History in Social Studies: exciting and educational! The curricula for elementary schools require teachers to foster historical and temporal awareness among their students. However, children often possess only fragmented knowledge and cannot connect familiar individual aspects to a concrete historical picture. This book demonstrates that history can be taught in a child-friendly and engaging way in social studies. Through a variety of diverse methods, children experience famous exploration journeys from antiquity to Amundsen and Scott. Students read, write, paint, craft, narrate, play, and research using tested materials. For teachers, introductory texts for each chapter provide solid background information. The topics include: travel in antiquity, the Viking explorations, Marco Polo, and Christopher Columbus.