j_thurm Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 HI, my kids haven't had any ancient history and I would love to do a year overview of Ancient history through ~1000AD before we start American history. I prefer it to be Christian based but neutral is fine too. Does anyone have any spine recommendations or even better yet, done this and have a plan already that they could share? :) Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PentecostalMom Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Wht ages are your dc? I recently purchased Story of the Ancient World by Nothing New Press and I absolutely love it! I had already checked out Mystery of History and Biblioplan. Story of the Ancient World is much better written and more like a story than the others. You would need more than one book, so you may not think this is the best choice, but I wanted to chime in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_thurm Posted May 19, 2013 Author Share Posted May 19, 2013 Thanks! My kids are 5th, 3rd, 1st. I was going to use the Story of the Ancient World books when my kids were a bit older. Do you think that is a good idea or should I use them now? Thanks for the ideas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PentecostalMom Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Thanks! My kids are 5th, 3rd, 1st. I was going to use the Story of the Ancient World books when my kids were a bit older. Do you think that is a good idea or should I use them now? Thanks for the ideas! From the original author, it is written on a 3rd-4th grade level. My 7yo dd listens and understands what we read. I think it is enough to make her actually listen to be able to respond when I ask her questions about what we read, but not so over her head that she is not grasping the content. I think your dc may be the perfect age for this. The website has sample pages you can look over. ETA: I also looked at Streams of Civilization. I thought the content would be over her head, and kept looking. Just my opinion, YMMV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_thurm Posted May 19, 2013 Author Share Posted May 19, 2013 Thanks for your help! Hmmmm...I bought Truthquest to use when they were older and I was planning on using the Nothing New Press books for the spines so I was assuming they would work better for older kids. I have looked at samples, and actually own the book. I read some to my kids and they really liked it. I just feel like if I use them now, will they work to use again in a couple of years? What do you think? Thanks so much! Oh....and did you simply read through these or did you do activities with them? Thanks! From the original author, it is written on a 3rd-4th grade level. My 7yo dd listens and understands what we read. I think it is enough to make her actually listen to be able to respond when I ask her questions about what we read, but not so over her head that she is not grasping the content. I think your dc may be the perfect age for this. The website has sample pages you can look over. ETA: I also looked at Streams of Civilization. I thought the content would be over her head, and kept looking. Just my opinion, YMMV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PentecostalMom Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Thanks for your help! Hmmmm...I bought Truthquest to use when they were older and I was planning on using the Nothing New Press books for the spines so I was assuming they would work better for older kids. I have looked at samples, and actually own the book. I read some to my kids and they really liked it. I just feel like if I use them now, will they work to use again in a couple of years? What do you think? Thanks so much! Oh....and did you simply read through these or did you do activities with them? Thanks! I am reading this with Sonlight Core B, which is the first half of World History for elementary. Included in the Core is Hillyer's Child's History of the World which I am also reading, but Story of the Ancient World definitely has Biblical history while CHOW skims it like Story of the World does (which is why I did not choose SOTW). I don't think it would hurt to use them twice. You dc may get more out of them later than they do now, but they are excellent books that provide a solid Biblical view of history. I am sure we will read them again when we go through SL's history cycle again in a few years. SOTW is scheduled but the minimal amount of Biblical history that is contained in this series is not what I want to present to my dc. My plan will be to read both SOTW and Nothing New Press books through that next cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_thurm Posted May 19, 2013 Author Share Posted May 19, 2013 Thanks for the help! I will think this through! I am kind of excited I think it might work! I would prefer a more condensed, one book, maybe, but the Biblical aspect is very important. Thanks again for your help! If anyone has any other ideas I am open...thanks! I am reading this with Sonlight Core B, which is the first half of World History for elementary. Included in the Core is Hillyer's Child's History of the World which I am also reading, but Story of the Ancient World definitely has Biblical history while CHOW skims it like Story of the World does (which is why I did not choose SOTW). I don't think it would hurt to use them twice. You dc may get more out of them later than they do now, but they are excellent books that provide a solid Biblical view of history. I am sure we will read them again when we go through SL's history cycle again in a few years. SOTW is scheduled but the minimal amount of Biblical history that is contained in this series is not what I want to present to my dc. My plan will be to read both SOTW and Nothing New Press books through that next cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiddleKingdomMom Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Related to this, if I decide to get the Biblioplan Companion, but use it with another curriculum, will I have a hard way finding my way around in it? Is there a table of contents and/or index? If I get the digital version, is it searchable? I also want to know if they identify their source material (it didn't look like it from the sample). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXBeth Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Looking at the website, it seems that Story of the Ancient World is only Jewish history, with other civilizations included only as they interacted with the Israelites. Would someone who actually has the book comment on that? I want Biblical history included, but not to the exclusion of everything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Galore Park junior history. it goes to 1066 I think. It gets more British focused apparently but it could be a good spine. Old earth and evolution though. Apparently the first volume starts with the dinosaurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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