Category: History Education
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Assassin’s Creed Games: Making History Lessons Fun
If you thought time travel was a farfetched possibility, you might be interested to see how you can experience something like it in your history class. Ever since the release of Assassin’s Creed in 2007, the video game has become more of an interactive history resource than just a game. You can travel back as…
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Dynasty Warriors: How Historically Accurate Is It?
You might argue that a video game has to be historically accurate before it is called a history game. What is the point of playing a history game if it has misleading facts and exaggerated stories? However, we need to understand that when other sources inspire games, they tend to version it. To achieve drama…
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3 Best Historical Historical Movies on Netflix: Southeast Asia Edition
No one can deny that Southeast Asian movies never fail to impress our typical Western taste on cinematography. You might be running out of best historical movies on Netflix to watch, but you may be missing some of the most plausible ones to view. Read through our list of 3 Best Historical Movies on Netflix:…
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Fascinating Depiction of Pirates in Visual Media: Making Learning Fun
If there’s one thing the majority of people would agree on, it’s that pirates are one of the coolest bunch of people to have ever lived on planet Earth. Some might refer to pirates as evil because they kill and steal. But don’t they look fascinating while doing so? And that is precisely why these…
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5 Facts You Didn’t Know About William Shakespeare!
During his lifetime William Shakespeare is said to have written 37 plays and 150 poems; however, no one can tell the exact number still because a lot of his work has been lost over time. 2. Nobody knows what Shakespeare did from 1585 to 1592. Shakespeare disappeared from the records for 7 years and historians…
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Congratulations! It’s… Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is a holiday celebrated worldwide to celebrate motherhood. In the modern form, it originated in the United States and is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. Many other countries also mark this day as the celebration of Mother’s Day while some countries mark its observance at other times of the year. The…
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The Real Story Behind Let Them Eat Cake!
The phrase “Let them eat cake!” evokes an immediate image: a coldly oblivious Marie Antoinette, luxuriating in Versailles while her starving subjects cry out for mere bread. This anecdote fueled French Revolutionary rage, leading to her tragic end. But did history’s most infamous Queen actually utter such a heartless phrase? The Power of Words (And…
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The Spread and Symptoms of The Black Death
The bubonic plague- later known as the black death- was considered to be one of the most fatal pandemics that ever affected mankind. It spread throughout the mid-1300s and resulted in the deaths of 75-200 million people in Eurasia and North Africa. Firstly, trading ships played a large role in the spread of the plague…
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Empires & Interconnections | Apple Books Launch
Introducing Empires & Interconnections, the newest edition in the award-winning History Adventures digital book series, whose accolades include the 2019 Horizon Interactive Awards Gold Medal for Best Education App.
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15 Best History Books Of All Time
Check out the top 15 best history books of all time. Here is our guide to some of the greatest history books that you can read and learn from.