Honest History

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 WORLD OF GERMS

YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW

PEOPLE YOU SHOULD KNOW

ALL ABOUT GERMS

BIMARISTANS

HOW TO SURVIVE A GERM ATTACK! • We know that germs are everywhere—and we mean everywhere! And while some germs are helpful to our bodies, others are extremely harmful. Here are some simple ways you can survive a GERM ATTACK!

SPOOKY MEDICAL PRACTICES

GROWING GERMS ON BREAD • You probably know that washing your hands helps stop you from getting sick.

From Plagues to Pandemics • AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE IS any sickness caused by harmful germs getting into the body. When a disease spreads to many people across many parts of the world, it becomes a pandemic. People in many different times and places have faced danger from pandemics. But our understanding of where infectious diseases come from, how they spread, and how we can help people get better has changed A LOT over time.

Plague Pomanders

Miraculous MOLD Juice

NOTHING TO JOKE ABOUT!

HUMOR ME THIS: HIPPOCRATES AND THE FOUR HUMORS

THE HISTORY OF DIABETES AND INSULIN

WORDS WE SHOULD LEARN

PERCY’S MAILBOX • Here are some of the things our young historians have to say about Honest History.

Q+A WITH CRISPR PIONEER & NOBEL LAUREATE DR. JENNIFER DOUDNA • Dr. Jennifer Doudna is a biochemist at the University of California, Berkeley. She and her collaborator Emmanuelle Charpentier each earned a Nobel Prize for their work developing a technology called CRISPR-Cas9. This technology allows researchers to edit DNA.

THINKING IT OVER

THE ADVENTURES OF HERBERT AND WELLS

COLOR IN THE LABORATORY!

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

WORD SEARCH! • Can you find all the words from the list below?

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