A history book for children

Travel back in time to visit a Roman bath-house, explore the Persian empire, find your way through an
Elizabethan maze and witness the fall of the Berlin Wall – the whole of human history is brought to life
for children in our pick of the best kids' books about world and British history.
History Year By Year
(£16.99, DK)

A really original children's history book which takes kids on a journey across the timeline that
plots our life on Earth, from prehistoric man to how we live today. The facts are illustrated by
more than 1,500 pictures of artefacts, styles of dress, architectural triumphs and magnificent
civilisations, making the book into a portable history museum kids will pore over. Fascinating.

Around the World Colouring Book

(£4.99, Nosy Crow)

From a bustling ancient Greek marketplace to a traditional dragon parade around China's
Forbidden City, the Forum in Ancient Rome and an Aztec feast day, this colouring book offers a
historical look at civilisations and cultures around the world, ready to be brought to life with
some creative colouring!

Claim A FREE Book Reviews Activity Pack!

 A huge collection of creative writing & reading comprehension

resources
 Explore texts, deepen understanding, share opinions
 For Year 1 to Year 6
Download Your Free Pack Today
The Usborne History of Britain
(£25, Usborne)

A brilliant reference book for projects and homework posters, this kids' encyclopedia is a must-
have guide to the history of Britain: prehistory, Roman Britain, the Middle Ages, Tudors and
Stuarts, Georgians, Victorians, the First and Second World Wars and Post-war Britain. Invest in
a copy for the whole family.
A City Through Time
(£9.99, DK)

See a city transforming through time, from ancient colony to vast modern metropolis, in a
beautiful update of the Steve Noon's classic book. The panoramic, full-colour illstrations
highlight scenes of everyday life in the city across the centuries, and there are pop-up
descriptions to introduce the characters who live and work in every envoironment, from Roman
bath-house to medieval castle or modern skyscraper.
100 Events that Made History
(£12.99, DK)

Battles, revolutions, coincidences and accidents – they all shaped the world we live in. This
informative, eye-opening title covers 100 memorable events like the abolishment of slavery and
apartheid, Martin Luther's religious revolution, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
and the fall of the Berlin Wall with facts, figures and colourful illustrations.
Maze Hop Time Travel
(£7.99, Carlton Books)

A fantastic journey through space and time, this colourful maze book is packed with landmark-
event mazes (48 of them!) to unravel. From the Stone Age to Easter Island, the Battle of
Hastings to Elizabethan England and then the French Revolution and the Space Race, there's
loads to spot and absorb on every page. A brilliant travel companion.
Moments in History
(£12.99, British Library)

A trustworthy, accessible guide to key moments in world history, bursting with images of items
from the British Library's collection. Entries include the birth of writing, the Persian empire, the
Renaissance, the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the Russian Revolution and the Great Depression.

See Inside the History of Britain

(£9.99, Usborne)

A lift-the-flap, fully illustrated guide to the history of the British Isles which covers life from Anglo-
Saxon times to the 21st Century through hidden sections to reveal and explore.
Amazing Ancient Facts and Jokes
(£4.99, British Library)

Jokes, funny facts and general silliness about the amazing ancient cultures and civilisations
found in the British Museum. I say, what DO you call a Roman emperor with a cold? Julius
Sneezer...
The Story of England by Richard Brassey
(£7.99, Orion Children's Books)

We love best-selling author and illustrator Richard Brassey's colourful, funny story-telling style.
This is the history of England, told with his trademark humour and verve, from 1066 to the
present day, through civil wars, great fires and mighty monarchs. A History of Scotland and
a History of Ireland are also available.
Ladybird Histories: Kings and Queens
(£7.99, Ladybird)

An old-fashioned classic and great first reference book for KS1 children. Each of Britain's
monarchs is presented in chronological order with a brief biography, including King Henry VIII,
Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria, all the way up to the present day.

Blood-curdling Box of Books (Horrible Histories Collections)

(£36, Scholastic)

The original and still the best of the "history with the gory bits left in" book series for kids. This
box offers all twenty of the foul favourites from the Horrible Histories series and includes Rotten
Romans, Terrible Tudors and Awesome Egyptians.
A Short History of the World
(£9.99, Usborne)

You'll find all of human history in this whistle-stop tour of our time on Earth – and the
illustrations, short paragraphs and extra information titbits make this book easy to read as well
as a brilliant way to introduce your child to the ancient, medieval and modern world. It's an
informative read for adults, too!
100 things to know about history
(£9.99, Usborne)

Did you know that 11 days disappeared from history in 1752? That bugs (and not bullets) killed
most soldiers during the American Civil War? That women had more rights in ancient Egypt
than they did in Victorian Britain? This fascinating book uncovers 100 weird and wonderful facts
from history – and your child will love telling you about every single one!
Children's Illustrated History Atlas
(£12.99, DK)

Learn to read a map, then explore more than 40 beautiful, colourful maps in this children's atlas
full of fascinating historical nuggets of information. From the beginning of human history
200,000 years ago to the modern world, the maps illustrate everything from the Roman Empire
to the US Civil War, highlighting explorers' incredible journeys around the world and into space.
Build Your Own History Museum
(£14.55, Lonely Planet Kids)

Role-play being an archaeologist and museum curator: open crates filled with treasures from
the ancient world, assemble them and prepare them to be displayed at your museum's big
opening! Featuring the ancient civilisations studied in primary school (Mesopotamia, the Indus
Valley, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient China, Ancient Rome, the Maya and
the Vikings), this fact- and illustration-packed book is a hands-on, fun way to learn about ancient
people, cultures and traditions.
What Did the Tree See? by Charlotte Guillain
(£12.99, Welbeck Children's)

A beautiful and evocative non-fiction picture book, What Did The Tree See? shows us history
from the viewpoint of a tree on a hilltop as it witnesses life changing around it over the course of
hundreds of years. Where hunters once chased deer through woodland, houses are built,
factories emerge and building reach towards the sky. One majestic oak has seen it all, and now
we can too.
 WATER POLLUTION IN THE
PHILIPPINES

Water is often equated with life itself. But for an archipelagic region in Southeast Asia sandwiched
between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, water pollution in the Philippines has caused this
precious resource to be anything but life’s sustenance. According to a report released by the Asian
Development Bank, “heavy inorganic pollutants have made water increasingly a threat to life.”

The Philippines is a developing country that is also undergoing rapid urbanization and industrialization.

Out of more than one hundred million Filipinos, nine million rely on unsafe water supplies. In fact, water
pollution in the Philippines and a lack of proper sewage kills 55 people every day.
Katrina Arianne Ebora, part of UNICEF’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene program in the Philippines, notes
that access to adequate sanitation facilities is a problem for more than 30 million Filipinos. This portion of
the population is forced to spend considerable time, effort and energy in procuring water. Families without
a sanitary toilet often face the embarrassment of venturing outside to relieve themselves. Some resort to
asking their neighbors to utilize their sanitary toilet facilities. Environmental group Greenpeace has
previously warned that Filipinos in key agricultural areas are drinking water contaminated with nitrates.
After conducting a study on important farming areas, Greenpeace warned that nitrate levels were
alarmingly above the safety limits set by the World Health Organization (WHO). The group also noted that
“drinking water from 30 percent of all groundwater wells sampled in [the Philippines and Thailand] showed
nitrates levels above the WHO safety limit of 50 mg l-1 of nitrate.”

Water Shortage
Due to water pollution in the Philippines, the country is likely to face a shortage of water for sanitation,
drinking, agriculture and industrial purposes in the next ten years.
In an Asia Development Bank report, the Philippines’ regional group – which includes Cambodia,
Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam – has made gains in improving water
security. However, the region is home to a sixth of the global population and the poorest people in the
world. With agriculture consuming a staggering 80 percent of the region’s water, the region is a global
hotspot for water insecurity.
Water conservation efforts in the Philippines by many local and international companies have protected
the water supplies for future use. Coca-Cola has pledged nearly $1.4 million for a five-year project with
the World Wildlife Fund to protect the capital’s drinking water source, the Ipo Watershed. The Cement
Manufacturers’ Association of the Philippines, an industry that heavily uses water, has started initiatives to
capture and utilize rainwater for many production needs.

Investing in Clean Water

In 2014, Water.org began providing philanthropic and technical support to offset water pollution in the
Philippines by expanding its WaterCredit program. Water.org’s statistics show that 75 percent of Filipinos
are willing to invest in water and sanitation loans. Between 2015 to 2017, the organization and its partners
worked with eight different microfinance institutions to conduct research and training in fulfilling the high
demand for clean water and sanitation access.

Experts have a consensus on the water improvement efforts in the country: the Philippines government,
environmental action groups, industries and locals need to work together on more initiatives to avert the
impending water crisis that may beset the region in the not-so-distant future.

– Mohammed Khalid

top 10 slogans on waste management are :

 Don't be trashy, recycle.
 Don't Litter, it makes the world bitter!
 Don't throw away, recycle for another day.
 Don't throw it away, it can be used in some other way.
 Don't throw your future away!
 Don't trash our future: Recycle.
 Recycle today, for a better tomorrow.

About Community Newspapers

America’s community newspapers began in Boston on Sept. 25,
1690, with the publication of Publick Occurrences: Both Foreign and
Domestic by Benjamin Harris. Intended for monthly publication, the
first newspaper was three 6 by 9 1/2 inch printed pages with one
blank page for private correspondence. Unfortunately, the local
authorities considered this publication, "Without the least Privacy or
Countenance of Authority" and containing "affections of a very high
nature: As also sundry doubtful and uncertain Reports." As a result,
an immediate ban on publication was issued and a second edition
was never produced. It was not until 1704 that a second, more
successful, newspaper appeared.

Since those early days, there have been thousands of community

newspapers published throughout the United States. The early
community newspapers were generally non-daily publications
serving a small community. Over the years, as markets,
technologies and business models changed, distinguishing
community newspapers based on frequency or circulation was no
longer appropriate.
Today, the distinguishing characteristic of a community newspaper
is its commitment to serving the information needs of a particular
community. The community is defined by the community’s members
and a shared sense of belonging. A community may be geographic,
political, social or religious. A community newspaper may be
published once a week or daily. Some community newspapers exist
only in cyberspace. Any newspaper that defines itself as committed
to serving a particular community many be defined as a "community
newspaper."

Despite the emergence of new information technologies such as the

Internet, community newspapers continue to play an important role
in the Information Age. Over 150 million people are informed,
educated and entertained by a community newspaper every week.
Moreover, the value of community newspapers continues to grow as
they seek new ways to serve their readers and strengthen their
communities.

WHAT IS A COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER?

In Saving Community Journalism, we focus on coming up with a broad and encompassing definition for community newspapers. 
According to the traditional definition, a community newspaper is a small daily or non-daily with less than 15,000 in circulation.
But in the digital age, that definition is becoming outdated, as more and more readers get their news from digital sources. 
Therefore, in the book, we defined a community newspaper as any news organization whose primary mission is to cover the
important issues that affect a cohesive and well-defined geographic, ethnic or cultural community.

A community newspaper can have a circulation of a few thousand readers or nearly a hundred thousand. What is important is not
the size; rather, it is the mission of the newspaper.  Under this new definition, when we speak about “community newspapers” we
are talking about small and midsize dailies, non-dailies, and ethnic newspapers.  This is a large group, comprising almost all of
the country’s 11,000 papers.  The hundred or so remaining metro and regional papers face slightly different issues and may have
a different, broader mission. For more information on metro papers, see Lesson Four.
WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS IN A
COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER?

This has serious implications for the creation and flow of news and information at the grassroots level.  The cutback in
newsrooms, coupled with a recent decision by many large, regional papers to eliminate circulation in outlying regions, could
“pose a crisis for democracy,” according to a 2009 report by the Knight Commission.

Many companies begin to articulate a mission statement by performing what is known as a “stakeholder analysis.” There are
numerous groups of people who typically have a stake in an organization’s success – including its customers (who are usually
considered the most important stakeholders and occupy the “inner circle”), as well as employees, shareholders and even the
vendors who supply the company.

Publishers and editors can begin to craft a mission statement by asking this simple question: If your newspaper ceased publishing
tomorrow, who has the most to lose? The answer in most communities is that there would be a tremendous vacuum: For readers
and public officials, who depend on the newspaper to be a credible and comprehensive source of news and information that
affects the community.  For advertisers who depend on the newspaper to connect them with local consumers of their goods and
services. And for shareholders, employees and vendors who rely on the newspaper for income.

Extensive research at the University of North Carolina, as well as dozens of interviews with stakeholders in communities large
and small, has revealed that stakeholders view the local newspaper has having a broad mission and role that goes significantly
beyond the original “watchdog” function envisioned by our nation’s founders.  As advertisers, readers and government officials
pointed out, even in the digital age, local newspapers are “the glue that binds” a community – politically, socially, and
financially, as well as journalistically.

Click here for an exercise on articulating your paper’s mission.

WHAT ARE THE THREE IMPORTANT ROLES OF
A COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER?