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engaging history books for 10 year olds?

372 sats \ 13 comments \ @stack_harder 13 Oct Education

hi guys, my kid finds school history quite boring, because it's just a series of dates and facts (schools seem incapable of making history entertaining)

i was thinking of getting some reading materials to make it more interesting, something like the horrible history series, ideally i'd like something that covers different things from Vikings to Rome and more

any recommendations?

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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @orangecheckemail_isthereany 13 Oct

If you want to impart some libertarian and (actually) liberal ideas and, and some of the ideas that gave rise to the American Revolution I'd recommend the Tuttle Twins book series. They've got an animated show as well these days. Most adults will find reading these books edifying as well would be my guess. The creator of this series is a guy named Connor Boyack. He's got a degree ion computer science if I remember correctly. He's frequented various libertarian podcasts over the years.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @mf 13 Oct

My little nephews love Tuttle Twins so muvh, they asked for a subscription. Highly recommed.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @stackergogo 15 Oct

Most kids nowadays prefers that kind of horror stories, but you didnt mention how old is he/she, but general conclussion will be that teaching them with examples would be great, like taking them to museums and other history keepers... I dont know if i helped.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder OP 15 Oct

sadly we have very limited museums where we live at the moment, nothing interesting, but yeah, it's hard to engage them, maybe if it was an app lol

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 13 Oct

There used to be a series where kids would travel back in time. Cant rememner what it was called, but l enjoyed it when l was younger. Magic tree house by mary pope osborne

0 sats \ 7 replies \ @cryotosensei 13 Oct

How about fiction books like The Diary of Anne Frank or The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas? Stories stick in the mind, and they may motivate your kid to find out more.

I just got started on The Silver Sword yesterday haha

5 sats \ 6 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 13 Oct

Thank you for noting that the Diary of Anne Frank was fiction. For a long time it was introduced as non-fiction and fed to children as such. It was proven to be written in ball point pen, which was not invented until after the war. It was a propaganda piece.

10 sats \ 5 replies \ @stack_harder OP 13 Oct

im now down this rabbit hole, but i don't think the allegations about it being fake seem very legit to be honest

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 13 Oct

If the diary was supposedly written before the ballpoint pen was invented and the diary was written in ballpoint ink, what conclusion are you supposed to draw?

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @Signal312 14 Oct

Where are you getting this info from, about the ballpoint pen? I haven't run across it.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 14 Oct

I don’t remember where I came across it, whether in the virtual world or the solid world. Apparently, someone did the analysis of the paper and the inks and the tools involved in making the diary. The claim was that the paper was not used in Holland, the pen was a ballpoint and the ink was for the ballpoint pen. They were all post-WWII provenence. The conclusion was that Anne Frank did not write the diary, but someone else (apparently an adult male).

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @stack_harder OP 14 Oct

in a way, i would rather it wasn't true because it's such a sad story.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 14 Oct

I think it was designed to be just that. A story that pulls at the emotions in a way to produce an opinion.

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