维吉尔M希利尔(Virgil Mores Hillyer)1875年出生于美国马萨诸塞州韦茅斯,他在华盛顿特区的国会山度过其童年,毕业于美国哈佛大学。他是美国著名教育家、卡尔佛特学校首任校长、美国家庭学校(HOMESCHOOL)课程体系创建者。作为一位教育革新者,希利尔在美国国内和国际上获得了广泛声誉和影响力。他从事教育工作的同时,亲自为孩子们编写教材,在课堂上试讲并修订,受到学校和学生们的赞誉,不少教材至今仍被学校使用。如《写给学生的世界地理》、《写给学生的世界历史》、《写给学生的艺术史》等。
目錄:
01 THE WORLD THROUGH A SPY-GLASS
02 THE WORLD IS ROUND, FOR IVE BEEN ROUND IT
03 THE INSIDE OF THE WORLD
04 THE ENDLESS PARADE
05 THE 13 CLUB
06 A CITY BUILT IN A SWAMP
07 MARYS LAND, VIRGINIAS STATE,AND PENNS WOODS
08 THE EMPIRE STATE
09 YANKEE LAND
10 FIVE BIG PUDDLES
11 THE FATHER OF WATERS.
12 THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
13 THE COVERED WAGON
14 WONDERLAND
15 THE EST, EST WEST
16 THE EST, EST WEST CONTINUED
17 NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBORS
18 THE WAR-GODS COUNTRY
19 SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR
20 PIRATE SEAS
21 NORTH SOUTH AMERICA.
22 RUBBER AND COFFEE LAND
23 SILVER LAND AND SLIVER LAND
24 THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE OCEAN
25 THE LAND OF THE ANGLES.
26 THE LAND OF THE ANGLES CONTINUED
27 THE ENGLISHMANS NEIGHBORS.
28 PARLEZ-VOUS FRANAIS?
29 PARLEZ-VOUS FRANAIS? CONTINUED
30 THE LAND BELOW THE SEA
31 CASTLES IN SPAIN
32 CASTLES IN SPAIN CONTINUED
33 THE LAND IN THE SKY
34 THE BOOT TOP.
35 THE GATES OF PARADISE AND THE DOMEOFHEAVEN
36 THE DEAD AND ALIVE CITY
37 A PILE OF ASHES A MILE HIGH
38 WARS AND FAIRY-TALES.
39 THE GREAT DANES.
40 FISH, FIORDS, FALLS, AND FORESTS
41 FISH, FIORDS, FALLS, AND FORESTS CONTINUED
42 WHERE THE SUN SHINES ALL NIGHT
43 THE BEAR
44 THE BREAD-BASKET
45 THE IRON CURTAIN COUNTRIES
46 THE LAND OF THE GODS
47 THE LAND OF THE NEW MOON
48 THE SHIP OF THE DESERT
49 A ONCE-WAS COUNTRY
50 A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY
51 THE EXACT SPOTS
52 THE GARDEN OF EDEN
53 THE LAND OF BEDTIME STORIES.
54 THE LION AND THE SUN
55 OPPOSITE-FEET
56 OPPOSITE-FEET CONTINUED
57 THE WHITE ELEPHANT.
58 WHERE THE THERMOMETER FREEZES UP
59 A GIANT SEA-SERPENT
60 PICTURE POST-CARDS
61 MAN-MADE MOUNTAINS.
62 AFRAID OF THE DARK.
63 ZOO LAND
64 THE END OF THE RAINBOW
65 FORTUNE ISLAND
66 CANNIBAL ISLANDS
67 JOURNEYS END