REVIEW: Story of The World Vol.1
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Our review of the Story of the World curriculum Volume #1 Ancient Times. We used this for our children in grade 1, grade 2 and grade 4 in a family learning setting.
See my review of Vol.2 PLUS read aloud list here: • REVIEW: Story of The W...
wow, I found this book at the library but I had no idea there was a whole curriculum, workbook, etc. Thank you for sharing this review.
Thank you for this. Just what I needed to get started in the Story of the World curriculum.
Awesome!
To beef it up for a 9th grader, you could add in a couple of Plutarch's Lives (Anne White has guides on them. She abridged them slightly while keeping the original language, added vocabulary lists and background information, and provides narration prompts that you could use for essay ideas), Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (Arkangel has really good dramatized audio versions--follow along in the book while listening), and GA Henry books. He has quite a few set in ancient times. Or Roger Lancelyn Greene's "Tales of Ancient Egypt". You'd also want to add in writing and/or research prompts, timeline, and mapwork. For the timeline, you could do a Charlotte Mason-style "book of centuries" (lots of videos on that on UA-cam!). Hope this helps...
Thanks! I discovered the high school books by Susan Wise Bower as well!
Thank you so much for this review!! I checked Amazon to see about the professor noggins game you showed but it’s not sold anymore. Is there another game you can recommend?
I believe they still sell them but with a different picture on the front. Try searching the name online.
Thank you for this review. Very helpful. Is this something you are still using now and has grown with your family? Or is there something else you recommend better at this point?
I have continued to use SOTW and we are on our second rotation of it. I found free lap books which we have utilized and I added read-alouds that go along with it. CHeck out this video for how we made adjustments for older children. ua-cam.com/video/_p4OXq8WdhM/v-deo.htmlsi=6uU3HGIzPxHFqj2R
Brilliant review. Thank you so much. Informative and helpful
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you! I’m trying to decide between this & mystery of history
I'm glad it was helpful!
Which did you choose?
Wonderful review!! Thank you!! I'm getting ready to purchase this for our upcoming school year as well!!
I'm so glad that it was useful!
Very useful!!!! I just ordered mine last night!!!
thanks for the review, i wanted to see what the workbook looked like.
I'm glad it was helpful!
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Very helpful as I just got this in the mail. Thanks.
Hi, thank you for your review! I am torn between this curriculum and Book Shark. You quickly mentioned in your video you were also thinking of Book Shark. Did you ever move on to Book Shark? Looking for some insight on your preference if you did.
No, I didn't end up switching. Instead, I just made a read aloud and independant reading list to go along with SOTW. If you see my reviews of Vol.2 & 3 I share the lists there.
Hi! Enjoyed this review alot & it helped with my question I had! I wanted to ask where did you get the test questions at?!
You can purchase them from The Well Trained Mind or anywhere that SOTW is sold.
Thank you for this review - I'm about to purchase this for my 7 yr old (2nd Grade), but I wanted to see it first. This was very helpful! Question...are the extra "suggested" books children's books? It would be great if they're easy for a 7 yr old to understand. I think I will take your advice and take it slow, and get some of the suggested books out of the library if they're for kids, not textbooks or complicated books. Thanks.
They list is very good at providing details about what ages they would recommend it for and whether it is more of an independent read or a read aloud. I found the majority were perfect for my children's ages.
Thanks so much.
Excellent review! Thank you so much.
Your welcome! I'm glad it was useful.
HI, in your honest opinon would this be too easy for a 9th grader? I am homeschooling for the first time and my daughter doesn't really care for "textbook" history, i'm trying to do something different but that will challenge her just a bit. I like the binder book thingy, it seems very helpful. I'm thinking and hoping that I can make it work. Also, is this very heavy on the Bibilical aspect or is it a nice balance between biblical and secular. Thank you so much!!!
I think you would need to add to it for a 9th grader but it could be used. I don't find it very Biblical based at all.
Thank you for the review. I am excited to start this next year. Where did you get the wall map behind you?
It's from Costco!
Thank you. I can not find it anywhere. Does yours have a brand name or anything? I love that it has the flags below it
I actually don't have the map anymore. They typically come out in July at Costco so if I see it again I wil let you know.
Tonya Parker. Oh man I dont have cosco membership. What was the name of the game again im going to try to find it on Amazon :-(
Fantastic review!!!
Thank you!
I know this is an old video, but I'm wondering... Is it easy to photocopy without ruining the binding in the activity book? Thank you :)
No, it's quite difficult. You are best to take the book apart or I recently discovered you can buy the PDF version and just print from it.
@@OneMamaToAnother thank you! I'll probably end up taking it apart.
thank you for your video, it has help me to get ready..
where can i get the game?
The Professor Noggins one can be found at many book and toy shops. Also on Amazon or homeschooling stores. You can also often find them second hand.
I have this book but not activity book. Im thinging of using this for my 5th grader this year.
My 10 year old read the other volumes on his own- he really likes the stories in them.
Does it have a list of book to read along with the time period?
Yes! The activity book has suggested and recommended reading and resources.
This may sound bad, but how biblical is this text?
That's a hard question to answer because it's pretty subjective. This volume definitely has the most of the 4 but it's not overwhelming.
May I ask please how you took the activity book apart?
We just broke the binding and took each page out.
One Mama To Another thank you for your quick reply.. was it easy to do? I'm frightened of ripping the pages
Sues Shaw I actually took mine to Office Max and they cut the spine off and it only costed $0.80
How did you take the pages apart from the binding?
We just bent the book to break the binding and then carefully pulled it apart.
Take it to your local office supply store (Office Depot, Office Max, Staples, etc.). They can cut the spine off for you. Or purchase your own guillotine cutter, which would be worth the investment if you find yourself removing spines every school year. I found a guillotine cutter on Amazon that cuts up to 400 pages at a time.
Would this be OK for 3rd grade?
Yes, for sure!
Is this good for canadians? Is it reallly american history heavy??
It is American based but I don't feel like it's super heavy. I would supplement with some Canadian history though.
@@OneMamaToAnother do you have any recommendations for canadian history?
@@Lipstickncurlsfitness I shared a of what we have used here: ua-cam.com/video/A2wqC3JLUCA/v-deo.html Also, check out my Canadian mini-unit playlist.
is this good for people with learning disabilities?
You would have to compare what you are looking for in terms of supporting the disability with the material.
Yes it is. I have a couple children who are developmentally delayed and processing disorder and they like to color the activity pages and listen to the interesting stories. It’s nice because you can do more or less depending on what they can handle that day.
Isn't it boring for kids? Lacking pictures and too much text
Quite the opposite. It's in a story form so it's engaging and fairly short. Younger children have the colouring pages, additional books and projects and we use lap books. We add in games, read and documentaries as well. Check out my review of vol.2 and vol.3 to see more options.
@@OneMamaToAnother Thanks, I will try it 🤗