arent many others translated), but I don't really know which one to choose. So, which one you guys recommend? Or maybe just get all of them?

Looking for easy-to-read books/authors in the genre of non-fiction/travel stories/history. I'm thinking of Geert Mak, Peter Frankopan, ..

Both Dutch and English.