The Story of the World Volume 3
A captivating, story-driven journey through early modern history that makes the 1500s to Gold Rush come alive for curious young learners.
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2026 Third-Grade Curriculum Kit
The Story of the World Volume 3
World history from 1600 to 1850 includes revolutions, expanding empires, scientific discoveries, political change, trade routes, exploration, and rapid cultural shifts. Volume 3 organizes these events into a story-driven history program designed to help students understand how people, places, and events connect across time.
Students encounter rulers, explorers, inventors, political movements, changing civilizations, and major world events while studying the Early Modern period through narrative lessons rather than isolated facts and dates.
Designed primarily for grades 1–6, Volume 3 serves as the third book in Susan Wise Bauer’s four-volume world history series.
Inside the text, families will find:
- A pronunciation guide for unfamiliar names and places
- Timelines to help students follow historical progression
- Illustrations by Jeff West
- Maps throughout the book to reinforce geography and historical context
Students explore topics ranging from figures such as Catherine the Great to events like the Black Hole of Calcutta while building a broader understanding of how societies changed during the Early Modern era.
Families can read aloud together, assign independent reading, or use the text as the foundation for a full year of Early Modern history study.
The Story of the World is not faith-based but introduces important historical figures, cultures, and religions throughout world history.
See some sample pages from the first part of Story of the World: Volume 3.
Find answers to the most frequently asked questions about this product below:
Families can successfully begin with whatever time period most interests them. Some families prefer starting with ancient times and unraveling the story sequentially until modern times. Yet because the full scope of history is taught repeatedly up through high school, it is okay to skip volumes, knowing that the same events will be covered later.
- February 16, 2025
Favorite world stories
Kristen F.
The story of the world series is my daughters favorite type of history. She likes learning about the different cultures and how the leaders rise and fall from their kingdoms. The chapters are typically about 7-8 pages long, but you can read 1 chapter in about 30 minutes.
- October 3, 2024
Amazing!
Tasha G.
I truly wish this was how they taught history when I was a kid. The stories make sense and bring history to life. We remember more of the information and have a great time reading it together. Well worth it and very easy to use for multiple kids!
- December 12, 2022
Story of the world
Hayes
Picks up where volume 2 leaves off. If you're a fan of the first two volumes then you will probably like this too. If you're looking at this and haven't used the first two I'd suggest getting volume one first.
- April 7, 2021
Great history Curriculum
Rachel C.
We really like the Story of the World history curriculum. The reading book is easy to use and understand.
- March 12, 2021
It works.
Samantha
The curriculum as a whole is working for us and my son is retaining the information. I feel like it is a little overwhelming, the chapters are long and contain a ton of info. We have been reading it without son, but I think he could easily read it by himself. I do think it would be a good idea to have the audio CD, which we didn't get. Overall, it works for us, but I think its a little dry. I do no have any other social studies to compare it to.
- December 13, 2020
Very good resourceful history ‘
Tatyana L.
We love listening to the stories !
- September 17, 2020
AWESOME
Kat
Great content
- September 17, 2020
Wonderful!
Nina S.
Age appropriate, in depth, and appropriately paced history book!
- September 3, 2020
Great for my little history nut
Heidi S.
This is our first year homeschooling and our first experience with this series. My third grader is a history nut and enjoys most of this book (we’ve been at it about a month), especially if we can relate it to a story she already knows or a place we’ve visited. My five year old also is passingly interested in it, which is great. When a particular aspect grabs their interest we do further reading/research.
- August 27, 2020
Enjoying this!
Rebecca S.
I wasn't sure we were going to enjoy this at all but I really do like this. It's more of a you pick with your activities which is great given that kids can feel differently and want to do different things from time to time! I also love that this comes with an audiobook CD. There are so many ways to use this curriculum which makes teaching fun!
