MP's Introduction to Classical Studies -Greek Myths, Bible Stories, and Roman History

[crazyforlatin]

How is this guide different from the individual guides for Famous Men of Rome, Greek Myths and Bible Stories? Is it not as in-depth study of the books as the individual guides? Do we start out with the above guide and then progress on to the individual teacher guide/student text at some later point? The description says it's a 3-year plan so this guide can't possibly just be a precursor to the individual guides, right? :confused:

[Dawn E]

I am using the Intro. to Classical Studies. We began it last year and will pick it up again when we begin this year. The guide is definitely not as in-depth/detailed as the individual guides. The reading schedule is set up with four days of Golden Bible reading and one day each of D'Aulaire's Greek Myths and FMR. Below the reading guide you are given questions for deeper study (with an answer key in back), facts and a Bible verse to memorize for the week, as well as ideas for art work (suggestions, not projects). I think the intent is that if you use this program you won't be studying these books with the individual guides.

 

If you don't get the answers you need here, I would recommend you join the Memoria Press forum if you haven't already and ask any specific questions there. Their customer service is exceptional, and they answer questions asked on the forum in a very timely and thorough manner.

[crazyforlatin]

Thank you for your response. May I ask why you chose this guide versus the individual guides for the 3 books? And, will you do a more in-depth study one day and use any of the other guides or is this combo guide sufficient? Buying one guide is cheaper than buying three, so I would rather just use this one.

 

I'm going to look into the MP forum (didn't know they have one), thanks.

[Dawn E]

Sorry! I didn't see your question till now.

 

I picked the Intro. to Classical Studies guide because I like the combination of the three books together. I also like that it is stretched over a longer period of time, and so the reading is not cumbersome at all. We don't use it as our primary history, but instead we are able to do it in addition to what we are using (A Child's History of the World, currently). I definitely do not plan to use the Greek Myth study guide later on nor will we use the Christian Studies guides for Bible. I have another Bible program that we follow. Perhaps when she is older I'll consider going through FMR again with the more in-depth guide, but probably not. However, I do have Famous Men of Greece and Famous Men of the Middle Ages and plan to use them in the future with the guides. I love the series.

 

Have you looked at the sample lessons here? They will give you a good idea what you'd be getting, as the same format continues through the whole guide. You can also see samples of their guides and compare. (eta: :blushing: sorry, I now see that was the same link you had already posted.) I like this format better for my dd's age right now. I think the guides would be too much, but having the oral questions is a good fit. Of course, you could also assign the answers to be written or use the other guides orally, but this works for us. She also fills out the outline for the chapters studied in CHOW using the workbook from Calvert.

 

Hope this helps somehow...please feel free to send me a pm if you have more questions or if I can help in any other way. I get notifications in my email so I'll respond faster. :001_smile:

Edited August 4, 2010 by Dawn E

[crazyforlatin]

Thank you, Dawn, for such a detailed answer. I think the Intro course would be right for us at this age, and I may use the FMOR guide during the second time around with Ancient History. I'm new with homeschooling so I like having a guide such as this when asking DD to narrate. Thank you for taking the time in sharing how you use this guide.