Anyone use The Story of Greece (MacGregor)?

[momto2Cs]

I'm looking at maybe switching out Famous Men of Greece with The Story of Greece by Mary MacGregor, for my 11 yo. Has anyone read/used this book? I've looked at the samples on Amazon, and really liked what I saw, but would love some feedback.

[momto2Cs]

I own it in Dutch :)

She wrote also one about Rome, and these two are part from a series I enjoyed very much when I was a teenager (and so did DH).

These books were part of the previous recommandationlist of the Flemish Examcommission.

 

I am not sure what to do next year:

dd loves textbooks and I want do something else....

 

So no help I suppose ;)

 

 

This was helpful! I like knowing that people enjoyed it!

[rdj2027]

I just ordered this for my 11 year old who does not care for history at all but loves a good read aloud. I will post after the holidays to let you know how it is going.

[serendipitous journey]

I'm looking at maybe switching out Famous Men of Greece with The Story of Greece by Mary MacGregor, for my 11 yo. Has anyone read/used this book? I've looked at the samples on Amazon, and really liked what I saw, but would love some feedback.

 

 

May I ask why you're switching out Famous Men of Greece? I had pegged it as a strong choice for Logic Ancients, and would love to know what isn't working for you.

[momto2Cs]

May I ask why you're switching out Famous Men of Greece? I had pegged it as a strong choice for Logic Ancients, and would love to know what isn't working for you.

 

A couple of (minor) reasons...

 

1. Ds11 likes the writing style more in Story of Greece, from the samples I read him off of Amazon.

 

2. I really dislike, as does ds, the fact that they use Roman names for the Gods in Famous Men of Greece... for example, they introduce Zeus as Zeus, but then refer to him as Jupiter for the remainder of the book. Just kind of irritating for ds since he's very much into Greek mythology.