





From the brains behind Brain Quest comes the 2nd edition of the revolutionary World history study guide. Updated to include recent history and revised to reflect a more complete, balanced recounting of historical events.
Big Fat Notebooks offer the support of a knowledgeable teacher in the form of an approachable peer—the notes of the smartest kid in class. Everything You Need to Ace World Historyin One Big Fat Notebook is the same indispensable resource so many students depend on, updated with new and improved content exploring ancient civilizations, indigenous cultures, social movements, war, colonialism, imperialism, and more! The revised edition provides a thoughtful, nuanced recounting of global historical events that de-centers Western, Indo-European perspectives.
The Big Fat Notebooks meet Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and state history standards, and are vetted by National and State Teacher of the Year Award–winning teachers. They make learning fun, and are the perfect next step for every kid who grew up on Brain Quest.
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Big Fat Notebooks
Everything you need to ace middle school and high school!

For every middle schooler or high schooler who has ever whispered, “Hey—can I borrow your notes?” there is the Big Fat Notebook series, a revolutionary study guide series created by the editors of America’s #1 educational bestseller Brain Quest. Each study guide is like borrowing the notebook from the smartest kid in the class and includes highlighted key concepts, doodles that illuminate tricky ideas, mnemonics, and more.
Middle School
High School
Are Big Fat Notebooks aligned with school curriculum?
Big Fat Notebooks meet Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, state history standards, and are vetted by National and State Teacher of the Year Award–winning teachers.
What’s the difference between Notebooks and Workbooks?
Notebooks are explanations and walkthroughs of everything covered in class. Workbooks provide recaps, sample problems, and exercises that provide opportunities to practice each math concept along with a solution section.
What grades do Big Fat Notebooks cover?
Middle school and high school.
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Publisher : Workman Kids
Publication date : April 11, 2023
Edition : 2nd
Language : English
Print length : 576 pages
ISBN-10 : 1523515953
ISBN-13 : 978-1523515950
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Reading age : 10+ years, from customers
Dimensions : 6.3 x 1.35 x 8.25 inches
Part of series : Big Fat Notebooks
Grade level : 5 – 9
Best Sellers Rank: #8,264 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #3 in Children’s Ancient History #22 in Children’s General Study Aid Books #28 in Children’s Explore the World Books (Books)
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13 reviews for Everything You Need to Ace World History in One Big Fat Notebook, 2nd Edition: The Complete Middle School Study Guide
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The very hungry reader –
Very good
This history book covers all the major historical event topics. It also includes maps, exercises, homework assignments, and nice illustrations. It is perfect for kids who love history or homeschooled kids who need extra help.
david –
Superb! This is the book you need if you’re looking to learn/refresh world history!
I bought this looking to refresh my world history knowledge since it’s been so long since I’ve studied it. This book is perfect for that goal. Its design is colorful, the pages offer useful highlights and definitions, and more! Couldn’t be happier. While not necessarily a negative of the book, I sort of wish they provided a pronunciation guide to some of the contents, as of course this book references many different cultures and individuals throughout history, so be ready to look that up on your own.Note: some people are giving this book negative reviews. It has a left-leaning, pro science perspective. So if that’s off-putting to you, look elsewhere.
Bunnyhop –
Daughter Loves These Books!
I am giving this to my adult daughter for Christmas. She is a middle school history teacher and asked for this. She loves to read these types of books so she can teach the students better on their level. She also finds history fascinating (as do I!!!!) so this both a read for her job and for her personally! I know she will love reading this!
Yess –
Excelente!
Excelente información
Liz –
Great Content, Cover/Page Quality Varies
This book is well-written and includes all of the major historical events that you would expect to be included. However, the cover of first book that I received had torn corners, pages were folded, and it was just generally dirty. Amazon quickly replaced it, and the new book is much better. It does have a crease along the bottom cover, but that is much better compared to the first.
Whitty B –
Great set of books
Bought the whole set for my son, great set of books. Will help him in college as well. Straight to the point, no fluff and shows you step by step. Great explanations and has pictures with notes.
lily li –
Great book
A good book for children to learn history!
LBA –
Great book, buy this for your child – easy to understand for all middle school grades
Great book. Attractive enough to make you want to pick it up and read it. The graphics are colorful, the font is clear, and the highlights and titles are in bold print. Chapters are color coded. Check Your Knowledge questions and answer page included. Contents list all the units and it’s coverage. What makes this book stand out from all the others is that it includes all the important information broken down in easy to understand text and simple to read maps. It’s all you need to know and that’s it. There are a total of 5 subjects in this series: they include Math, Science, English Language Arts, World History, American History in the series and we have all of them. This is definitely worth the investment. Parents will find this book and series simple to explain to your child and/or read with them. Nothing complicated. Buy this book and the others in the series. I highly recommend it.
Francesca F. –
per il momento non ho molto da recensire. Ho acquistato questo libro per il prossimo anno scolastico di mio figlio che va in seconda media.
Catherine Holt –
I purchased this book to give my daughter an overview of World History. It was excellent. It was well organized and detailed. I also liked the fact that it was not biased like previous history books . I consider myself well-read, but was surprised by how much I learned about the history of cultures around the world. I have several Everything You Need To Ace books. Love them. The Science for Middle School one is really good too.
Christian –
Teaches a well selected part of history. Not too much detail, but still enough to get an idea about the era. Some isn’t correct, but it’s still a great book, because it gives a well written overview of the history of the world in different countries. Great drawings.
Robert Ollier –
Never trust an amazon review. They delete negative reviews.
NG –
Práctico, no muy grande. Buen diseño.