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Just one more chapter, please! |
July 23, 2009 |
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Lisa R.
from Las Vegas, NV
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These volumes have been a pleasure to read for both student and parent. Not belabored with lots of dates, the information is presented much as a story (thus the title) and keeps the reader's attention. In fact, we've actually had our children ask for "just one more chapter, please!" Rather than following the history of a people from start to finish or present day, the information is presented by time period so that the reader has a sense of which events were happening concurrently and how they may have influenced each other.
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I was very impressed by how much we all learned |
July 23, 2009 |
| Reviewer:
Heather C.
from Williams Bay, WI
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The year that we used Story of the World 1 and the corresponding Activity Guide was our best out of our ten years of homeschooling (so far!). The children learned more about world history than I had learned in all of my own public school years, and, due to the activities and resources in the Activity Guide, found it to be great fun. Four years later, my upper elementary and middle school children want to go back and do the maps, coloring sheets, and projects from SOTW 1 again, as they'd enjoyed it so much the first time. I was very impressed by how much we all learned from SOTW1 and by what a pleasure it was to teach. However, using SOTW 1 takes more work on the part of the teacher than workbook based or pre-packaged curricula. The Activity Guide makes recommendations of resource books to be purchased or checked out from the library and art projects to be done. Planning ahead to acquire the supplemental books and project materials is necessary for success with this program. Interacting with the students in narration and discussion is also necessary, so this is not a good program for a hands-off parent/teacher. This program should work well for a family of any size. Older students can read about related topics in more depth from other resources while the younger ones read the SOTW text, then the whole family can enjoy the hands-on activities together. The Activity Guide gives resource ideas for a variety of levels and abilities, which makes this easier. I'd gladly use this program again!
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Helpful for children on the autism spectrum!! |
July 23, 2009 |
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Carol S.
from Dallas, TX
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I want to let families with children on the autism spectrum know that this has been a helpful history curriculum for us. We have a 15-year old who has Aspegers and severe learning differences. The STORY aspect of the program (plus something to color while he listens) has been very helpful to him. We use the audio CDs with every lesson. Even though the grade level is below his reading comprehension level, we find that he RETAINS more of what he learns with this program because it is told in story form. That is more important than using boring higher level materials.
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loved it |
July 23, 2009 |
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Anonymous person
from Brewster, WA United States
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We used this with a kindergartener and a second grader. We loved the stories and we used the activity book too. The mapwork really helped them to see where things were happening. We checked out a lot of the suggested books from the library, especially if they were interested in a topic. The pages to color helped them to listen to the story. We added in making a big timeline and we posted the pages they colored on the timeline. My only frustration with it was that it did not include biblical events enough and tie them in, so we added this in ourselves, inserting Bible readings between chapters where appropriate. We have used volumes 1 and 2 and will use volumes 3 and 4 in the next few years.
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The Story of the World history series is great! |
July 23, 2009 |
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Alice S.
from Rio Rancho, NM
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The Story of the World history series is great! The storytelling format is engaging enough to interest my youngest children, while the salient historical points are covered for my older kids. The accompanying Activity books are a valuable asset, cementing the history lesson with fun and memorable projects, map work, and lists of related books. They are a strong base to build upon!
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