希利尔人文启蒙读本是欧美中小学人文素质教育的里程碑，是"在家教育"课程体系首创者代表作。抛开科学不论，历史、地理和艺术其实是孩子一生学识的基石：历史是时间的纵深，地理是空间上的广阔，艺术则是孩子心灵的寄托。希利尔的讲述建立在儿童智力研究的基础上，他十分明确不同年龄的孩子能理解什么，不能理解什么。本书对历史事件的讲述按照时间顺序排列，而不是按照每个国家分别介绍。这样写是为了让孩子们了解时代的全貌，而不是孤立地看待事件。书中对历史事件的叙述分量不多不少，恰到好处。书中有不少取材于历史的精彩传记和故事，使历史"骨架"有了"血肉"，也使本书的内容更加生动鲜活。维吉尔M.希利尔（Virgil Mores Hillyer，1875—1931），出生于美国马萨诸塞州，美国
教育家。他毕业于哈佛大学，毕生从事中小学教育事业，是"在家教育"课程体系的创建者。他酷爱历史和艺术，喜欢旅行。他似乎有一种天生的好老师的特质：了解孩子们的成长心理，知道他们需要什么、怎样能让他们听懂。 希利尔认为，孩子们的阅读、写作和数学是基础，必须扎实。同时，学生们应该接受系统地历史、地理科学和艺术方面的教育，这样才能成为一个了解这个世界的全面型人才。 由于痛感传统教科书的枯燥无味，他立志为孩子们写一套读起来兴味盎然的历史、地理和艺术读物。这就是这套书的由来。(Hillyer's humanity primer series is a milestone in the liberal arts education for primary and middle school students, and a representative work of the founder of in-home tutoring course system. Aside from science, history, geography and art are the cornerstones of a life's learning for children: History is temporally deep, geography is spatially vast, and art is the solace of the mind. Hillyer's narrative was based on research of the children's intelligence. He has a clear picture of what can or cannot be understood by children at a certain age. The book gives a linear view of historical events instead of introducing different countries. It was thus written to offer children a panoramic view of history, so that they would not look at the events as if they were isolated and independent. The narrative of historical events are measured and well balanced. Many materials were drawn from brilliant biographies and stories, adding "flesh and blood" to the "skeleton" of history and variety to the book. Virgil Mores Hillyer (1875-1931), born in Massachusetts, U.S., was a renowned American educator. A Harvard graduate, he devoted all his life to education of primary and middle school children. He was also the founder of the curricular system of in-home tutoring. He had a passion for history and art, and was fond of travelling. He seemed to be a natural at teaching: he understood the mentality of children, what they want and how to make them understand. Hillyer believed that reading, writing and mathematics are the foundation of learning which have to be laid solid. Meanwhile students should be systematically educated in history, geography and art, so as to be a well-rounded person informed of facts of the world. Agonized by the boredom and mediocrity of conventional textbooks, he made a wish to write a collection of interesting history, geography and art books. This was how these books came into being.）Download the book 希利尔讲世界史: 彩绘·写真版 for free or read online
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