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Grade Levels

K = Kindergarten
(Picture Books)

E = Elementary:
Grades 1-3
(detailed Picture Books
& easy reading)

E-UE = (books for
younger, fluent readers)

UE = Upper Elementary:
Grades 4-6

JH = Junior High:
Grades 6-8

HS = High School:
Grades 9-12

+ = "and up"

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World History Reading List

Find reading lists for children and teens based on important people and events in a typical World History curriculum. The best books in both fiction & nonfiction are organized chronologically, along with a short review. Whether you are teaching world history for kids in a public, private, or homeschool, this list is for you!

The World History books are organized into 5 sections. Each of these sections is arranged chronologically by year.

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The Ancient World

Pre-History to 400 AD
books include the cultures of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, & Rome

The Middle Ages

400 AD – 1400 AD
books include medieval life, Robin Hood, the British monarchy, the Crusades

The Age of Discovery

1400 AD - 1700 AD
books include pirates, Joan of Arc, da Vinci, Shakespeare, the Black Plague

The Present Era

1700 AD - 2000 AD
books include musicians, the French Revolution, Victorian England, European Immigration to America, Inventors, Wars

World Wars I & II

books include Sergeant York, Dunkirk, the Holocaust, the bombing of Hiroshima

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