MamaChristina Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 and why? My dd 10th grade asked if she could just have a textbook for history this year as she wants more time for her other interests. She wants more time for violin and her study of herbalism. So, I would just like to know which one would be best. Suggestions?:) Thank you, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlovebaker Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Forget the textbook and go with Sonlight ... love their history so much I could be a salesperson! I'm not though ... just a regular mom. This probably didn't answer your question - just couldn't help myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphabetika Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Now about Notgrass? Basically textbooky, but with the addition of a book full of source documents and literature from the historical periods, making it richer than a textbook. Just a thought! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 US or World? I like BJU over A Beka. Longer, but more to it. To us, A Beka is more of a fact cram, the extra information makes BJU more readable. Borrow and have your dd look at them, or go to a hotel meeting, I do know people who like A Beka. We are doing World History, using Vol. 1 of Streams of Civilization for now (don't like Vol. 2, different author). I also got a used World History-Human Odyssey by Spieglovel (sp?), so far, I like it even though it is secular. And I have a borrowed BJU World History. Too many choices :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in WA Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 We've used BJU history for years. We like the writing style better than ABeka and the coverage of history seemed more interesting to us. All three of our children enjoy history and I contribute part of that to the BJU books. HTH Cindy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaChristina Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 Thank you ladies! I would love to do SL, but can't afford it and DD wants something that's not going to take so long as her interests lie in the science area. I'm looking into Notgrass too, but could probably get BJU or Abeka used more easily. I think I'll probably go with BJU.:) Thanks for your comments and suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Please don't feel so badly about your daughter using textbooks. My youngest is a very by the book child and much more interested in science. Last year we did Calvert school and the one thing she really liked was the fact she had textbooks. SHe likes the accountability, she likes the regularity of it. I have devided not to fight it since I know she needs to concentrate on math and science. I try to find good textbooks and then I use talks with her to bring in more opinions or a different perspective. If you are fine with BJU's perspective, I recommend it also over ABEKA. Much more interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaChristina Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 Thank you for the assurance, Christina, it is much appreciated.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 BJUP. It's more interestingly written, there's a wider variety of assignments that require actual thinking, and although it's clearly written with a Christian worldview, there's less commentary about how sinful this or that civilization is or is not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 If you are ordering used BJU World History, the 2nd edition is fine (even though there is a third edition out). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christy B Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 We are LOVING BJU World History (we did spring for the new third edition). So much so, in fact, that I have switched from using Omnibus as my main spine and BJU as the supplementary reading, to the other way around. The BJU is our spine, we are going straight through, and adding in selected readings from Omnibus to fill out the theology and church history (also using selected readings from Omnibus for literature, so all in all I can *almost* justify the cost). We are taking two years to do the one year (two volume) world history program, only because we're adding in the other readings and history isn't the center of our curriculum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momof2boys Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 My vote is for Bob Jones. I have used both Abeka and bob Jones as a spine to jump start our history in the past and my boys prefer BJ ove Abeka. gloria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschickie Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 I have used both Abeka and BJU at the high school level. I would go for BJU. The only "negative" that I found with BJU is that there is sometimes a harsh edge or negativity when dealing with the Roman Catholic Church (I was raised Catholic and some of my friends are Catholic). I used those small sections to teach about perspective with history. Abeka was pretty acurate but not as engaging as BJU. BJU also has the activities manuals which are really good. The test for BJU are also better than Abeka's. As a former history teacher I found myself compelled to create new tests for the Abeka program but I was fine with the BJU tests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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