Honest History is the award-winning magazine for kids that brings important stories from the past to life through engaging, educational topics, beautiful illustrations and fun activities. Each issue is filled with often-untold stories of people, places, and events from around the globe that inspire and encourage kids to create a positive impact on history themselves. Created to provide big brain benefits to curious young minds ages 6–12.
Honest History
A LETTER FOR YOUNG HISTORIANS
YOUNG HISTORIAN
Welcome to the American Revolution
YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW
PEOPLE YOU SHOULD KNOW
Words We Should Learn
48 HOURS to FREEDOM!
WACKY WORD STORIES: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
What is FREEDOM?
Who Signed It? • Can you find the following signatures of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence?
TRUE or FALSE
LOST COLONIAL PHRASES
DUELING IT OUT
Who Said What?
Finish This Picture
A Day in the Life • What would you have heard, seen, and smelled while walking around a colonial city? Let’s travel back in time to 18th-century Philadelphia to find out.
SAILOR’S VALENTINES
1st Rhode Island Regiment
SMILE • Rumors run wild when it comes to George Washington’s teeth, so here are the facts to set the record straight.
Inside George Washington’s Tent
THINKING IT OVER • Look at the items under the tree. Can you find their matches hidden in the rest of the picture?
PHILADELPHIA VS. DC
Color in the market scene
THE ADVENTURES OF HERBERT AND WELLS
PERCY’S MAILBOX • Here are some of the things our young historians have to say about Honest History.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
WORDS SEARCH
GET THE PEN… …TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE!!
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