《寫給學生的世界歷史》由卡爾佛特學校前校長維吉爾·M·希利爾構(gòu)思、設(shè)計并編寫，也是其生前為孩子們寫作的最后一本教材。本書遠離了一般教科書的冷漠生硬與機械教條，采用了一種與孩子對話般的口吻娓娓道來。全書沒有以國家為單位，割裂地去講述各國的歷史，而是設(shè)計了一個"時間階梯"，為孩子們展開了一幅連續(xù)而完整的歷史畫卷，從中不僅可以看到一個個由時間、人名組成的節(jié)點，更重要的是看到了整個歷史的脈絡和骨架。

　　  本書為精校英文版，同時提供配套英文朗讀免費下載。在品讀精彩故事的同時，亦能提升英語閱讀水平，下載方式詳見圖書封底博客鏈接。

　　讓孩子知道一些他們來到這世界之前就已經(jīng)發(fā)生的事情；

　　帶孩子走出以自我為中心、封閉在家的生活，這種生活顯得過于重要，因為太貼近，就成為孩子們眼中的一切，使他們看不到外面的世界；

　　開闊孩子的眼界，拓寬他們的視野，將過去時代的歷史畫面展現(xiàn)在他們面前；

　　讓他們熟悉歷史上一些重大事件和偉人的名字，并把這些事和人在時間和空間上確定下來，作為將來系統(tǒng)學習的基礎(chǔ)；

　　向孩子提供一份歷史編年檔案，并附有要覽，這樣他們今后學習歷史就可以參照這份檔案。

　　以上所述就是寫這本世界歷史故事的宗旨。

　　                                                                   --維吉爾·Ｍ·希利爾（卡爾佛特首任校長，本書作者）

　　To give the child some idea of what has gone on in the world before he arrived;

　　To take him out of his little self-centered, shut-in life, which looms so large because it is so close to his eyes;

　　To extend his horizon, broaden his view, and open up the visits down the ages past;

　　To acquaint him with some of the big events and great names and fix these in time and space as a basis for detailed study in the future;

　　To give him a chronological file with main guides, into which he can fit in its proper place all his further historical study-

　　Is the purpose of this first SURVEY OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY.

      維吉爾·Ｍ·希利爾（Virgil Mores Hillyer）1875年出生于美國馬薩諸塞州韋茅斯，他在華盛頓特區(qū)的"國會山"度過其童年，畢業(yè)于美國哈佛大學。他是美國著名教育家、卡爾佛特學校首任校長、美國家庭學校（HOMESCHOOL）課程體系創(chuàng)建者。作為一位教育革新者，希利爾在美國國內(nèi)和國際上獲得了廣泛聲譽和影響力。他從事教育工作的同時，親自為孩子們編寫教材，在課堂上試講并修訂，受到學校和學生們的贊譽，不少教材至今仍被學校使用。如《寫給學生的世界地理》、《寫給學生的世界歷史》、《寫給學生的藝術(shù)史》等。

01 HOW THINGS STARTED

02 PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN CAVES.

03 FIRE! FIRE!! FIRE!!!.

04 FROM AN AIRPLANE

05 REAL HISTORY BEGINS.

06 THE PUZZLE WRITERS IN EGYPT

07 THE TOMB BUILDERS

08 A RICH LAND WHERE THERE WAS NO MONEY

09 THE JEWS SEARCH FOR A HOME

10 FAIRY-TALE GODS

11 A FAIRY-TALE WAR

12 THE KINGS OF THE JEWS.

13 THE PEOPLE WHO MADE OUR ABC'S

14 HARD AS NAILS

15 THE CROWN OF LEAVES

16 A BAD BEGINNING

17 KINGS WITH CORKSCREW CURLS

18 A CITY OF WONDERS AND WICKEDNESS.

19 A SURPRISE PARTY

20 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD: INDIA.

21 ALL THE WAY AROUND THE WORLD IN CHINA.

22 RICH MAN, POOR MAN

23 ROME KICKS OUT HER KINGS.

24 GREECE VS. PERSIA.

25 FIGHTING MAD.

26 ONE AGAINST A THOUSAND

27 THE GOLDEN AGE

28 WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK.

29 WISE MEN AND OTHERWISE

30 A BOY KING

31 PICKING A FIGHT

32 THE BOOT KICKS AND STAMPS

33 THE NEW CHAMPION OF THE WORLD.

34 THE NOBLEST ROMAN OF THEM ALL

35 AN EMPEROR WHO WAS MADE A GOD.

36 "THINE IS THE KINGDOM, THE POWER, AND THE GLORY"

37 BLOOD AND THUNDER

38 A GOOD EMPEROR AND A BAD SON

39 I_H_ _S_ _ _ _V_ _ _ _ _

40 BARBARIAN INVADERS.

41 BARBARIANS MEET THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD

42 NEW PLACES-NEW HEROES.

43 BEING GOOD

44 A CHRISTIAN KINGDOM IN AFRICA.

45 MUHAMMAD AND THE EARLY YEARS OF ISLAM

46 ARABIAN DAYS.

47 TWO EMPIRES, TWO EMPERORS

48 GETTING A START

49 THE END OF THE WORLD

50 REAL CASTLES

51 KNIGHTS AND DAYS OF CHIVALRY

52 A PIRATE'S GREAT GRANDSON

53 A GREAT ADVENTURE

54 TICK-TACK-TOE; THREE KINGS IN A ROW

55 THREE KINGDOMS IN WEST AFRICA.

56 BIBLES MADE OF STONE AND GLASS.

57 JOHN, WHOM NOBODY LOVED

58 A GREAT STORY TELLER.

59 A MAGIC NEEDLE AND A MAGIC POWDER.

60 THELON GEST WART HATE VERWAS.

61 PRINT AND POWDER

62 A SAILOR WHO FOUND A NEW WORLD

63 FORTUNE HUNTERS

64 THE SEARCH FOR GOLD AND ADVENTURE

65 ALONG THE COAST OF EAST AFRICA.

66 REBIRTH

67 CHRISTIANS QUARREL

68 QUEEN ELIZABETH.

69 THE AGE OF ELIZABETH.

70 JAMES THE SERVANT

71 A KING WHO LOST HIS HEAD

72 RED CAP AND RED HEELS

73 A SELF-MADE MAN

74 A PRINCE WHO RAN AWAY

75 AMERICA GETS RID OF HER KING

76 UPIDE DOWN

77 A LITTLE GIANT

78 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS

79 FROM PAN AND HIS PIPES TO THE PHONOGRAPH

80 THE DAILY PAPERS OF 1854-1865

81 THREE NEW POSTAGE STAMPS

82 THE AGE OF MIRACLES

83 A DIFFERENT KIND OF REVOLUTION

84 A WORLD AT WAR

85 A SHORT TWENTY YEARS

86 MODERN BARBARIANS

87 FIGHTING THE DICTATORS

88 A NEW SPIRIT IN THE WORLD

89 YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW