Mom28kds Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 We are just finishing the SOTW vol. 1 and it got me thinking about the other volumes. Which volume do you like best and does it depend on the grade you are teaching? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Volume 1 was definitely our favorite. I found the other three volumes lacking. Was there really nothing positive that could be said about the pre-reformation church in the middle ages, e.g., the rise of universities, the construction of the grand gothic cathedrals, the role of monasteries in preserving and spreading learning after the collapse of the Roman empire in west? And in the modern era, the treatment of the Cold War is very poor: no mention of Churchill's speech about the Iron Curtain, NATO, the Warsaw Pact, no discussion of the Soviet invasion of Hungary. The U.S. fear of the Soviet Union comes across as irrational because the real threat posed by the Soviet Union is deemphasized or ignored until much later in the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco_Clark Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I have only done books 1 and 2, but I've greatly preferred 2. In part because I plain enjoy Middle Ages more than Ancients, but also because I liked the advanced mapwork in 2 and I thought it jumped around geographically a bit less. There IS a lot "missing" but we go through SOTW at a snails pace and really just use it as a jumping off point, so it doesn't bother me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALB Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I preferred SOTW 1 for sure! Volume 2 was good, too, but not quite as good as the first one. We just fizzled out with volume 3. It started to bother me that we were jumping around from place to place so much, and I felt like it got harder to keep track of all the people and events we were learning about. I know its about exposure, but we are "mastery" people here. It bothered us to skim through so much material without really going in depth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I have 1,2 and 3. Of those 2 was definitely the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I have 1,2 and 3. Of those 2 was definitely the best. But you get to add in bits you think are lacking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanikit Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I have only finished volumes 1 and 2. We have started 3 but are not far enough into it to comment. I preferred volume 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Loved both 1 and 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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