sltress Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I am thinking of using the History Pockets for ancient civilizations. My son is in 4th and even though it is for 1-3rd I don't think he will mind b/c we are just starting our first round of 4 year chronological history with creation to Christ. Plus I like the samples that i have seen. My question is that I see there are separate HP for 4-6th grade that specifically cover Greece, Egypt and Rome individually. Since the Ancient HP has Greece, Rome and Egypt chapters in it do I really need to get the individual ones? Hope that makes sense. Thx! Stacey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorrainejmc Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I haven't used the history pockets but I have used the theme pockets, aimed at the same grade levels. I found them very light in content, more fine motor skills than fact learning. My boys are 5 and 7, and they weren't challenged, but they did enjoy the themes. OTHO, the history one might be great.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K&Rs Mom Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 The "younger" one will just have a lot less detail on the same topics; also less writing, more coloring. HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittanyJen Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 The younger one has 1 pocket per culture, and a predictable format-- words to know, a pop-up book, a male and female puppet, etc. With the older set, where there is an entire book per culture, there is an entire pocket for religion, a pocket for language, a pocket for military, etc. There is a lot more information and variety-- in Rome, we built a model Roman shield, played a game about the Appian way, made an Eagle standard, made a clay tablet and practiced Roman numerals in it, and so forth. There is a phenomenal amount of cut/color/glue, and my boys (my older one at least) hates that. I pre-cut everything to speed it along and don't require Rembrandt coloring. Then we can focus on the content, which is fine as an add-on to our regular program. Jen http://hillandalefarmschool.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 We did the Ancient Civilizations History Pockets when my boys were in K and 1st. They were fun, but didn't provide much info on their own. I think I would get the individual ones for a 4th grader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sltress Posted July 2, 2011 Author Share Posted July 2, 2011 Thanks for your input and ideas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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